---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, gives the state board of education administrative subpoena power in connection with investigations related to licensure disciplinary actions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5."
description: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, gives the state board of education administrative subpoena power in connection with investigations related to licensure disciplinary actions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2260"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2260 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "State Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81032d22-4fb9-4e7f-904e-72c478409168"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2260&GA=111"
source_hash: "6e8696ff56c4cda1845a248df83e8aa4ab6b8d8de141472e432e552f403fb69f"
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 2260 (111) — Education, State Board of - As enacted, gives the state board of education administrative subpoena power in connection with investigations related to licensure disciplinary actions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 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/111/Bill/SB2260.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2020 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee with Negative Recommendation 6/9/2020 Failed — **7–8** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/15/2020 6/11/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/25/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 5/28/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/9/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/16/2020 Passed (1) — **88–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** P2C, ref. to Education-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/4/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/4/2020
- **2020-03-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2020
- **2020-03-04** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/11/2020
- **2020-03-05** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-11** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-18** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-20** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 5/28/2020
- **2020-05-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-09** Ref to Calendar & Rules Committee with negative recommendation
- **2020-06-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-16** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-16** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-16** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 733
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 733

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81032d22-4fb9-4e7f-904e-72c478409168`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).