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type: "Bill"
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title: "School Transportation - As enacted, reduces, from 25 to 23, the age required for a person to receive an initial school bus endorsement if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the national guard or reserves, or a licensed teacher employed by an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55."
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description: "School Transportation - As enacted, reduces, from 25 to 23, the age required for a person to receive an initial school bus endorsement if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the national guard or reserves, or a licensed teacher employed by an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "111"
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identifier: "SB 245"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 245 (111)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["School Transportation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cepicky", "Hensley"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-29"
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last_action: "2019-04-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c10b1b8-a18b-4404-81c3-2f161d345cce"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0245&GA=111"
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source_hash: "c30804fd22aba869c8d1db43ca4a389f5a773668700e1126078c042759e3d14e"
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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 245 (111) — School Transportation - As enacted, reduces, from 25 to 23, the age required for a person to receive an initial school bus endorsement if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the national guard or reserves, or a licensed teacher employed by an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55.
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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. **Amendment HA0011** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0011.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0054** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0054.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0245.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2019 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE SAFETY & FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/19/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019 2/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/7/2019 Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cepicky — primary (person)
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- Hensley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
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- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Safety & Funding Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
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- **2019-02-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
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- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/26/2019
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- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
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- **2019-02-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019
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- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/7/2019
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- **2019-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2019-03-07** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0011 `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2019-03-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2019-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2019-03-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2019-03-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0054)
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- **2019-03-07** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2019-03-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2019-03-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2019-03-13** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2019-03-15** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2019-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-03** Pub. Ch. 38
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- **2019-04-03** Effective date(s) 01/01/2020
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- **2019-04-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 38
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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/6c10b1b8-a18b-4404-81c3-2f161d345cce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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