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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to qualify an advanced degree in media and technology as an advanced degree that leads to a library information specialist endorsement; establishes certain staffing requirements for libraries in public schools that serve students in any combination of grades nine through 12 based on current student enrollment; requires a public school that serves any of the grades 9-12 to employ a full-time library information specialist with an endorsement as a library information specialist if certain criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49."
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description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to qualify an advanced degree in media and technology as an advanced degree that leads to a library information specialist endorsement; establishes certain staffing requirements for libraries in public schools that serve students in any combination of grades nine through 12 based on current student enrollment; requires a public school that serves any of the grades 9-12 to employ a full-time library information specialist with an endorsement as a library information specialist if certain criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "SB 2348"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 2348 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-02"
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last_action: "2026-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dd86a68-490e-4097-97a0-e66efdc1a1f6"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2348&ga=114"
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source_hash: "7905bf0f90e04eebf7b35822170f1bec90776c28f47cfc253e44af02c2d4c39a"
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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 2348 (114) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to qualify an advanced degree in media and technology as an advanced degree that leads to a library information specialist endorsement; establishes certain staffing requirements for libraries in public schools that serve students in any combination of grades nine through 12 based on current student enrollment; requires a public school that serves any of the grades 9-12 to employ a full-time library information specialist with an endorsement as a library information specialist if certain criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49.
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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 HA0819** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0819.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0811** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0811.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2348.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2026 Passed (1) — **70–24** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/18/2026 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **29–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Watson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-02** Refer to Senate Delayed Bills Committee
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- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-03-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-03-02** Approved by Delayed Bills Committee
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- **2026-03-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-05** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2026
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- **2026-03-11** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/18/2026
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- **2026-03-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/18/2026
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- **2026-03-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2026-04-06** Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2026-04-06** Recalled from Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
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- **2026-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026
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- **2026-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 1 `passage`
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- **2026-04-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0811)
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- **2026-04-14** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 24, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2026-04-14** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0819) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2026-04-14** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2026-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
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- **2026-05-04** Pub. Ch. 864
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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/6dd86a68-490e-4097-97a0-e66efdc1a1f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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