---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the \"Tuition Transparency and Accountability Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the \"Tuition Transparency and Accountability Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1665"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1665 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/026630e9-d021-48a7-945c-ac38aaae374d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1665&GA=110"
source_hash: "217cc1c21f23d77356936eb324bf62f8867ae2a3d0131cc527206af45e491935"
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 1665 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Tuition Transparency and Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

## 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/SB1665.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **96–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **28–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/14/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-01-24** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-07** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0595)
- **2018-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-27** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0823) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-04** Pub. Ch. 614
- **2018-04-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 614

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/026630e9-d021-48a7-945c-ac38aaae374d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).