---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing teachers' contracts. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing teachers' contracts. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1345"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1345 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Vaughan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/847cc7b8-2c61-4db0-91bf-ce80e71dc663"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1345&GA=112"
source_hash: "09b8692d5f6a6231350c6e8be322818e14f3ed5c165a33f880d35eed4cb8bdb5"
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 1345 (112) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing teachers' contracts. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0272** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0272.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0240** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0240.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1345.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/30/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/7/2021 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/15/2021 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Vaughan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-03-02** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2021-03-02** Sponsor change.
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-15** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0240)
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0272) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0272) `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/11/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 378
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 378

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/847cc7b8-2c61-4db0-91bf-ce80e71dc663`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).