---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, extends present law concerning compensated unused leave for teachers to all employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, extends present law concerning compensated unused leave for teachers to all employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 656"
citation: "Tennessee HB 656 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffba1b04-dc40-4a03-b286-50998ec34063"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0656&ga=114"
source_hash: "bb0e5e9cd6c83c12f15976ed03cf9f97ce26e393b77cc2c053585a0fdba2fb4d"
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 656 (114) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, extends present law concerning compensated unused leave for teachers to all employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0815** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0815.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0797** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0797.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0656.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 3/10/2026 Passed (5) — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2026 Passed (3) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (4) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/24/2026 Passed — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026 4/9/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/14/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Farmer — 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, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2026-02-25** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-25** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-03** Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-10** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **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** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/7/2026
- **2026-04-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026
- **2026-04-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0815) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0797)
- **2026-04-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-14** Effective date(s) 05/01/2026
- **2026-05-14** Pub. Ch. 909

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffba1b04-dc40-4a03-b286-50998ec34063`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).