republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-1549.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, exempts certain supervisors, principals, and public school teachers from having to take an assessment to advance or renew a teaching license under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, exempts certain supervisors, principals, and public school teachers from having to take an assessment to advance or renew a teaching license under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1549"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1549 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teachers", "Principals and School Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "Terry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1d0859f-0ef9-48e8-8244-f70adae11db5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1549&GA=110"
source_hash: "2533240bf9bad5541a67604e7612368504b58de8f2b259df3581c43d42dd6076"
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 1549 (110) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, exempts certain supervisors, principals, and public school teachers from having to take an assessment to advance or renew a teaching license under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1549.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2018 3/1/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs 1/31/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 2/21/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 2/13/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ketron — primary (person)
- Terry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-29** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-31** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 2/6/2018
- **2018-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-31** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-06** Action def. in Education Instruction & Programs to 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-05** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-06** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-08** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 573
- **2018-03-26** Pub. Ch. 573
- **2018-03-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1d0859f-0ef9-48e8-8244-f70adae11db5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).