republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-2261.md

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Bill	Education, State Board of - As enacted, permits the state board of education to assess reasonable costs against a teacher or administrator when a final order is issued following a contested case hearing in which a teacher or administrator is issued a formal reprimand or the teacher's or administrator's license is denied, non-renewed, suspended, or revoked; requires the state board to promulgate rules for such assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 4 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3.	Education, State Board of - As enacted, permits the state board of education to assess reasonable costs against a teacher or administrator when a final order is issued following a contested case hearing in which a teacher or administrator is issued a formal reprimand or the teacher's or administrator's license is denied, non-renewed, suspended, or revoked; requires the state board to promulgate rules for such assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 4 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 2261	Tennessee SB 2261 (111)	bill	Education State Board of	enacted	Dunn Gresham	1	35	7	2020-01-28	2020-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/62dc9c2e-2c47-40cf-aa91-91af40176afa	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2261&GA=111	17a70a32889ce55fa508c3e31c44970c675134d5f1310ba0f951f1c8d7d74a8a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2261 (111) — Education, State Board of - As enacted, permits the state board of education to assess reasonable costs against a teacher or administrator when a final order is issued following a contested case hearing in which a teacher or administrator is issued a formal reprimand or the teacher's or administrator's license is denied, non-renewed, suspended, or revoked; requires the state board to promulgate rules for such assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 4 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

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 (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020 3/12/2020 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/2/2020 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/18/2020 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 2/26/2020 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/2/2020 Passed (1) — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/12/2020 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dunn — primary (person)
• Gresham — 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-- Government Operations for Review 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
• 2020-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2020-02-12 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/18/2020
• 2020-02-18 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 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. Government Operations Committee for 3/2/2020
• 2020-02-26 Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-02 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-04 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2020-03-10 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020
• 2020-03-11 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020
• 2020-03-12 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2020-03-12 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2020-03-12 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020
• 2020-03-16 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2020-03-18 Reset on Regular Cal. for 3-20-19
• 2020-03-20 Reset on Regular Cal. for 6-1-20
• 2020-05-05 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/1/2020
• 2020-06-02 Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2020-06-02 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2020-06-02 Comp. SB subst.
• 2020-06-04 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2020-06-08 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2020-06-09 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-06-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2020-06-22 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-07-02 Pub. Ch. 734
• 2020-07-02 Effective date(s) 06/22/2020
• 2020-07-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 734

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62dc9c2e-2c47-40cf-aa91-91af40176afa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).