HB 983 Tennessee House · 113th Regular Session (2023-2024)

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires local education agencies (LEAs) to provide licensed employees of the LEA 6 paid workweeks after a birth or stillbirth of the employee's child or employee's adoption of a newly placed minor child. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Feb 1, 2023 Signed May 11, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 21, 2023 · House Apr 20, 2023

How they voted

29–0
Passed
Total votes 29
Apr 21, 2023
D Democratic5
5 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican24
24 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
14
Committee
12
Amendments
2
May 11, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
upper
May 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Apr 21, 2023
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Apr 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0
upper
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0456)
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Amended
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0078)
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Apr 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Apr 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/18/2023
lower
Apr 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Apr 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2023
lower
Apr 12, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2023
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Committee
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/8/2023
lower
Feb 14, 2023
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration
lower
Feb 8, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Committee
Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Feb 2, 2023
Committee
P2C, ref. to Education Administration
lower
Feb 1, 2023
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Cameron Sexton
Cameron Sexton
RRepublican
TN
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