---
type: "Bill"
title: "Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, establishes a family medicine student loan repayment grant program to incentivize physicians in residency training to provide medical health services in health resource shortage areas following completion of their training. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63."
description: "Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, establishes a family medicine student loan repayment grant program to incentivize physicians in residency training to provide medical health services in health resource shortage areas following completion of their training. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1281"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1281 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Scholarships and Financial Aid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holsclaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3d027db-83e3-4b59-9791-ce44ca0d7efd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1281&GA=113"
source_hash: "21093c09ae57e3834caabceff4518ebe45a0b2a463dae25147b0dc4eaae0837f"
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 HB 1281 (113) — Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, establishes a family medicine student loan repayment grant program to incentivize physicians in residency training to provide medical health services in health resource shortage areas following completion of their training. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1281.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 3/22/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2023 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2023 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/18/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/13/2023 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 2 for 4/19/2023 4/18/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holsclaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to Education Administration-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/13/2023
- **2023-03-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/3/2023
- **2023-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2023
- **2023-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-12** Placed behind the budget
- **2023-04-18** H. Placed on Consent Calendar 2 for 4/19/2023
- **2023-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-05-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-18** Pub. Ch. 414

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3d027db-83e3-4b59-9791-ce44ca0d7efd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).