---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, revises provisions governing complaint investigations and resolutions under the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 15."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, revises provisions governing complaint investigations and resolutions under the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 15."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 396"
citation: "Tennessee HB 396 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks H", "Gresham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02670166-58c8-4fee-98be-caaf81d8ae88"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0396&GA=110"
source_hash: "c68903d7298efd3b9553ebb7477703d1c4c5536cb8bc0aca2b10f5e06fe50b5a"
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 396 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, revises provisions governing complaint investigations and resolutions under the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 15.

## 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/HB0396.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2017 3/9/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2017 Passed (1) — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2017 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning 2/28/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks H — primary (person)
- Gresham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 2/28/2017
- **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** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/7/2017
- **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** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0054) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0350)
- **2017-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-17** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-18** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 235
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 04/28/2017
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 235

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02670166-58c8-4fee-98be-caaf81d8ae88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).