Education, State Board of - 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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 10, 2024
Signed Mar 15, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2024 · House Feb 26, 2024
How they voted
32–0
Passed
Total votes 32
Mar 4, 2024
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Mar 15, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2024
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
lower
Jan 11, 2024
Committee
P2C, ref. to Education Administration
lower
Jan 11, 2024
Committee
Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
William Slater
RRepublican
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