---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing temporary teaching permits. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing temporary teaching permits. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 924"
citation: "Tennessee SB 924 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cepicky", "Kelsey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/469ebcea-6c68-4edd-a4fe-a39f43c62513"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0924&GA=112"
source_hash: "c1b2adeef2f2b1aba7369c73165f7c75ac72abc8fc03329a7b8b4b976f781618"
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 924 (112) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing temporary teaching permits. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0200** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0200.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0219** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0219.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0220** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0220.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0221** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0221.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0924.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0 4/7/2021 Passed — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/23/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cepicky — primary (person)
- Kelsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-03-16** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **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** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0200) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - SA0219)
- **2021-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0220)
- **2021-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0221)
- **2021-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 326
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/04/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 326

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/469ebcea-6c68-4edd-a4fe-a39f43c62513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).