republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/sb-870.md

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Bill	Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct a landscape analysis of teacher evaluation practices in this state and other states; requires the department to convene a teacher evaluation advisory committee to review and evaluate current teacher evaluation practices in this state; requires the department and the state board to provide the education committee of the senate and committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over teacher evaluations a final report on the landscape analysis, teacher evaluation advisory committee's recommendations, and any department or state board recommendations by January 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 49.	Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct a landscape analysis of teacher evaluation practices in this state and other states; requires the department to convene a teacher evaluation advisory committee to review and evaluate current teacher evaluation practices in this state; requires the department and the state board to provide the education committee of the senate and committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over teacher evaluations a final report on the landscape analysis, teacher evaluation advisory committee's recommendations, and any department or state board recommendations by January 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 49.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	114	SB 870	Tennessee SB 870 (114)	bill	Dept. of Education	enacted	Hensley	3	21	3	2025-02-05	2025-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/449f57b1-f47a-494d-86d2-a0479996f97e	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0870&ga=114	55333cbd902757087dccf4ad24579af5d2ccdb74574987e65c96d89bd7fbc872	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 870 (114) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct a landscape analysis of teacher evaluation practices in this state and other states; requires the department to convene a teacher evaluation advisory committee to review and evaluate current teacher evaluation practices in this state; requires the department and the state board to provide the education committee of the senate and committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over teacher evaluations a final report on the landscape analysis, teacher evaluation advisory committee's recommendations, and any department or state board recommendations by January 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0298 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0059 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/5/2025 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/13/2025 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — 87–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hensley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-05 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2025-02-12 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee referral-committee
• 2025-02-27 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/5/2025
• 2025-03-05 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2025-03-11 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/13/2025
• 2025-03-13 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2025-03-13 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-03-13 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2025-03-13 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0059)
• 2025-03-17 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2025-04-15 Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 2, PNV 6 passage
• 2025-04-15 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0298) amendment-withdrawal
• 2025-04-15 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2025-04-17 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2025-04-21 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2025-04-21 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2025-04-22 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Effective date(s) 05/02/2025
• 2025-05-13 Pub. Ch. 325

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/449f57b1-f47a-494d-86d2-a0479996f97e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).