---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Baccalaureate Education System Trust Act and the chairs of excellence; redesignates the Act as the \"Tennessee College Savings Trust Act\". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 35; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 8; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67."
description: "Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Baccalaureate Education System Trust Act and the chairs of excellence; redesignates the Act as the \"Tennessee College Savings Trust Act\". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 35; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 8; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 571"
citation: "Tennessee SB 571 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks H", "Gresham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6974d4e-e110-404a-9f86-63b8be24eb8a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0571&GA=110"
source_hash: "42383301113be61cbd94105ce793291d324b376654ea2dd5623c2052e3f3f612"
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 571 (110) — Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Baccalaureate Education System Trust Act and the chairs of excellence; redesignates the Act as the "Tennessee College Savings Trust Act". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 35; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 8; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

## 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/SB0571.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/5/2017 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN HOUSE AMEND# 1 5/4/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2017 Passed (1) — **88–2** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/17/2017 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Education Committee 3/1/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2017-02-13** Recalled from Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 3/28/2017
- **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
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 4/4/2017
- **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
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/4/2017
- **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
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0349)
- **2017-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0532) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0532) `passage`
- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 400
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 400

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6974d4e-e110-404a-9f86-63b8be24eb8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).