---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires state institutions of higher education to grant an excused absence to military reserve or national guard personnel for an absence due to mandatory military service; requires state institutions of higher education to permit military reserve and national guard personnel to withdraw or receive a grade of incomplete in any course if the service member is called to active duty while enrolled. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires state institutions of higher education to grant an excused absence to military reserve or national guard personnel for an absence due to mandatory military service; requires state institutions of higher education to permit military reserve and national guard personnel to withdraw or receive a grade of incomplete in any course if the service member is called to active duty while enrolled. - Amends TCA 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 1925"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1925 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg", "Ragan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d568dfe-0b42-4284-8747-c704aa230b39"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1925&GA=110"
source_hash: "028c1dbbba57556d2c17de9edf3d2a98e529e2bc622f1fe1197ea033d500deb5"
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 1925 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, requires state institutions of higher education to grant an excused absence to military reserve or national guard personnel for an absence due to mandatory military service; requires state institutions of higher education to permit military reserve and national guard personnel to withdraw or receive a grade of incomplete in any course if the service member is called to active duty while enrolled. - Amends TCA 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/SB1925.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **98–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lundberg — primary (person)
- Ragan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-14** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-23** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-26** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11** Pub. Ch. 647
- **2018-04-11** Effective date(s) 04/09/2018
- **2018-04-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 647

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d568dfe-0b42-4284-8747-c704aa230b39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).