---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, permits the state board of education to assess reasonable costs against a teacher or administrator when a final order is issued following a contested case hearing in which a teacher or administrator is issued a formal reprimand or the teacher's or administrator's license is denied, non-renewed, suspended, or revoked; requires the state board to promulgate rules for such assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 4 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3."
description: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, permits the state board of education to assess reasonable costs against a teacher or administrator when a final order is issued following a contested case hearing in which a teacher or administrator is issued a formal reprimand or the teacher's or administrator's license is denied, non-renewed, suspended, or revoked; requires the state board to promulgate rules for such assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 4 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2261"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2261 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "State Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunn", "Gresham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62dc9c2e-2c47-40cf-aa91-91af40176afa"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2261&GA=111"
source_hash: "17a70a32889ce55fa508c3e31c44970c675134d5f1310ba0f951f1c8d7d74a8a"
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 2261 (111) — Education, State Board of - As enacted, permits the state board of education to assess reasonable costs against a teacher or administrator when a final order is issued following a contested case hearing in which a teacher or administrator is issued a formal reprimand or the teacher's or administrator's license is denied, non-renewed, suspended, or revoked; requires the state board to promulgate rules for such assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 4 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 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/111/Bill/SB2261.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/4/2020 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020 3/12/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/2/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/18/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 2/26/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/2/2020 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/12/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dunn — primary (person)
- Gresham — 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
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/4/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/2/2020
- **2020-02-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020
- **2020-03-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-18** Reset on Regular Cal. for 3-20-19
- **2020-03-20** Reset on Regular Cal. for 6-1-20
- **2020-05-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/1/2020
- **2020-06-02** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-02** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-08** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 734
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 734

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62dc9c2e-2c47-40cf-aa91-91af40176afa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).