---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Transportation - As enacted, reduces, from 25 to 23, the age required for a person to receive an initial school bus endorsement if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the national guard or reserves, or a licensed teacher employed by an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55."
description: "School Transportation - As enacted, reduces, from 25 to 23, the age required for a person to receive an initial school bus endorsement if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the national guard or reserves, or a licensed teacher employed by an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "Tennessee SB 245 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cepicky", "Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c10b1b8-a18b-4404-81c3-2f161d345cce"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0245&GA=111"
source_hash: "c30804fd22aba869c8d1db43ca4a389f5a773668700e1126078c042759e3d14e"
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 245 (111) — School Transportation - As enacted, reduces, from 25 to 23, the age required for a person to receive an initial school bus endorsement if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the national guard or reserves, or a licensed teacher employed by an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0011** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0011.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0054** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0054.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0245.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2019 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/19/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019 2/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/7/2019 Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cepicky — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0011 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-03-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0054)
- **2019-03-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-15** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-03** Pub. Ch. 38
- **2019-04-03** Effective date(s) 01/01/2020
- **2019-04-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 38

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c10b1b8-a18b-4404-81c3-2f161d345cce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).