---
type: "Bill"
title: "Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, enacts the Governor's Investment in Vocational Education Act; specifies that financial assistance received for all dual enrollment courses attempted after the fourth dual enrollment course reduces any subsequent award of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-930."
description: "Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, enacts the Governor's Investment in Vocational Education Act; specifies that financial assistance received for all dual enrollment courses attempted after the fourth dual enrollment course reduces any subsequent award of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-930."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 805"
citation: "Tennessee SB 805 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Scholarships and Financial Aid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/412c48bc-a108-47d4-897d-8314b8f20ec8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0805&GA=111"
source_hash: "712754bbf9dbb0db0d4eac6c9626c601ba58e6fcb48a96c8bffc63e6c4f0c0be"
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 805 (111) — Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, enacts the Governor's Investment in Vocational Education Act; specifies that financial assistance received for all dual enrollment courses attempted after the fourth dual enrollment course reduces any subsequent award of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-930.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0111.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0083** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0083.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0805.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2019 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/26/2019 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2019 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/6/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/27/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 3/5/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — 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`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Education for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Education for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** No Action Taken
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0083)
- **2019-04-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0111) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-10** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 203
- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 203

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/412c48bc-a108-47d4-897d-8314b8f20ec8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).