---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises law relative to leave for teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises law relative to leave for teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2343"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2343 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b947ec0f-8d1b-473c-bef7-4f91bafea158"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2343&ga=114"
source_hash: "90b0bc3b383322f39381b1c126d171b003d75077d5d73ef697e99619dbcddf0e"
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 2343 (114) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises law relative to leave for teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0823** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0823.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA1089** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1089.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2343.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/23/2026 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026 4/2/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2026 Passed (3) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/17/2026 Passed (4) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — **88–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/3/2026
- **2026-03-03** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-05** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-10** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-24** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
- **2026-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 2, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-04-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0823) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-23** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1089)
- **2026-04-23** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-26** Pub. Ch. 1022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b947ec0f-8d1b-473c-bef7-4f91bafea158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).