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type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, Charter - As enacted, entitles all public charter schools to participate in the state group insurance plans selected by the governing body of the public charter school in accordance with existing law; authorizes, instead of requires, teachers and other full-time permanent employees of public charter schools to participate in such plans. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 13."
description: "Schools, Charter - As enacted, entitles all public charter schools to participate in the state group insurance plans selected by the governing body of the public charter school in accordance with existing law; authorizes, instead of requires, teachers and other full-time permanent employees of public charter schools to participate in such plans. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 353"
citation: "Tennessee SB 353 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "White"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93890097-193f-4b3b-92cc-29b2170cdb02"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0353&GA=112"
source_hash: "0aef595bbbfebe74018bf292788858ae4da8c9a3cd291d8f1826b9d4b9f43cb7"
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 353 (112) — Schools, Charter - As enacted, entitles all public charter schools to participate in the state group insurance plans selected by the governing body of the public charter school in accordance with existing law; authorizes, instead of requires, teachers and other full-time permanent employees of public charter schools to participate in such plans. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 13.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0209.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0095** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0095.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0101** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0101.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0353.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, referred to Senate Calendar Committee 3/17/2021 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2021 Passed (1) — **7712** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/23/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/25/2021 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee to 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-25** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0101)
- **2021-03-25** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0095)
- **2021-03-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 77, Nays 12, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0209) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-15** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Effective date(s) 4/28/2021
- **2021-05-04** Pub. Ch. 250
- **2021-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 250
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93890097-193f-4b3b-92cc-29b2170cdb02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).