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type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits an individual from serving as a teacher or assistant teacher in a child care program for children who are four or younger unless the individual is at least 18. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5."
description: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits an individual from serving as a teacher or assistant teacher in a child care program for children who are four or younger unless the individual is at least 18. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2637"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2637 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/735c1ae3-f694-4867-9987-659f7f03738d"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2637&ga=114"
source_hash: "1d418af38d730424a364822ad54fe83a08dcc2df17fdb1ede87bc00f0ec43c22"
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 2637 (114) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits an individual from serving as a teacher or assistant teacher in a child care program for children who are four or younger unless the individual is at least 18. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2637.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/11/2026 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/16/2026 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Roberts — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-03-13** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/16/2026
- **2026-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-03-23** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-03-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-03-25** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-04-13** Pub. Ch. 679
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/735c1ae3-f694-4867-9987-659f7f03738d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).