---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, authorizes a state university and the University of Tennessee system to coordinate with a two-year institution governed by the board of regents for the two-year institution to provide remedial or developmental courses or coursework, regardless of whether the university offers remedial or developmental courses or coursework at present. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, authorizes a state university and the University of Tennessee system to coordinate with a two-year institution governed by the board of regents for the two-year institution to provide remedial or developmental courses or coursework, regardless of whether the university offers remedial or developmental courses or coursework at present. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 29"
citation: "Tennessee HB 29 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cepicky"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfc292e8-ce7c-4042-ab11-8d079886c821"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0029&GA=113"
source_hash: "577e24caf0168fc9d3a25ecaf2c3cb92a19058bf9a5fb8cc259d4a86e8e0a42c"
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 29 (113) — Education, Higher - As enacted, authorizes a state university and the University of Tennessee system to coordinate with a two-year institution governed by the board of regents for the two-year institution to provide remedial or developmental courses or coursework, regardless of whether the university offers remedial or developmental courses or coursework at present. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0005** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0005.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0368** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0368.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0029.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/23/2023 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 2/7/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/14/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/5/2023 Passed (1) — **29–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cepicky — 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** Ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2023-01-12** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 2/7/2023
- **2023-02-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/16/2023
- **2023-02-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/23/2023
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-02-23** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-23** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0005) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0368)
- **2023-04-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-02** Pub. Ch. 289

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfc292e8-ce7c-4042-ab11-8d079886c821`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).