---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, recognizes students who earn a composite score of 19 on the ACT, or an equivalent score on the SAT, and who also earn a capstone industry certification as promoted by the department of education, as a Tennessee Tri-Star Scholar upon graduation; requires schools to recognize the student as a Tennessee Tri-Star Scholar at the school's graduation ceremony. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60."
description: "Education - As enacted, recognizes students who earn a composite score of 19 on the ACT, or an equivalent score on the SAT, and who also earn a capstone industry certification as promoted by the department of education, as a Tennessee Tri-Star Scholar upon graduation; requires schools to recognize the student as a Tennessee Tri-Star Scholar at the school's graduation ceremony. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 998"
citation: "Tennessee SB 998 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks H", "Haile"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/612ac14c-6b79-48d0-a746-02d8db3b10b8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0998&GA=110"
source_hash: "94ec0ef14963a210c85a9795b15d94e478dc7ad4b053466450f9951144a7d8a1"
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 998 (110) — Education - As enacted, recognizes students who earn a composite score of 19 on the ACT, or an equivalent score on the SAT, and who also earn a capstone industry certification as promoted by the department of education, as a Tennessee Tri-Star Scholar upon graduation; requires schools to recognize the student as a Tennessee Tri-Star Scholar at the school's graduation ceremony. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60.

## 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/SB0998.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/5/2017 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass; 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
- **2017-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-16** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** 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, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 207
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 207
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/27/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/612ac14c-6b79-48d0-a746-02d8db3b10b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).