---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing the money teachers receive for classroom instruction materials. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing the money teachers receive for classroom instruction materials. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 401"
citation: "Tennessee SB 401 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teachers", "Principals and School Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Littleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18caa4f2-a9d5-439a-b788-d40cec19273e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0401&GA=110"
source_hash: "71ae941956357c6a7f33565f1f7ec6e7ae508bcc22934c906eb660d081fb7a64"
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 401 (110) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing the money teachers receive for classroom instruction materials. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.

## 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/SB0401.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/13/2017 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2017 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/5/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Littleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0353)
- **2017-04-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0392) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 389
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 389

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18caa4f2-a9d5-439a-b788-d40cec19273e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).