---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, makes it the duty of the state board of education to issue professional licenses upon the work done in standard teacher-training institutions, colleges, and universities that must be approved by the state board of education after inspection as may be provided by the board. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5."
description: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, makes it the duty of the state board of education to issue professional licenses upon the work done in standard teacher-training institutions, colleges, and universities that must be approved by the state board of education after inspection as may be provided by the board. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 414"
citation: "Tennessee HB 414 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "State Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "White M"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/309afd2e-b3a5-48a0-9671-14b47ca7abfb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0414&GA=110"
source_hash: "7de7990644892c831e98802ab7fd4f56a4e3864a7dad27fd2e1ce2524fad2c11"
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 HB 414 (110) — Education, State Board of - As enacted, makes it the duty of the state board of education to issue professional licenses upon the work done in standard teacher-training institutions, colleges, and universities that must be approved by the state board of education after inspection as may be provided by the board. - 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. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0414.pdf)

## Votes

- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning 2/14/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2017 3/9/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- White M — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/14/2017
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/15/2017
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-14** Rec. for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-02-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/23/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-02-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0022)
- **2017-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-02-28** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-13** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0049) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-03-13** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-03-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 19
- **2017-04-04** Pub. Ch. 19
- **2017-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/24/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/309afd2e-b3a5-48a0-9671-14b47ca7abfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).