republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1765.md

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Bill	State Employees - As enacted, prohibits a state agency from requiring a baccalaureate degree as a condition of state employment unless the knowledge, skills, or abilities required for the position can only reasonably be obtained through a course of study culminating in a baccalaureate degree. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 50.	State Employees - As enacted, prohibits a state agency from requiring a baccalaureate degree as a condition of state employment unless the knowledge, skills, or abilities required for the position can only reasonably be obtained through a course of study culminating in a baccalaureate degree. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 50.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 1765	Tennessee SB 1765 (112)	bill	State Employees	enacted	Eldridge Southerland	3	40	6	2022-01-18	2022-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/36f4073c-61d0-4cc4-ba1b-34064504207b	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1765&GA=112	acf098cdcb951fcccf014a8d79020bea5334759a150555742c78dc94c89d03d5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1765 (112) — State Employees - As enacted, prohibits a state agency from requiring a baccalaureate degree as a condition of state employment unless the knowledge, skills, or abilities required for the position can only reasonably be obtained through a course of study culminating in a baccalaureate degree. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 50.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0763 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0734 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed — 81–9 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/22/2022 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/30/2022 Passed — 30–1 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/9/2022 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2022 — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eldridge — primary (person)
• Southerland — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-18 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-19 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-01-20 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2022-01-24 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-26 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2022-01-27 P2C, ref. to State Government Committee referral-committee
• 2022-01-28 Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-03-01 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
• 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
• 2022-03-08 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-09 Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-09 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-15 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
• 2022-03-15 Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/22/2022
• 2022-03-16 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
• 2022-03-16 Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/22/2022
• 2022-03-22 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2022-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-22 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-23 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
• 2022-03-24 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
• 2022-03-28 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2022
• 2022-03-28 Passed H., as am., Ayes 81, Nays 9, PNV 1 passage
• 2022-03-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-28 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0763) amendment-passage
• 2022-03-29 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2022-03-30 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2022-03-30 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2022-03-30 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2022-03-30 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0734)
• 2022-03-30 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2022-03-30 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-04-04 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-04-05 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-04-06 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2022-04-14 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-04-25 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 823
• 2022-04-25 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
• 2022-04-25 Pub. Ch. 823

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36f4073c-61d0-4cc4-ba1b-34064504207b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).