Tennessee Senate Bill 1155 (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) 04/13/2023
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, adds the director of schools as a person to whom a principal must report the principal's direct knowledge of an offense of assault and battery or vandalism committed by a student on school property endangering the life, health, or safety of others; expands the educator's bill of rights to include the educator's right to report an offense of assault and battery or vandalism committed by a student on school property and the educator's right to receive benefits if the educator is a teacher who is absent from their assigned duties due to injuries caused by a criminal act committed against the teacher in the course of the teacher's employment activities. - Amends TCA Title 49.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school personnel.

Sen. John Stevens [R]

2023-03-23 - House - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-20 - Senate - FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-15 - 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) 04/13/2023
2023-04-18		Pub. Ch. 153
2023-04-13	Senate	Signed by Governor.
2023-04-04	Senate	Transmitted to Governor for action.
2023-04-04	House	Signed by H. Speaker
2023-03-29	Senate	Signed by Senate Speaker
2023-03-24	Senate	Enrolled and ready for signatures
2023-03-23	House	Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0
2023-03-23	House	Subst. for comp. HB.
2023-03-23	House	Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
2023-03-21	Senate	Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
2023-03-20	Senate	Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0
2023-03-16	Senate	Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/20/2023
2023-03-15	Senate	Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
2023-03-08	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2023
2023-02-06	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2023-02-02	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-01-31	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0892 (Crossfiled) 2023-04-18 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 153

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1155&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1155.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0153.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0892.pdf
Roll Call	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1155&ga=113