---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, names the statute delineating rights of an educator as the \"Educator's Bill of Rights.\" - Amends TCA Section 49-5-209."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, names the statute delineating rights of an educator as the \"Educator's Bill of Rights.\" - Amends TCA Section 49-5-209."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2099"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2099 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pody", "Reedy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18f71896-57c0-4a46-8e67-96f375babc18"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2099&GA=112"
source_hash: "71cc82e39652879b41db8677ca3cf6950fa2860f2985cb9764d14676b3824d83"
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 2099 (112) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, names the statute delineating rights of an educator as the "Educator's Bill of Rights." - Amends TCA Section 49-5-209.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2099.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/9/2022 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/16/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pody — primary (person)
- Reedy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-14** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 682
- **2022-03-30** Effective date(s) 03/28/2022
- **2022-03-30** Pub. Ch. 682

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18f71896-57c0-4a46-8e67-96f375babc18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).