---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the evaluation criteria for educators. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-302."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the evaluation criteria for educators. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-302."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2155"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2155 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cepicky", "Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f40586a-785a-4453-b6a0-7a603bad4b06"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2155&GA=112"
source_hash: "a8e9a0bfe1b1c513cd7fdbc7634af64f3657e3078c0a519271aee156482df416"
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 2155 (112) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the evaluation criteria for educators. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-302.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0545** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0545.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0851** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0851.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2155.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/18/2022 Passed (1) — **74–18** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 2/15/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (2) — **68–22** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/30/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cepicky — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 68, Nays 22, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0545) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **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
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-29** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** 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 as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0851)
- **2022-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-14** H. Placed on Message Calendar 4/18/22
- **2022-04-18** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 74, Nays 18 PNV 0 HB2116
- **2022-04-19** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 991
- **2022-05-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-09** Pub. Ch. 991

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f40586a-785a-4453-b6a0-7a603bad4b06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).