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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, consolidates some of the commission's reports; changes various other conditions of the commission's reports and reports to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7."
+description: "Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, consolidates some of the commission's reports; changes various other conditions of the commission's reports and reports to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 701"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 701 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Tennessee Higher Education Commission"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie", "Powers"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-02-09"
+last_action: "2021-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07436c41-640c-4bef-a9ed-edc3fa5bf140"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0701&GA=112"
+source_hash: "51393036aad49606debf98e00ed48698c78c19ab618aa1e323fdd49464d572cb"
+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 701 (112) — Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, consolidates some of the commission's reports; changes various other conditions of the commission's reports and reports to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0701.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/24/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/2/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gillespie — primary (person)
+- Powers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
+- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
+- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/10/2021
+- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
+- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
+- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021
+- **2021-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2021-03-24** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/29/2021
+- **2021-03-25** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-03-29** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2021-03-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2021-03-31** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2021-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2021-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2021-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 183
+- **2021-05-03** Pub. Ch. 183
+- **2021-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07436c41-640c-4bef-a9ed-edc3fa5bf140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+