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Bill Education - As enacted, changes, from the state board of education to local boards of education, the entity responsible for requiring certain examinations of school bus drivers, for requiring certain reports, and for revoking the certificates of school bus drivers found to be unfit; expands the types of convictions for which a school bus driver's certificate must be revoked; revises various provisions to change, from the state board of education to the department of safety, the entity responsible for adopting specifications for school buses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21. Education - As enacted, changes, from the state board of education to local boards of education, the entity responsible for requiring certain examinations of school bus drivers, for requiring certain reports, and for revoking the certificates of school bus drivers found to be unfit; expands the types of convictions for which a school bus driver's certificate must be revoked; revises various provisions to change, from the state board of education to the department of safety, the entity responsible for adopting specifications for school buses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 113 SB 579 Tennessee SB 579 (113)
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Tennessee SB 579 (113) — Education - As enacted, changes, from the state board of education to local boards of education, the entity responsible for requiring certain examinations of school bus drivers, for requiring certain reports, and for revoking the certificates of school bus drivers found to be unfit; expands the types of convictions for which a school bus driver's certificate must be revoked; revises various provisions to change, from the state board of education to the department of safety, the entity responsible for adopting specifications for school buses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21.

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 2/13/2023 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/8/2023 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2023 Passed (1) — 920 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Pody — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-25 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2023-01-26 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2023-01-30 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/8/2023
  • 2023-01-30 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee passage
  • 2023-02-08 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2023-02-09 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/13/2023
  • 2023-02-13 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2023-02-13 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2023-02-16 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2023-03-20 Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2023-03-20 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2023-03-22 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2023-03-22 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2023-03-23 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2023-03-24 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2023-04-04 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-04-18 Effective date(s) 04/04/2023; 07/01/2024
  • 2023-04-18 Pub. Ch. 122

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cbb2395f-25fe-486b-9172-6aa6fb69c4da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).