---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to safety in school buildings, policies and procedures regarding grades, and the use of performance goals and measures for a public school or LEA; requires professional licenses issued by the state board of education to be valid for a period of no less than eight years; prohibits the department of education from requiring a school or LEA to submit the school's or LEA's school improvement plan to the department for approval more than once every three years. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to safety in school buildings, policies and procedures regarding grades, and the use of performance goals and measures for a public school or LEA; requires professional licenses issued by the state board of education to be valid for a period of no less than eight years; prohibits the department of education from requiring a school or LEA to submit the school's or LEA's school improvement plan to the department for approval more than once every three years. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 191"
citation: "Tennessee SB 191 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a7c2091-8807-4eb2-9035-d9fae345ec6a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0191&GA=113"
source_hash: "75408ce0e78de58a438046470a1ec085d087e69ff41b726643aefa6f3dc8ccaa"
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 191 (113) — Education - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to safety in school buildings, policies and procedures regarding grades, and the use of performance goals and measures for a public school or LEA; requires professional licenses issued by the state board of education to be valid for a period of no less than eight years; prohibits the department of education from requiring a school or LEA to submit the school's or LEA's school improvement plan to the department for approval more than once every three years. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA1002.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1099** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA1099.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0781** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0781.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0191.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/25/2024 Passed — **76–7** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/1/2024 Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/25/2024 Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/20/2024 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed — **68–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-21** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2024-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2024
- **2024-04-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0781)
- **2024-04-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/23/2024
- **2024-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 68, Nays 25, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1099) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1002) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-23** H. refused to recede from H. am. no. 1
- **2024-04-23** Senate refused to concur in amendment 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-24** Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence.
- **2024-04-24** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/24/2024
- **2024-04-25** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 76, Nays 7 PNV 1
- **2024-04-25** Conference Committee report adopted, Aye 29, Nay 0
- **2024-04-25** Conf. comm. appointed. (Cepicky, Moody, Lafferty, Love)
- **2024-04-25** H. refused to recede from its non-concurrence
- **2024-04-25** Conference Committee appointed (Lamar, Lowe, Lundberg, Roberts, Taylor).
- **2024-04-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/28/2024, 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-29** Pub. Ch. 1005

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a7c2091-8807-4eb2-9035-d9fae345ec6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).