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type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the period of time after a local board of education or director of schools makes an initial offer of employment to a person for a teaching position that the person has to accept or reject the offer of employment, if the offer is made between June 1 and April 1. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-406."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the period of time after a local board of education or director of schools makes an initial offer of employment to a person for a teaching position that the person has to accept or reject the offer of employment, if the offer is made between June 1 and April 1. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-406."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1616"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1616 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teachers", "Principals and School Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixie", "Haile"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 55
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2716bbed-8e74-4148-b609-1da6ffa911fe"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1616&GA=111"
source_hash: "c970088b920138f975450f235dc480b8eae67a72a7a92503ab993c265b85b999"
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 1616 (111) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the period of time after a local board of education or director of schools makes an initial offer of employment to a person for a teaching position that the person has to accept or reject the offer of employment, if the offer is made between June 1 and April 1. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-406.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0572** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0572.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0770** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0770.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0828** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0828.pdf)
4. **Amendment HA0853** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0853.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0502.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1616.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/19/2020 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/10/2020 Passed (1) — **830** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/27/2020 Passed — **320** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 3 6/11/2020 Passed — **290** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/18/2020 — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020 6/4/2020 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 2 6/11/2020 Passed (1) — **290** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2020 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 4 BY CURCIO PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/10/2020 Failed — **2460** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2020 3/12/2020 — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/3/2020 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dixie — primary (person)
- Haile — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2020-02-06** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-11** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020
- **2020-02-24** Senate Reset on calendar for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0502)
- **2020-03-02** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2020
- **2020-03-16** Reset on cal. for 3/19/2020
- **2020-03-18** Reset on Regular Cal. for 3-20-20
- **2020-03-20** Reset on Regular Cal. for 6-1-20
- **2020-05-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/1/2020
- **2020-06-01** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2020-06-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0770) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0572) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-02** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 6/3/2020
- **2020-06-02** Re-ref. Education
- **2020-06-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/3/20
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020
- **2020-06-10** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 83, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 4 - HA0853) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-10** Am. reconsidered. (Amendment 4 - HA0853)
- **2020-06-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 4 - HA0853) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0828) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-11** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 3 - HA0828) `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0770) `passage`
- **2020-06-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 717
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 08/01/2020
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 717
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2716bbed-8e74-4148-b609-1da6ffa911fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).