---
type: "Bill"
title: "Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, allows a student who earns the student's first baccalaureate degree in less than the projected completion time to continue to receive the Tennessee HOPE scholarship in pursuit of an advanced degree. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9."
description: "Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, allows a student who earns the student's first baccalaureate degree in less than the projected completion time to continue to receive the Tennessee HOPE scholarship in pursuit of an advanced degree. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 27"
citation: "Tennessee HB 27 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Scholarships and Financial Aid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65dffb47-9b85-452c-a417-90aaf06bb17c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0027&GA=113"
source_hash: "98780c2dc0bb258c4821a452a19162427aaf6f2609c8876aec8b7c6255d235ed"
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 27 (113) — Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, allows a student who earns the student's first baccalaureate degree in less than the projected completion time to continue to receive the Tennessee HOPE scholarship in pursuit of an advanced degree. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0316** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0316.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0320** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0320.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0052** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0052.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0053** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0053.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0027.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2023 4/18/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · 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 FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2023 — **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 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/18/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/20/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2023 4/18/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/29/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Move to Heel 4/18/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2023 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2023-01-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-01-12** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Ref. to Education Administration -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 1/30/2023
- **2023-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-01-30** Def. to Lottery Calendar
- **2023-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/13/2023
- **2023-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-13** Action Def. in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee to 3/20/2023
- **2023-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/20/2023
- **2023-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-29** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/3/2023
- **2023-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 Regular Calendar for 4/20/2023
- **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** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **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** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0320) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0053)
- **2023-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0052)
- **2023-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0316) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-18** Pub. Ch. 368

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65dffb47-9b85-452c-a417-90aaf06bb17c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).