---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, allows a teacher holding the teacher's second or third teaching permit to apply to the department of education for a limited license to continue teaching the course or subject area taught pursuant to the teacher's current temporary permit; not applicable to a limited license to teach a physical education class, a course for which an end-of-course examination is required, or a special education course; adds other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, allows a teacher holding the teacher's second or third teaching permit to apply to the department of education for a limited license to continue teaching the course or subject area taught pursuant to the teacher's current temporary permit; not applicable to a limited license to teach a physical education class, a course for which an end-of-course examination is required, or a special education course; adds other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1864"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1864 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley", "Weaver"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca5fbd1c-9acb-483e-8182-ed6d26ef2d47"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1864&GA=112"
source_hash: "8576a3ea92361b65ab91c3da520d1cbf1adecda88f7d9266afa69b28d2fb1c28"
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 1864 (112) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, allows a teacher holding the teacher's second or third teaching permit to apply to the department of education for a limited license to continue teaching the course or subject area taught pursuant to the teacher's current temporary permit; not applicable to a limited license to teach a physical education class, a course for which an end-of-course examination is required, or a special education course; adds other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0639** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0639.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0812** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0812.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1864.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/29/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **75–14** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/22/2022 (7) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/9/2022 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hensley — primary (person)
- Weaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-01-26** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-02** No Action Taken
- **2022-03-03** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-03-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-11** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0812)
- **2022-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 14, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0639) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/27/2022, 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1093
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1093

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca5fbd1c-9acb-483e-8182-ed6d26ef2d47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).