---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding the automatic revocation of educator licenses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding the automatic revocation of educator licenses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 744"
citation: "Tennessee SB 744 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/575a948b-bd3f-4028-b78a-ad97c048eacc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0744&GA=113"
source_hash: "d85ec863bf816b7938bfce9d09c5e464519291b8d41e8661f5021a3048dde650"
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 744 (113) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding the automatic revocation of educator licenses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0168** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0168.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0744.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/15/2023 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2023 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/15/2023 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/13/2023 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/27/2023 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/15/2023
- **2023-02-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2023-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0168) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/13/2023
- **2023-04-13** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0168) `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 267

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/575a948b-bd3f-4028-b78a-ad97c048eacc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).