Tennessee Senate Bill 579 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 18 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-18 - Effective date(s) 04/04/2023; 07/01/2024
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, changes, from the state board of education to local boards of education, the entity responsible for requiring certain examinations of school bus drivers, for requiring certain reports, and for revoking the certificates of school bus drivers found to be unfit; expands the types of convictions for which a school bus driver's certificate must be revoked; revises various provisions to change, from the state board of education to the department of safety, the entity responsible for adopting specifications for school buses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21, relative to student transportation.

Sen. Mark Pody [R]

2023-03-20 - House - FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION (Y: 92 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-13 - Senate - FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-08 - Senate - SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-18		Effective date(s) 04/04/2023; 07/01/2024
2023-04-18		Pub. Ch. 122
2023-04-04	Senate	Signed by Governor.
2023-03-24	Senate	Transmitted to Governor for action.
2023-03-23	House	Signed by H. Speaker
2023-03-22	Senate	Signed by Senate Speaker
2023-03-22	Senate	Enrolled and ready for signatures
2023-03-20	House	Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0
2023-03-20	House	Subst. for comp. HB.
2023-02-16	House	Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
2023-02-13	Senate	Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
2023-02-13	Senate	Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
2023-02-09	Senate	Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/13/2023
2023-02-08	Senate	Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
2023-01-30	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/8/2023
2023-01-30	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2023-01-26	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-01-25	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0258 (Crossfiled) 2023-04-18 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 122

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0579&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0579.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0122.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0258.pdf
Roll Call	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0579&ga=113