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type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to develop guidelines and criteria for determining how long a student must have been present in a teacher's classroom before the student's record is attributable to the teacher for purposes of evaluating the teacher; authorizes an LEA or public charter school to compensate the estate of a teacher who, on the teacher's death, was in the employ of the LEA or public charter school for the teacher's unused and accrued annual and sick leave in the same manner that the estates of deceased state employees are compensated under present law. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to develop guidelines and criteria for determining how long a student must have been present in a teacher's classroom before the student's record is attributable to the teacher for purposes of evaluating the teacher; authorizes an LEA or public charter school to compensate the estate of a teacher who, on the teacher's death, was in the employ of the LEA or public charter school for the teacher's unused and accrued annual and sick leave in the same manner that the estates of deceased state employees are compensated under present law. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 602"
citation: "Tennessee SB 602 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c3f11e0-3e11-457d-a6d4-0e1e1f807de2"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0602&ga=114"
source_hash: "ecaad7c7d169d3391bce0d80803b97d36467bf1b5952e41a6ce7873efce0e6d5"
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 602 (114) — Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to develop guidelines and criteria for determining how long a student must have been present in a teacher's classroom before the student's record is attributable to the teacher for purposes of evaluating the teacher; authorizes an LEA or public charter school to compensate the estate of a teacher who, on the teacher's death, was in the employ of the LEA or public charter school for the teacher's unused and accrued annual and sick leave in the same manner that the estates of deceased state employees are compensated under present law. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0233** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0233.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0432** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0432.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0284** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0284.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0602.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/21/2025 Passed — **330** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 3/26/2025 Passed — **71** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2025 Passed (1) — **280** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **892** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bailey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-12** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2025-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0284)
- **2025-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0432) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0233) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-17** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-21** Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0432) `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 433
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c3f11e0-3e11-457d-a6d4-0e1e1f807de2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).