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+type: "Bill"
+title: "School Transportation - As enacted, reduces, from 25 to 23, the age required for a person to receive an initial school bus endorsement if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the national guard or reserves, or a licensed teacher employed by an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55."
+description: "School Transportation - As enacted, reduces, from 25 to 23, the age required for a person to receive an initial school bus endorsement if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the national guard or reserves, or a licensed teacher employed by an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "SB 245"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 245 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["School Transportation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cepicky", "Hensley"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-01-29"
+last_action: "2019-04-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c10b1b8-a18b-4404-81c3-2f161d345cce"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0245&GA=111"
+source_hash: "c30804fd22aba869c8d1db43ca4a389f5a773668700e1126078c042759e3d14e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 245 (111) — School Transportation - As enacted, reduces, from 25 to 23, the age required for a person to receive an initial school bus endorsement if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the national guard or reserves, or a licensed teacher employed by an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0011** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0011.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0054** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0054.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0245.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2019 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/19/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019 2/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/7/2019 Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cepicky — primary (person)
+- Hensley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
+- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
+- **2019-02-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
+- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/26/2019
+- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
+- **2019-02-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019
+- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/7/2019
+- **2019-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0011 `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2019-03-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2019-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2019-03-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0054)
+- **2019-03-07** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2019-03-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2019-03-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2019-03-13** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2019-03-15** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2019-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-03** Pub. Ch. 38
+- **2019-04-03** Effective date(s) 01/01/2020
+- **2019-04-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 38
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c10b1b8-a18b-4404-81c3-2f161d345cce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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