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type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, creates a new pathway for honorably discharged veterans to receive an occupational teaching license. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, creates a new pathway for honorably discharged veterans to receive an occupational teaching license. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 786"
citation: "Tennessee HB 786 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fritts"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6018bd83-ef35-4751-8fa8-d337ac145efb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0786&GA=113"
source_hash: "187b6b75dae0568dd4e1a2f6fb6ab491a166d6087a29719910bf8669fc3c0f92"
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 HB 786 (113) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, creates a new pathway for honorably discharged veterans to receive an occupational teaching license. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0386** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0386.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0379** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0379.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0786.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2023 4/6/2023 Failed — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/5/2023 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/7/2023 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/12/2023 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2023 Passed (1) — **900** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Fritts — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-28** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-01** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/15/2023
- **2023-03-15** No Action Taken
- **2023-03-16** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-22** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-22** Action def. in Education Administration to 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-29** No Action Taken
- **2023-03-30** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/5/2023
- **2023-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2023
- **2023-04-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2023
- **2023-04-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0386) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0379)
- **2023-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 311
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6018bd83-ef35-4751-8fa8-d337ac145efb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).