---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing criminal history checks of certain persons who come in direct contact with school children or children in a child care program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5."
description: "Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing criminal history checks of certain persons who come in direct contact with school children or children in a child care program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1424"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1424 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Farmer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0828ea8e-8a3e-48d4-84ad-390aa73d374b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1424&GA=112"
source_hash: "e333031ddf35a283973c79faf14fbb990639f21059d81e8b13c7698fe9d30ee6"
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 1424 (112) — Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing criminal history checks of certain persons who come in direct contact with school children or children in a child care program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0335** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0335.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0224** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0224.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1424.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/29/2021 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/30/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 4/7/2021 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass im am.; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)
- Farmer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **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 cal. Education Administration for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Action def. in Education Administration to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-26** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0335) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
- **2021-04-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-29** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0224)
- **2021-04-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-05-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 417
- **2021-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/12/2021
- **2021-05-19** Pub. Ch. 417

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0828ea8e-8a3e-48d4-84ad-390aa73d374b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).