--- type: "Bill" title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, prohibits the granting of a temporary permit to teach a physical education class, special education course, or course for which an end-of-course examination is required; authorizes endorsement exemption to a teacher to teach any course or subject area, except a physical education class or a special education course, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years; revises other related provisions; requires the department of education to report certain information regarding endorsement exemptions and temporary permits. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6." description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, prohibits the granting of a temporary permit to teach a physical education class, special education course, or course for which an end-of-course examination is required; authorizes endorsement exemption to a teacher to teach any course or subject area, except a physical education class or a special education course, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years; revises other related provisions; requires the department of education to report certain information regarding endorsement exemptions and temporary permits. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "112" identifier: "SB 1863" citation: "Tennessee SB 1863 (112)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hensley", "Weaver"] version_count: 3 action_count: 43 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2022-01-20" last_action: "2022-05-04" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07f27b41-87f0-42a3-add5-1944a18026fd" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1863&GA=112" source_hash: "c816d3156e74880cbb77ff0e2bb74d1284a25501ad7ca3951a67f5c433eaf308" 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 1863 (112) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, prohibits the granting of a temporary permit to teach a physical education class, special education course, or course for which an end-of-course examination is required; authorizes endorsement exemption to a teacher to teach any course or subject area, except a physical education class or a special education course, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years; revises other related provisions; requires the department of education to report certain information regarding endorsement exemptions and temporary permits. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Amendment HA0638** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0638.pdf) 2. **Amendment SA0813** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0813.pdf) 3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1863.pdf) ## Votes - HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower - HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **69–17** (pass) · lower - K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/22/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — **31–1** (pass) · upper - SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/29/2022 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Hensley — primary (person) - Weaver — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2022-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2022-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2022-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction` - **2022-01-26** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee - **2022-01-26** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2022-01-26** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee` - **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/15/2022 - **2022-02-15** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 2/22/2022 - **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/22/2022 - **2022-02-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee` - **2022-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/2/2022 - **2022-03-02** No Action Taken - **2022-03-03** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/9/2022 - **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022 - **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/23/2022 - **2022-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/23/2022 - **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022 - **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 - **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2022-03-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 69, Nays 17, PNV 0 `passage` - **2022-03-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0638) `amendment-passage` - **2022-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. - **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2022 - **2022-03-23** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022 - **2022-03-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2022-03-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 - **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022 - **2022-04-11** Companion House Bill substituted - **2022-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 1 `passage` - **2022-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0813) - **2022-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. - **2022-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2022-04-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. - **2022-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker - **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2022-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt` - **2022-04-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 932 - **2022-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/29/2022 - **2022-05-04** Pub. Ch. 932 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07f27b41-87f0-42a3-add5-1944a18026fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).