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Bill Witnesses - As enacted, prohibits a court from requiring an educator to be a witness in a civil domestic dispute proceeding if the educator's attendance would cause absence from teaching or supervisory duties in a school unless the court determines the educator's attendance is necessary to ensure fairness. - Amends TCA Title 24 and Title 49. Witnesses - As enacted, prohibits a court from requiring an educator to be a witness in a civil domestic dispute proceeding if the educator's attendance would cause absence from teaching or supervisory duties in a school unless the court determines the educator's attendance is necessary to ensure fairness. - Amends TCA Title 24 and Title 49. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 110 SB 2549 Tennessee SB 2549 (110)
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Tennessee SB 2549 (110) — Witnesses - As enacted, prohibits a court from requiring an educator to be a witness in a civil domestic dispute proceeding if the educator's attendance would cause absence from teaching or supervisory duties in a school unless the court determines the educator's attendance is necessary to ensure fairness. - Amends TCA Title 24 and Title 49.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/13/2018 Passed (3) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/19/2018 PASSED (2) — 320 (fail) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2018 PASSED (1) — 841 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/4/2018 PASSED (1) — 301 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

  • Akbari — primary (person)
  • Gardenhire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2018-02-01 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-02-01 Intro. introduction
  • 2018-02-01 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2018-02-05 P1C.
  • 2018-02-07 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2018-02-07 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2018-02-27 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-02-28 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
  • 2018-03-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
  • 2018-03-07 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
  • 2018-03-07 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/14/2018
  • 2018-03-13 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2018-03-14 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/20/2018
  • 2018-03-14 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2018-03-16 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/19/2018
  • 2018-03-19 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2018-03-20 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2018-03-20 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-21 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
  • 2018-03-22 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2018-03-22 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2018
  • 2018-03-26 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-03-29 Passed H., as am., Ayes 84, Nays 1, PNV 0 passage
  • 2018-03-29 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0951) amendment-passage
  • 2018-03-29 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2018-03-29 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-03-29 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2018-04-02 Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/4/2018
  • 2018-04-04 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2018-04-04 Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 1 (Amendment 1 - HA0951) passage
  • 2018-04-05 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2018-04-05 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2018-04-06 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2018-04-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-04-23 Pub. Ch. 747
  • 2018-04-23 Effective date(s) 04/18/2018
  • 2018-04-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 747

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e8484396-b621-4c43-bc07-e07c2e9d8f8e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).