---
type: "Bill"
title: "Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, clarifies that the dual enrollment program will award the in-state tuition and mandatory fees cost up to a maximum amount for the first four courses taken and makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, clarifies that the dual enrollment program will award the in-state tuition and mandatory fees cost up to a maximum amount for the first four courses taken and makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 482"
citation: "Tennessee SB 482 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Scholarships and Financial Aid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "White"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 65
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abc31a17-9615-4e50-9131-51f2f9809dbc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0482&GA=112"
source_hash: "1c3e24c431a66d750952429d018446ac886c873df62ea7e935cc3f1f2d2c622d"
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 482 (112) — Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, clarifies that the dual enrollment program will award the in-state tuition and mandatory fees cost up to a maximum amount for the first four courses taken and makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0337** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0337.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0037** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0037.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0452** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0452.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0482.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 5/4/2021 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/30/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/3/2021 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/5/2021 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/14/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021 4/28/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/27/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/3/2021
- **2021-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-04** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/8/2021
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-08** Re-refer to Senate FW&M Comm.
- **2021-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee to Lottery Calendar
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Action def. in Education Administration to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-22** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/27/21
- **2021-04-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-05-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0337) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/5/2021
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-05-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-05-05** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-05-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0452)
- **2021-05-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0037)
- **2021-05-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-05-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 536
- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 01/01/2022
- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 536

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abc31a17-9615-4e50-9131-51f2f9809dbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).