Tennessee House Bill 459 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on May 3 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-03 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 222
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, clarifies that public charter schools and the state board of education are prohibited from employing individuals found by the department of children's services to have committed an act of child abuse in the same manner as other educational entities; clarifies that the state board is prohibited from granting, reactivating, or restoring an educator license or temporary teaching permit for such individuals; adds the state board and public charter schools to the list of educational entities to which the department is required to make certain disclosures when one of its employees is alleged to have committed an act of child abuse. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 5, relative to individuals prohibited from employment with an educational entity.

Rep. William Slater [R]	Rep. Scott Cepicky [R]	Rep. Debra Moody [R]	Rep. Kirk Haston [R]
Rep. Dan Howell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-03		Comp. became Pub. Ch. 222
2023-04-10	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-04-10	House	Comp. SB subst.
2023-04-03	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2023
2023-04-03	House	Reset on cal. for 4/10/2023
2023-04-03	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-30	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2023
2023-03-30	House	Reset on next avail. cal.
2023-03-23	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2023
2023-03-22	House	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2023
2023-03-15	House	Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
2023-03-08	House	Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/15/2023
2023-03-08	House	Action def. in Education Administration to 3/15/2023
2023-03-01	House	Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/8/2023
2023-03-01	House	Action def. in Education Administration to 3/8/2023
2023-02-22	House	Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/1/2023
2023-02-21	House	Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration
2023-02-15	House	Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
2023-02-01	House	Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
2023-02-01	House	P2C, ref. to Education Administration
2023-01-30	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-25	House	Filed for introduction

SB0743 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-03 - Effective date(s) 04/25/2023

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0459&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0459.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0222.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0459.pdf