republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1863.md

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Bill	Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, prohibits the granting of a temporary permit to teach a physical education class, special education course, or course for which an end-of-course examination is required; authorizes endorsement exemption to a teacher to teach any course or subject area, except a physical education class or a special education course, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years; revises other related provisions; requires the department of education to report certain information regarding endorsement exemptions and temporary permits. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.	Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, prohibits the granting of a temporary permit to teach a physical education class, special education course, or course for which an end-of-course examination is required; authorizes endorsement exemption to a teacher to teach any course or subject area, except a physical education class or a special education course, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years; revises other related provisions; requires the department of education to report certain information regarding endorsement exemptions and temporary permits. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 1863	Tennessee SB 1863 (112)	bill	Principals and School Personnel Teachers	enacted	Hensley Weaver	3	43	6	2022-01-20	2022-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/07f27b41-87f0-42a3-add5-1944a18026fd	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1863&GA=112	c816d3156e74880cbb77ff0e2bb74d1284a25501ad7ca3951a67f5c433eaf308	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1863 (112) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, prohibits the granting of a temporary permit to teach a physical education class, special education course, or course for which an end-of-course examination is required; authorizes endorsement exemption to a teacher to teach any course or subject area, except a physical education class or a special education course, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years; revises other related provisions; requires the department of education to report certain information regarding endorsement exemptions and temporary permits. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0638 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0813 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — 69–17 (pass) · lower
• K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/22/2022 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — 31–1 (pass) · upper
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/29/2022 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hensley — primary (person)
• Weaver — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-20 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-20 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-24 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-01-24 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2022-01-26 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2022-01-26 Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 P2C, ref. to Education Administration referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
• 2022-02-15 Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 2/22/2022
• 2022-02-16 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
• 2022-02-22 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-02-23 Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/2/2022
• 2022-03-02 No Action Taken
• 2022-03-03 Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/9/2022
• 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
• 2022-03-09 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-16 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
• 2022-03-16 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/23/2022
• 2022-03-16 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
• 2022-03-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
• 2022-03-21 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-21 Passed H., as am., Ayes 69, Nays 17, PNV 0 passage
• 2022-03-21 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0638) amendment-passage
• 2022-03-22 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2022-03-23 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
• 2022-03-23 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
• 2022-03-24 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-03-29 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2022-04-07 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
• 2022-04-11 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2022-04-11 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 1 passage
• 2022-04-11 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0813)
• 2022-04-11 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2022-04-12 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-04-12 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2022-04-14 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-04-18 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-04-19 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2022-04-29 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-05-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 932
• 2022-05-04 Effective date(s) 04/29/2022
• 2022-05-04 Pub. Ch. 932

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07f27b41-87f0-42a3-add5-1944a18026fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).