AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-5-417, relative to educator licensure actions taken by the state board of education.

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Education, State Board of - As enacted, clarifies that pleas of guilt and nolo contendere to certain criminal offenses subject an educator to automatic revocation of an educator license by the state board; specifies that criminal offenses committed in another jurisdiction that are equivalent to those that if committed in this state subject an educator to automatic revocation of an educator license similarly subject an educator to automatic revocation of an educator license by the state board. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-417.

Every action

11 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Jan 9, 2024SenateFiled for introduction
2. Jan 11, 2024SenateIntroduced, Passed on First Consideration
3. Jan 22, 2024CommitteePassed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee · Senate Education Committee
4. Feb 21, 2024CommitteePlaced on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/28/2024 · Senate Education Committee
5. Feb 27, 2024SenateSponsor(s) Added.
6. Feb 28, 2024CommitteeRecommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee · Senate Calendar Committee
7. Mar 1, 2024SenatePlaced on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/4/2024
8. Mar 1, 2024SenateSponsor(s) Added.
9. Mar 4, 2024SenateCompanion House Bill substituted
10. Mar 5, 2024SenateSponsor(s) Added.
11. Mar 26, 2024GovernorComp. became Pub. Ch. 577

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 4 cosponsors: 4 Republicans.

• BP Bill PowersR Primary sponsor · District 22