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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires local education agencies (LEAs) to provide licensed employees of the LEA 6 paid workweeks after a birth or stillbirth of the employee's child or employee's adoption of a newly placed minor child. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49."
+description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires local education agencies (LEAs) to provide licensed employees of the LEA 6 paid workweeks after a birth or stillbirth of the employee's child or employee's adoption of a newly placed minor child. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "113"
+identifier: "HB 983"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 983 (113)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sexton"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2023-01-30"
+last_action: "2023-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6446c719-59d6-44e1-b268-d7abe30ff37d"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0983&GA=113"
+source_hash: "86932dda906d467795bc8a0cce46f7b0d6008413dcc29ba246a5be024e76227a"
+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 HB 983 (113) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires local education agencies (LEAs) to provide licensed employees of the LEA 6 paid workweeks after a birth or stillbirth of the employee's child or employee's adoption of a newly placed minor child. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0078** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0078.pdf)
+2. **Amendment HA0456** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0456.pdf)
+3. **Amendment SA0307** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0307.pdf)
+4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0983.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/1/2023 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed (1) — **86–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/14/2023 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2023 4/18/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/18/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sexton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
+- **2023-02-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/1/2023
+- **2023-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/8/2023
+- **2023-03-01** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-08** Placed behind the budget
+- **2023-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2023
+- **2023-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2023
+- **2023-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2023
+- **2023-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/18/2023
+- **2023-04-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
+- **2023-04-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0078) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2023-04-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0456) `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2023-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2023-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0307)
+- **2023-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
+- **2023-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2023-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
+- **2023-05-19** Pub. Ch. 399
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6446c719-59d6-44e1-b268-d7abe30ff37d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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