---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, adds to the definition of \"eligible postsecondary institution\" for purposes of the Tennessee Promise Scholarship Act of 2014. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, adds to the definition of \"eligible postsecondary institution\" for purposes of the Tennessee Promise Scholarship Act of 2014. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1687"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1687 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/544d766e-7cb5-4f6a-8f66-69fde5ff6cf8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1687&GA=110"
source_hash: "b2f9e729742fe147f6ddefde6299081965642d29b049d7135f35c6a6b1ae3d7c"
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 HB 1687 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, adds to the definition of "eligible postsecondary institution" for purposes of the Tennessee Promise Scholarship Act of 2014. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## 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/HB1687.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2018 PASSED (1) — **98–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2018 4/5/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning 3/27/2018 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/16/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-18** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-13** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-11** Passed H., as am., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-11** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1084) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0951)
- **2018-04-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-16** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 818
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 08/01/2018
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 818

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/544d766e-7cb5-4f6a-8f66-69fde5ff6cf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).