---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, clarifies that tenure and the process for dismissing a nontenured, licensed employee by a director of schools does not apply to individuals who hold a temporary academic permit or temporary clinical permit. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, clarifies that tenure and the process for dismissing a nontenured, licensed employee by a director of schools does not apply to individuals who hold a temporary academic permit or temporary clinical permit. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2371"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2371 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e02fe54-f2ee-4d6e-8187-9e8f33690737"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2371&ga=114"
source_hash: "4851a8afebd001422e2c09283f03903f021d7ac10c1a9a63baec0d4fe0a311b9"
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 2371 (114) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, clarifies that tenure and the process for dismissing a nontenured, licensed employee by a director of schools does not apply to individuals who hold a temporary academic permit or temporary clinical permit. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2371.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/9/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2026 Passed (1) — **74–16** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2026 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/25/2026
- **2026-02-25** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/4/2026
- **2026-02-26** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-03-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 74, Nays 16, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- **2026-05-04** Pub. Ch. 867

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e02fe54-f2ee-4d6e-8187-9e8f33690737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).