republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-729.md

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Bill	Education - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Educators Protection Act". - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 28; Title 29; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49.	Education - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Educators Protection Act". - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 28; Title 29; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 729	Tennessee SB 729 (110)	bill	Education	enacted	Gresham Rudd	1	51	3	2017-02-08	2017-05-23	openstates	ocd-bill/6c3cda1f-3e34-454c-8463-799f24406167	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0729&GA=110	2bea6f878e227d2fc9c453ee8e4a95f2c9676772b2d2201935ea133839f2b6bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 729 (110) — Education - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Educators Protection Act". - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 28; Title 29; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 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

• FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/20/2017 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2017 Passed (1) — 78–7 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/12/2017 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gresham — primary (person)
• Rudd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-08 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-09 Intro. introduction
• 2017-02-09 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-13 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2017-02-13 P1C.
• 2017-02-15 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee--Education Administration & Planning referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
• 2017-03-29 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
• 2017-03-29 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
• 2017-04-05 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
• 2017-04-05 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-05 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-05 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2017-04-11 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-11 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-11 Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 4/18/2017
• 2017-04-12 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2017-04-12 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/18/2017
• 2017-04-18 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
• 2017-04-19 Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/25/2017
• 2017-04-19 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Education Administration & Planning committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-20 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2017-04-20 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-20 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-04-20 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0411)
• 2017-04-24 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2017-04-25 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-26 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-26 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-26 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/26/2017
• 2017-04-26 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-27 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-05-02 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
• 2017-05-03 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
• 2017-05-04 Passed H., Ayes 78, Nays 7, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-05-04 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0516) amendment-withdrawal
• 2017-05-04 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2017-05-04 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-05-04 Comp. SB subst.
• 2017-05-05 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2017-05-09 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-05-09 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-05-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2017-05-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-05-23 Pub. Ch. 407
• 2017-05-23 Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
• 2017-05-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 407

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c3cda1f-3e34-454c-8463-799f24406167. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).