---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires local boards of education to include school safety training in the training requirements for substitute teachers; clarifies that LEAs are prohibited from hiring a substitute teacher whose license in another state is revoked; makes other changes concerning LEA policies for substitute teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires local boards of education to include school safety training in the training requirements for substitute teachers; clarifies that LEAs are prohibited from hiring a substitute teacher whose license in another state is revoked; makes other changes concerning LEA policies for substitute teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2652"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2652 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f8297ae-3477-4715-81ce-ae3d88db5a2c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2652&GA=113"
source_hash: "ea73b195d64a68c34311b0d2f932c9c2dfc4b1434eba122cbf351731c542e61f"
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 2652 (113) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires local boards of education to include school safety training in the training requirements for substitute teachers; clarifies that LEAs are prohibited from hiring a substitute teacher whose license in another state is revoked; makes other changes concerning LEA policies for substitute teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0783** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0783.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0561** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0561.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2652.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/21/2024 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2024 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/29/2024 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0561)
- **2024-03-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-04** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0783) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-04** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/19/2024
- **2024-05-01** Pub. Ch. 735

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f8297ae-3477-4715-81ce-ae3d88db5a2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).