---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, exempts certain postsecondary educational institutions from the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016 under certain circumstances; subjects certain postsecondary educational institutions to bond requirements under the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-2004 and Section 49-7-2022."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, exempts certain postsecondary educational institutions from the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016 under certain circumstances; subjects certain postsecondary educational institutions to bond requirements under the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-2004 and Section 49-7-2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 335"
citation: "Tennessee SB 335 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdc712ea-f736-4f04-83bf-daede7fdd953"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0335&GA=111"
source_hash: "68c898955be5a10609118fd61820bc31ba03c7ca8b504a203e26f8505085e2fc"
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 335 (111) — Education, Higher - As enacted, exempts certain postsecondary educational institutions from the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016 under certain circumstances; subjects certain postsecondary educational institutions to bond requirements under the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-2004 and Section 49-7-2022.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0018.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0012** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0012.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0335.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/13/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/21/2019 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 2/19/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2019 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019 3/7/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/13/2019
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/21/2019
- **2019-02-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Education for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-02-21** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0012)
- **2019-02-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0018) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-03-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 82
- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 82

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdc712ea-f736-4f04-83bf-daede7fdd953`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).