republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2815.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, clarifies that all employees working directly with students of an LEA or public charter school must complete an annual child abuse training program identified by the department of education or that meets the guidelines established by the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-408 and Title 49."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, clarifies that all employees working directly with students of an LEA or public charter school must complete an annual child abuse training program identified by the department of education or that meets the guidelines established by the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-408 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2815"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2815 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "Roberts"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41c99e55-6b36-47ea-8438-20be79ec814e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2815&GA=112"
source_hash: "84c2f200d2c877201b0d166afe86374e27259c42de4028ee2cfcb31e1c7bd49b"
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 2815 (112) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, clarifies that all employees working directly with students of an LEA or public charter school must complete an annual child abuse training program identified by the department of education or that meets the guidelines established by the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-408 and Title 49.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0721** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0721.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0653** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0653.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2815.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2022 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/16/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2022 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR #2 AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2022 Passed — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/8/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022 3/31/2022 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Littleton — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-31** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-31** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-31** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0721) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-31** R/S H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 3/31/22
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-06** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0653)
- **2022-04-06** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 841
- **2022-04-25** Effective date(s) 04/20/2022
- **2022-04-25** Pub. Ch. 841

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41c99e55-6b36-47ea-8438-20be79ec814e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).