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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, revises various provisions in higher education to include all state governing boards and not just the board of regents or the UT system due to the implementation of the FOCUS Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 14; Section 49-7-118 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 30."
+description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, revises various provisions in higher education to include all state governing boards and not just the board of regents or the UT system due to the implementation of the FOCUS Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 14; Section 49-7-118 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 30."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "SB 994"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 994 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tracy", "Williams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-09"
+last_action: "2017-04-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fbb7560-57f6-4413-aa17-c8d192f388ce"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0994&GA=110"
+source_hash: "792ba081f1941bfc170fd3af9d46fd7e011b93b16349e84221292b12c6c44dc2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 994 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, revises various provisions in higher education to include all state governing boards and not just the board of regents or the UT system due to the implementation of the FOCUS Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 14; Section 49-7-118 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 30.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0994.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/6/2017 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2017 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2017 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tracy — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
+- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
+- **2017-02-13** P1C.
+- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
+- **2017-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/1/2017
+- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/22/2017
+- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
+- **2017-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/7/2017
+- **2017-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/6/2017
+- **2017-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2017-03-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2017-03-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0063)
+- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
+- **2017-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2017-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2017
+- **2017-03-16** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2017-03-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0052) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-03-16** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2017-03-16** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2017-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2017-03-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2017-03-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-04** Pub. Ch. 28
+- **2017-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/29/2017
+- **2017-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 28
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fbb7560-57f6-4413-aa17-c8d192f388ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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