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type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, Charter - As enacted, requires public charter schools to provide educators six work weeks of paid leave after the birth or stillbirth of the educator's child or after the educator's adoption of a newly placed minor child. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49."
description: "Schools, Charter - As enacted, requires public charter schools to provide educators six work weeks of paid leave after the birth or stillbirth of the educator's child or after the educator's adoption of a newly placed minor child. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2655"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2655 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72e4ceb7-7cff-489c-aa53-b49278542cd7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2655&GA=113"
source_hash: "6578c098b4e456d2a229026ad05bb97fa5936e626c13416082ba81f2d449343f"
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 2655 (113) — Schools, Charter - As enacted, requires public charter schools to provide educators six work weeks of paid leave after the birth or stillbirth of the educator's child or after the educator's adoption of a newly placed minor child. - Amends TCA Title 8 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/113/Bill/SB2655.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/11/2024 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/6/2024 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — **940** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- White — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/6/2024
- **2024-03-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-08** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/11/2024
- **2024-03-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 875
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72e4ceb7-7cff-489c-aa53-b49278542cd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).