---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, adds offenses to the list of offenses for which, upon conviction, the state board of education automatically revokes a teacher's or administrator's license. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-417."
description: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, adds offenses to the list of offenses for which, upon conviction, the state board of education automatically revokes a teacher's or administrator's license. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-417."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2262"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2262 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "State Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Moody"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26acbe56-7bc5-4472-891a-7fb62ffd7156"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2262&GA=111"
source_hash: "bb82be9456edccdc480bb8adc3e63babc7cda2e5e38a7b5e5828f79a77178a29"
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 2262 (111) — Education, State Board of - As enacted, adds offenses to the list of offenses for which, upon conviction, the state board of education automatically revokes a teacher's or administrator's license. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-417.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0573** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0573.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0568** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0568.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2262.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/4/2020 Passed (1) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/18/2020 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/12/2020 Passed — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020 2/27/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/5/2020 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2020-02-11** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/4/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-03-05** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0573) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-03-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0568)
- **2020-03-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-03-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 629
- **2020-04-06** Pub. Ch. 629
- **2020-04-06** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26acbe56-7bc5-4472-891a-7fb62ffd7156`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).