---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, creates a list of rights and protections afforded to educators. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, creates a list of rights and protections afforded to educators. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "Tennessee SB 14 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teachers", "Principals and School Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reedy", "Tracy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-04"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21c33347-bb5f-4b36-948a-365ccceaebe1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0014&GA=110"
source_hash: "3982d58c361697f27c3b6c637f6ca5a5aab2b44c66ea510ed16c73b87af0b8ba"
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 14 (110) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, creates a list of rights and protections afforded to educators. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0014.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 4/4/2017 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reedy — primary (person)
- Tracy — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments
- **2017-01-30** Refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Action def. in Finance, Ways & Means Committee to 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-01** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0485) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0178) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - SA0375)
- **2017-05-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0282)
- **2017-05-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0281)
- **2017-05-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 360
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 360
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 05/11/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21c33347-bb5f-4b36-948a-365ccceaebe1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).