---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, increases, from one time to once every three years, the required in-service training for a teacher employed by a local board of education in regard to the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, increases, from one time to once every three years, the required in-service training for a teacher employed by a local board of education in regard to the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 337"
citation: "Tennessee SB 337 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore", "Lamar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/023d67d0-4243-4927-8328-8ae539de35a5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0337&GA=112"
source_hash: "36523a2ea8c792da8bee175cc6713622d49d21f4144ff54d175de1daf180490d"
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 337 (112) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, increases, from one time to once every three years, the required in-service training for a teacher employed by a local board of education in regard to the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## 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/SB0337.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/7/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/14/2021 Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/2/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Lamar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** P2C held on desk.
- **2021-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **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
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-12** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 287
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 04/30/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 287

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/023d67d0-4243-4927-8328-8ae539de35a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).