Tennessee Senate Bill 2267

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 6 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-06 - Failed in Senate Education Committee / no second
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires a school to comply with the obligation to report suspected child abuse or neglect in order for the school to qualify as a school in which a student may be enrolled to satisfy school attendance requirements; specifies that certain training and reporting requirements apply to nonpublic schools; prohibits persons who knowingly fail to comply, or who knowingly prevent compliance, with the obligation to report suspected child abuse or neglect from serving as a teacher or in any position requiring proximity to children in certain settings; adds nonpublic schools to the entities required to investigate persons applying for or holding a position requiring proximity to school children. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37 and Title 49, relative to child abuse.

Sen. Jeff Yarbro [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-06	Senate	Failed in Senate Education Committee / no second
2024-02-28	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/6/2024
2024-02-28	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/6/2024
2024-02-21	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/28/2024
2024-02-01	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2024-01-31	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2024-01-30	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2410 (Crossfiled) 2024-02-06 - Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2267&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2267.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB2410.pdf