Tennessee Senate Bill 3341 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 21 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-05-21 - Pub. Ch. 1020
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As enacted, specifies that a teacher may not teach a course in which an end of course examination is required for students to satisfy graduation requirements set by the state board of education, if the teacher's license does not carry a subject specific endorsement for the subject area of the course, unless the teacher demonstrates sufficient content knowledge in the course material by taking, at the teacher's own expense, and passing a standardized or criterion-referenced test for the content area. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

As enacted, specifies that a teacher may not teach a course in which an end of course examination is required for students to satisfy graduation requirements set by the state board of education, if the teacher's license does not carry a subject specific endorsement for the subject area of the course, unless the teacher demonstrates sufficient content knowledge in the course material by taking, at the teacher's own expense, and passing a standardized or criterion-referenced test for the content area. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Sen. Bill Ketron [R]

2012-04-26 - House - FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION (Y: 77 N: 15 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-03-29 - Senate - FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED (Y: 25 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-03-21 - Senate - S. ED. COMM.: Recommended for passage w/amendments- refer to: S. Cal. Comm. (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-05-21		Pub. Ch. 1020
2012-05-21		Effective date(s) 01/01/13
2012-05-15		Signed by Governor
2012-05-03		Transmitted to Gov. for action.
2012-05-01		Signed by H. Speaker
2012-05-01		Signed by S. Speaker
2012-04-30		Enrolled and ready for signatures
2012-04-26		Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 15, PNV 3
2012-04-26		Am. withdrawn.(Amendment 1 - HA0791)
2012-04-26		Subst. for comp. HB.
2012-04-02		Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
2012-03-29		Passed S. as am., Ayes 25, Nays 0
2012-03-29		S. adopted am.(Amendment 1 of 0 - SA0939)
2012-03-29		Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
2012-03-27		Placed on Senate Regular Calendar cal. for 3/29/2012
2012-03-21		Rec. for pass. w/ am., ref. to S. Cal. Comm. Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
2012-03-14		Placed on S. Ed. Comm. cal. for 3/21/2012
2012-02-01		P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm.
2012-01-30		Intro., P1C.
2012-01-26		Filed for intro.

HB2675 (Crossfiled) 2012-05-21 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1020

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB3341&ga=107
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB3341.pdf
Roll Call	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/BillVotesArchive.aspx?ChamberVoting=S&BillNumber=SB3341&ga=107
Roll Call	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/BillVotesArchive.aspx?ChamberVoting=H&BillNumber=HB2675&ga=107