TN SB1701 | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on March 26 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-26 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 577
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on March 26 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-26 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 577
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-5-417, relative to educator licensure actions taken by the state board of education.
Sponsors
| Sen. Bill Powers [R] | Sen. Joseph Hensley [R] | Sen. Ferrell Haile [R] | Sen. Janince Bowling [R] |
| Sen. John Stevens [R] |
Roll Calls
2024-02-28 - Senate - SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-26 | Comp. became Pub. Ch. 577 | |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | Companion House Bill substituted |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/4/2024 |
| 2024-02-28 | Senate | Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee |
| 2024-02-27 | Senate | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2024-02-21 | Senate | Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/28/2024 |
| 2024-01-22 | Senate | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee |
| 2024-01-11 | Senate | Introduced, Passed on First Consideration |
| 2024-01-09 | Senate | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
HB1789 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-26 - Effective date(s) 03/15/2024
