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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, removes various dates by which various reports must be submitted by various entities; makes various changes to the Tennessee student assistance award; requires new and existing transfer pathways to be reviewed on a rotating basis; authorizes the Tennessee higher education commission to conduct private meetings for certain purposes; makes various other changes related to financial aid and higher education. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 6, Part 5 and Title 49."
+description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, removes various dates by which various reports must be submitted by various entities; makes various changes to the Tennessee student assistance award; requires new and existing transfer pathways to be reviewed on a rotating basis; authorizes the Tennessee higher education commission to conduct private meetings for certain purposes; makes various other changes related to financial aid and higher education. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 6, Part 5 and Title 49."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "SB 2141"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 2141 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["White"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-23"
+last_action: "2026-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c662436-1763-4f6b-b47d-ec4988098124"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2141&ga=114"
+source_hash: "05a20ca26246b90f89a44253e938b4625adfc63dce43cf7ece140c2d7cf9085e"
+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 2141 (114) — Education, Higher - As enacted, removes various dates by which various reports must be submitted by various entities; makes various changes to the Tennessee student assistance award; requires new and existing transfer pathways to be reviewed on a rotating basis; authorizes the Tennessee higher education commission to conduct private meetings for certain purposes; makes various other changes related to financial aid and higher education. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 6, Part 5 and Title 49.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0911** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0911.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0544** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0544.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2141.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/25/2026 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2026 Passed (1) — **84–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- White — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/18/2026
+- **2026-02-18** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/25/2026
+- **2026-02-18** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 2/25/2026
+- **2026-02-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2026-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2026
+- **2026-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
+- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0544)
+- **2026-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2026-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2026-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 6, PNV 2 `passage`
+- **2026-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0911) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2026-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
+- **2026-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
+- **2026-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/05/2026, 07/01/2026
+- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 899
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c662436-1763-4f6b-b47d-ec4988098124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+