---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, makes changes to the compensation of teachers in the special school district. - Amends TCA Section 37-5-119."
description: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, makes changes to the compensation of teachers in the special school district. - Amends TCA Section 37-5-119."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "Tennessee SB 244 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69ea1c73-b1cf-4e4a-bf1c-3be4c5fe3bfc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0244&GA=113"
source_hash: "6cb033b74d4341246c1a7ec6642edd82699ac6297c28ba48323e7af20071caa3"
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 244 (113) — Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, makes changes to the compensation of teachers in the special school district. - Amends TCA Section 37-5-119.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0035** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0035.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0013** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0013.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0244.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/27/2023 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/8/2023 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/8/2023 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2023 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/8/2023 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2023 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2023 Passed (1) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2023 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/27/2023 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/8/2023 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** 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`
- **2023-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-01** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/8/2023
- **2023-02-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-02-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2023-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0013)
- **2023-03-02** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-03-13** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0035) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-03-13** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-03-14** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-03-17** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-31** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-04-18** Pub. Ch. 84

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69ea1c73-b1cf-4e4a-bf1c-3be4c5fe3bfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).