---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, adds provisions regarding the process of selecting a chief executive officer of a public institution of higher education in this state. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 7."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, adds provisions regarding the process of selecting a chief executive officer of a public institution of higher education in this state. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2586"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2586 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks H", "Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e63a2624-14aa-48e6-be29-385d59dac2e6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2586&GA=110"
source_hash: "8a7b9440058a6c99323006f1549ca11ac3d6aec1887cea10c426425e6990cfb8"
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 2586 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, adds provisions regarding the process of selecting a chief executive officer of a public institution of higher education in this state. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

## 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/SB2586.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/21/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/27/2018
- **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** 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
- **2018-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-04-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0884)
- **2018-04-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-05** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-05** Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 9, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1020) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 770
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 770
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/19/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e63a2624-14aa-48e6-be29-385d59dac2e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).