---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires that certain employees of state special schools receive the same leave and certain other benefits as employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50 and Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires that certain employees of state special schools receive the same leave and certain other benefits as employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 676"
citation: "Tennessee HB 676 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stinnett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2db15f60-a67f-4118-8f03-296e9b878f15"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0676&ga=114"
source_hash: "7f16481c0e5bd5ec92eb548cda2878dd18459ad9c3d4b21e71a4d38cd16ac9bd"
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 HB 676 (114) — Education - As enacted, requires that certain employees of state special schools receive the same leave and certain other benefits as employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0107** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0107.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0122** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0122.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0676.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2025 Passed (3) — **28–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/18/2025 Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 3/4/2025 Passed (5) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/9/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/26/2025 Passed (4) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025 4/3/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stinnett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** P2C, ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/4/2025
- **2025-03-04** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/1/2025
- **2025-03-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/3/2025
- **2025-04-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0107) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0122)
- **2025-04-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-04-28** Pub. Ch. 284

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2db15f60-a67f-4118-8f03-296e9b878f15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).