---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, makes various changes to certain teacher licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, makes various changes to certain teacher licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1311"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1311 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9186a144-63ce-4fb1-99e8-89109f2cc155"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1311&ga=114"
source_hash: "360518679ba5bfa45b4fdbeb72d875ae2efb9538cd3116c1d689d555dcdf7a44"
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 1311 (114) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, makes various changes to certain teacher licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0104** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0104.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1311.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/12/2025 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 Passed (1) — **82–14** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/24/2025 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-21** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/24/2025
- **2025-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-14** Passed H., as am., Ayes 82, Nays 14, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-14** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0104) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-14** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-15** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/16/2025
- **2025-04-16** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0104) `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/02/2025, 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 328

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9186a144-63ce-4fb1-99e8-89109f2cc155`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).