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type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, establishes qualifications necessary to receive an occupational teaching license. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, establishes qualifications necessary to receive an occupational teaching license. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2455"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2455 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Hicks T"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 59
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6744fafa-00d3-481c-97f5-65d7e53843e1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2455&GA=112"
source_hash: "c6ed48f29a87aaf78bbe70dc35270e09172b3d3270e25ed6eaf09fcd791873c6"
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 2455 (112) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, establishes qualifications necessary to receive an occupational teaching license. - Amends TCA Title 49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0802** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0802.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1032** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA1032.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0765** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0765.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2455.pdf)
## Votes
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/8/2022 (9) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/19/2022 (7) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 2 4/28/2022 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/6/2022 Passed (2) — **300** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2022 Passed (4) — **940** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY HICKS T. PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (3) — **910** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/23/2022 (8) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2022 Passed (3) — **80** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/20/2022 (6) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2022 4/20/2022 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY HICKS T. PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (2) — **920** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **910** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bell — primary (person)
- Hicks T — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action def. in Education Administration to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-30** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0765)
- **2022-04-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-13** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0802) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/28/2022
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** H. adopted am 2 (HA1032) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-27** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2022-04-27** Motion to lift from table adopted.
- **2022-04-27** H. Placed on Message Calendar #2
- **2022-04-27** Senate returned to House for further consideration.
- **2022-04-28** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA1032) `passage`
- **2022-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1141
- **2022-06-06** Effective date(s) 06/03/2022, 07/01/2023
- **2022-06-06** Pub. Ch. 1141
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6744fafa-00d3-481c-97f5-65d7e53843e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).