republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-479.md

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Bill	Education, State Board of - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding initial educator licensure, advancement, and renewal, including requiring the state board, when issuing an educator license to an out-of-state educator, to issue a license that is equivalent to the license the educator possesses in another state. - Amends TCA Title 49.	Education, State Board of - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding initial educator licensure, advancement, and renewal, including requiring the state board, when issuing an educator license to an out-of-state educator, to issue a license that is equivalent to the license the educator possesses in another state. - Amends TCA Title 49.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 479	Tennessee SB 479 (112)	bill	Education State Board of	enacted	Haile Weaver	3	43	7	2021-02-04	2021-04-21	openstates	ocd-bill/7f85755a-9db1-4cf9-878e-0bfba375a206	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0479&GA=112	8178f02befea0dc91ee44f55a4b1365f03eaf16533747fa145130fe2dec30afb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 479 (112) — Education, State Board of - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding initial educator licensure, advancement, and renewal, including requiring the state board, when issuing an educator license to an out-of-state educator, to issue a license that is equivalent to the license the educator possesses in another state. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0047 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0055 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/10/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2021 3/25/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — 86–2 (pass) · lower
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/10/2021 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/2/2021 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Haile — primary (person)
• Weaver — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-04 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-08 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-10 Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 P2C, ref. to Education Administration -- Government Operations for Review referral-committee
• 2021-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2021-02-24 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
• 2021-02-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-02 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/10/2021
• 2021-03-03 Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/10/2021
• 2021-03-03 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-10 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-10 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2021-03-10 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-10 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-11 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/15/2021
• 2021-03-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-15 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-03-15 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-03-15 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0055)
• 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/22/2021
• 2021-03-18 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-03-18 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
• 2021-03-22 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
• 2021-03-25 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2021
• 2021-03-29 Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 2, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-03-29 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0047) amendment-withdrawal
• 2021-03-29 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-03-29 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-03-29 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-31 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-04-01 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-04-05 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-04-06 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-04-13 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-04-21 Effective date(s) 04/13/2021; 07/01/2021
• 2021-04-21 Pub. Ch. 125
• 2021-04-21 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 125

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f85755a-9db1-4cf9-878e-0bfba375a206. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).