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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises the Volunteer Public Education Trust Fund Act of 1985; designates the commissioner of education and state treasurer as trustees of the fund. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 4."
+description: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises the Volunteer Public Education Trust Fund Act of 1985; designates the commissioner of education and state treasurer as trustees of the fund. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 4."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "SB 625"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 625 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Funds and Financing"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Helton", "Watson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2019-02-05"
+last_action: "2019-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47804c0b-0d10-46d6-8eb0-5949bbb303a3"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0625&GA=111"
+source_hash: "8a3a80abcc3a628162b792027b0b87206ef787afdc01f2ac5a64d7208f9d69c4"
+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 625 (111) — Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises the Volunteer Public Education Trust Fund Act of 1985; designates the commissioner of education and state treasurer as trustees of the fund. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 4.
+
+## 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/111/Bill/SB0625.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education 3/12/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/14/2019 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (2) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Helton — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
+- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
+- **2019-02-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/7/2019
+- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/14/2019
+- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/14/2019
+- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Education for 3/20/2019
+- **2019-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2019-03-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2019-03-18** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Education for 3/27/2019
+- **2019-03-20** No Action Taken
+- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
+- **2019-04-18** Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee
+- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
+- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/30/2019
+- **2019-04-30** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2019-04-30** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2019-04-30** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2019-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2019-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 379
+- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019
+- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 379
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47804c0b-0d10-46d6-8eb0-5949bbb303a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+