---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, moves up the deadline for the state board of education to release the teacher preparation training report from November 1 of each year to February 15 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, moves up the deadline for the state board of education to release the teacher preparation training report from November 1 of each year to February 15 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 809"
citation: "Tennessee SB 809 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teachers", "Principals and School Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks H", "Tate"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2400f3e0-bd3b-417d-8f13-b2d92906e478"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0809&GA=110"
source_hash: "5ce2c7a1f567a09df8ed5da477c66e56141b4004934b421f3cc7b30e8f944191"
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 809 (110) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, moves up the deadline for the state board of education to release the teacher preparation training report from November 1 of each year to February 15 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.

## 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/SB0809.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/22/2017 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/2/2017 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2017 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks H — primary (person)
- Tate — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** 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** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/2/2017
- **2017-02-28** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0036)
- **2017-03-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0048) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-03-16** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-16** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-03-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Pub. Ch. 27
- **2017-04-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 27

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2400f3e0-bd3b-417d-8f13-b2d92906e478`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).