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type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA to pay a teacher their full salary, in addition to their full benefits, if the teacher is absent from assigned duties as the result of a personal injury caused by a physical assault or other violent criminal act committed against the teacher in the course of the teacher's employment activities, with certain limitations and exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 7."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA to pay a teacher their full salary, in addition to their full benefits, if the teacher is absent from assigned duties as the result of a personal injury caused by a physical assault or other violent criminal act committed against the teacher in the course of the teacher's employment activities, with certain limitations and exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 906"
citation: "Tennessee SB 906 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niceley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d52fc4a-f794-478d-8a47-92e42a82f7d4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0906&GA=113"
source_hash: "6a67e71ddf15f5a170e5e64bc83be5ed2ceee5efc3eced18f07cce87b38af3de"
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 906 (113) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA to pay a teacher their full salary, in addition to their full benefits, if the teacher is absent from assigned duties as the result of a personal injury caused by a physical assault or other violent criminal act committed against the teacher in the course of the teacher's employment activities, with certain limitations and exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 7.
## 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/SB0906.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/11/2023 Passed (2) — **110** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/18/2023 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/22/2023 Passed (3) — **71** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Niceley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2023
- **2023-03-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2023-04-04** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/11/2023
- **2023-04-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-04-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-17** Pub. Ch. 343
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d52fc4a-f794-478d-8a47-92e42a82f7d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).