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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Educators Protection Act\". - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 28; Title 29; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49."
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description: "Education - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Educators Protection Act\". - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 28; Title 29; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "110"
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identifier: "SB 729"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 729 (110)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Rudd"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-02-08"
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last_action: "2017-05-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c3cda1f-3e34-454c-8463-799f24406167"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0729&GA=110"
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source_hash: "2bea6f878e227d2fc9c453ee8e4a95f2c9676772b2d2201935ea133839f2b6bc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 729 (110) — Education - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Educators Protection Act". - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 28; Title 29; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0729.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/20/2017 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2017 Passed (1) — **78–7** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/12/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gresham — primary (person)
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- Rudd — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
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- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2017-02-13** P1C.
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- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee--Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
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- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
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- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
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- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
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- **2017-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/12/2017
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- **2017-04-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
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- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
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- **2017-04-11** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 4/18/2017
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- **2017-04-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/18/2017
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- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
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- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/25/2017
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- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2017-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0411)
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- **2017-04-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2017-04-25** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
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- **2017-04-25** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/26/2017
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- **2017-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
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- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
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- **2017-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 78, Nays 7, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2017-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0516) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2017-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2017-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2017-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 407
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- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
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- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 407
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c3cda1f-3e34-454c-8463-799f24406167`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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