republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-1789.md

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Bill	Education, State Board of - As enacted, clarifies that pleas of guilt and nolo contendere to certain criminal offenses subject an educator to automatic revocation of an educator license by the state board; specifies that criminal offenses committed in another jurisdiction that are equivalent to those that if committed in this state subject an educator to automatic revocation of an educator license similarly subject an educator to automatic revocation of an educator license by the state board. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-417.	Education, State Board of - As enacted, clarifies that pleas of guilt and nolo contendere to certain criminal offenses subject an educator to automatic revocation of an educator license by the state board; specifies that criminal offenses committed in another jurisdiction that are equivalent to those that if committed in this state subject an educator to automatic revocation of an educator license similarly subject an educator to automatic revocation of an educator license by the state board. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-417.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 1789	Tennessee HB 1789 (113)	bill	Education State Board of	enacted	Slater	1	23	5	2024-01-09	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/02743925-7972-4ada-8f36-1b9f422db805	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1789&GA=113	b4e1fe1a0397b54ccd581ac6d2791e38f4b4f44e79dca2c2cac4ca383b6646ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1789 (113) — Education, State Board of - As enacted, clarifies that pleas of guilt and nolo contendere to certain criminal offenses subject an educator to automatic revocation of an educator license by the state board; specifies that criminal offenses committed in another jurisdiction that are equivalent to those that if committed in this state subject an educator to automatic revocation of an educator license similarly subject an educator to automatic revocation of an educator license by the state board. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-417.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/4/2024 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/26/2024 Passed (1) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/26/2024 2/22/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/6/2024 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/14/2024 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Slater — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-01-11 Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 P2C, ref. to Education Administration referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
• 2024-02-06 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-06 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-07 Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/14/2024
• 2024-02-14 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2024
• 2024-02-22 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/26/2024
• 2024-02-26 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-02-27 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-02-29 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-03-15 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Effective date(s) 03/15/2024
• 2024-03-26 Pub. Ch. 577

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02743925-7972-4ada-8f36-1b9f422db805. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).