---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, requires, by February 15 of each year, the commission to provide a report to the general assembly detailing appropriations made to, and matching funds received by, each federal land-grant institution of higher education in this state for certain programs. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, requires, by February 15 of each year, the commission to provide a report to the general assembly detailing appropriations made to, and matching funds received by, each federal land-grant institution of higher education in this state for certain programs. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 668"
citation: "Tennessee SB 668 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tennessee Higher Education Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Love"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fcd70b4-d9c0-46a0-ad63-da1825f2b6fe"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0668&GA=111"
source_hash: "096742d0b2f15de65e397ffb2a084b08466c87368eee5ffa7413825b25651433"
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 668 (111) — Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, requires, by February 15 of each year, the commission to provide a report to the general assembly detailing appropriations made to, and matching funds received by, each federal land-grant institution of higher education in this state for certain programs. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0376** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0376.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0668.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/8/2019 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/3/2019 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education 4/2/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Education for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0376) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0376) `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 280
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 05/02/2019
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 280

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fcd70b4-d9c0-46a0-ad63-da1825f2b6fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).