republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-353.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Schools, Charter - As enacted, entitles all public charter schools to participate in the state group insurance plans selected by the governing body of the public charter school in accordance with existing law; authorizes, instead of requires, teachers and other full-time permanent employees of public charter schools to participate in such plans. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 13.	Schools, Charter - As enacted, entitles all public charter schools to participate in the state group insurance plans selected by the governing body of the public charter school in accordance with existing law; authorizes, instead of requires, teachers and other full-time permanent employees of public charter schools to participate in such plans. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 13.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 353	Tennessee SB 353 (112)	bill	Charter Schools	enacted	Gardenhire White	4	37	6	2021-01-29	2021-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/93890097-193f-4b3b-92cc-29b2170cdb02	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0353&GA=112	0aef595bbbfebe74018bf292788858ae4da8c9a3cd291d8f1826b9d4b9f43cb7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 353 (112) — Schools, Charter - As enacted, entitles all public charter schools to participate in the state group insurance plans selected by the governing body of the public charter school in accordance with existing law; authorizes, instead of requires, teachers and other full-time permanent employees of public charter schools to participate in such plans. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 13.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0209 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0095 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0101 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, referred to Senate Calendar Committee 3/17/2021 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2021 Passed (1) — 77–12 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/23/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/25/2021 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gardenhire — primary (person)
• White — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-29 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-03 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-08 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2021-02-10 Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 P2C, ref. to Education Instruction referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
• 2021-03-10 Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
• 2021-03-16 Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee to 3/23/2021
• 2021-03-17 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2021-03-17 Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
• 2021-03-23 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
• 2021-03-23 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-25 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-03-25 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-03-25 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0101)
• 2021-03-25 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0095)
• 2021-03-29 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-03-31 Rec. for pass. if am., 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 Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021
• 2021-04-15 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-04-15 Passed H., Ayes 77, Nays 12, PNV 1 passage
• 2021-04-15 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0209) amendment-withdrawal
• 2021-04-15 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-04-15 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-04-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 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) 4/28/2021
• 2021-05-04 Pub. Ch. 250
• 2021-05-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 250

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93890097-193f-4b3b-92cc-29b2170cdb02. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).