HB 933 Tennessee House · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026)

Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to establish and administer a three-year artificial intelligence weapons detection system grant pilot program to award grants to eligible LEAs for the purchase of artificial intelligence weapons detection systems for schools without an artificial intelligence weapons detection system. - Amends TCA Title 49.

HB 933 requires Tennessee's Department of Education to create a three-year pilot program (2025-2028) funding AI-powered weapons detection systems for specific schools. It targets school districts that are designated as "priority schools" under state accountability rules or experienced gun violence on school grounds in 2024-2025, excluding the Achievement School District. The program provides grants for purchasing systems capable of detecting weapons like knives and firearms, automatically alerting school staff and law enforcement upon detection. Schools without such systems receive priority, with annual reports required to the legislature on program participation and system deployment.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2025 Last action Mar 18, 2025
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Total actions
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Key actions
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Committee
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Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/18/2025
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee to 3/18/2025
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/11/2025
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
P2C, ref. to Education Committee
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Antonio Parkinson
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