---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, specifies, for purposes of certain provisions governing leave, that a teacher's school or school district is not considered to be closed when teachers are required to work remotely and provide virtual instruction to students. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, specifies, for purposes of certain provisions governing leave, that a teacher's school or school district is not considered to be closed when teachers are required to work remotely and provide virtual instruction to students. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 636"
citation: "Tennessee SB 636 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ogles", "Powers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3906b1b3-63be-4b2a-9e5d-16d0fad0c664"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0636&GA=112"
source_hash: "7b208d3c117cf753ce29d171ff1aa00cad60abfbaed38d4ebf777d24675121da"
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 636 (112) — Education - As enacted, specifies, for purposes of certain provisions governing leave, that a teacher's school or school district is not considered to be closed when teachers are required to work remotely and provide virtual instruction to students. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0275** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0275.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0143** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0143.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0636.pdf)

## Votes

- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/23/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommend for passage with amendments, referred to Senate Calendar Committee 3/24/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/1/2021 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ogles — primary (person)
- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-24** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-03-01** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2021-03-01** Sponsor change.
- **2021-03-12** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-24** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action def. in Education Administration to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0143)
- **2021-04-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0275) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Effective date(s) 4/28/2021
- **2021-05-04** Pub. Ch. 261
- **2021-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 261

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3906b1b3-63be-4b2a-9e5d-16d0fad0c664`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).