---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises compensation provisions and other provisions regarding substitute teachers. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-312."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises compensation provisions and other provisions regarding substitute teachers. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-312."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 379"
citation: "Tennessee SB 379 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teachers", "Principals and School Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Zachary"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83b0c2b9-3daa-45b7-a6e6-6629ade9f7a1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0379&GA=110"
source_hash: "17e4e599d8e508c8017808d080299770900541952db2fd53ecf4b5a6230b6d38"
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 379 (110) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises compensation provisions and other provisions regarding substitute teachers. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-312.

## 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/SB0379.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/13/2017 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Zachary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/8/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0097)
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-22** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0078) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 387
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 387

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83b0c2b9-3daa-45b7-a6e6-6629ade9f7a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).