---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to design and adopt a certificate of licensure for issuance to educators who have met the requirements for licensure established by the state board of education; requires that the certificate of licensure present an educator's licensure information in a format suitable for framing. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5."
description: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to design and adopt a certificate of licensure for issuance to educators who have met the requirements for licensure established by the state board of education; requires that the certificate of licensure present an educator's licensure information in a format suitable for framing. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2583"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2583 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b89de61e-5777-4e9e-bd15-ce06f5b65e96"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2583&GA=112"
source_hash: "3ed3ddc255c29852df730138f9a723ba21ade7204987788259d68f81aab0ff8d"
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 2583 (112) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to design and adopt a certificate of licensure for issuance to educators who have met the requirements for licensure established by the state board of education; requires that the certificate of licensure present an educator's licensure information in a format suitable for framing. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and 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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2583.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/2/2022 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/23/2022 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/16/2022 (7) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (2) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-24** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-06** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-06** Pub. Ch. 1145
- **2022-06-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1145

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b89de61e-5777-4e9e-bd15-ce06f5b65e96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).