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type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, defines the term \"teacher\" for purposes of state salary increases for licensed education personnel. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, defines the term \"teacher\" for purposes of state salary increases for licensed education personnel. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "Tennessee SB 290 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Gardenhire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/811b8401-6804-4aaa-bc21-973eebcb3fc0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0290&GA=112"
source_hash: "9207c230cd713209091f24543dc0c07a168b2e4bb8cf539c322734e2610a4127"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee SB 290 (112) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, defines the term "teacher" for purposes of state salary increases for licensed education personnel. - Amends TCA Title 9 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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0290.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **912** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/23/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (2) — **912** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/10/2021 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Carter — primary (person)
- Gardenhire — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-11** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-18** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Effective date(s) 7/1/2021
- **2021-05-04** Pub. Ch. 248
- **2021-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 248
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/811b8401-6804-4aaa-bc21-973eebcb3fc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).