republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-2165.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the teacher code of ethics; requires annual professional development for teachers on the teacher code of ethics; requires teacher preparation programs to include training for all students on the teacher code of ethics. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the teacher code of ethics; requires annual professional development for teachers on the teacher code of ethics; requires teacher preparation programs to include training for all students on the teacher code of ethics. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2165"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2165 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teachers", "Principals and School Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goins", "Gresham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b17d314-6a84-4330-9d85-5a128568ab8b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2165&GA=110"
source_hash: "419316a06fa42756b90f8d73c0121e50359eb96cf3cb0fcdec8b057d97396a77"
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 2165 (110) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the teacher code of ethics; requires annual professional development for teachers on the teacher code of ethics; requires teacher preparation programs to include training for all students on the teacher code of ethics. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

## 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/HB2165.pdf)

## Votes

- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning 3/13/2018 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2018 4/12/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goins — primary (person)
- Gresham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-27** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/1/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0623)
- **2018-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-06** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-19** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0982) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-19** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0981) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-23** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0982) `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 937
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 937
- **2018-05-18** 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/5b17d314-6a84-4330-9d85-5a128568ab8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).