---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing injuries to educators in the course of employment caused by a violent criminal act. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing injuries to educators in the course of employment caused by a violent criminal act. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1343"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1343 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Ragan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edba2ecc-43f2-4a0a-b90e-d2d2925e96dc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1343&GA=112"
source_hash: "9a1caea2c3f0f95a927b97131e73fdab6e8cb86dfb44724f37a96a42311b9b4d"
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 1343 (112) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing injuries to educators in the course of employment caused by a violent criminal act. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0340** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0340.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0241** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0241.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1343.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/15/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass im am.; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 4/6/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Ragan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-30** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-30** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2021-03-30** Sponsor change.
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-15** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0241)
- **2021-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0340) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-28** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 377
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 377
- **2022-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edba2ecc-43f2-4a0a-b90e-d2d2925e96dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).