---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, creates a mechanism for the management and governance functions of certain boards to be transferred and assumed by the commission in the event a board ceases to exist under the Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49."
description: "Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, creates a mechanism for the management and governance functions of certain boards to be transferred and assumed by the commission in the event a board ceases to exist under the Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2109"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2109 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tennessee Higher Education Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9f6279c-e5d4-44e8-b39d-c30808593fe1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2109&GA=113"
source_hash: "a57779f893b1e21d62d97c0781b9a7e0c0a544f6a7ea88d9a9a7ab9b12110e7a"
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 2109 (113) — Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, creates a mechanism for the management and governance functions of certain boards to be transferred and assumed by the commission in the event a board ceases to exist under the Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0788** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0788.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0931** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0931.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0522** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0522.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2109.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/15/2024 Passed — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage w amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/7/2024 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — **74–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-01** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/7/2024
- **2024-02-01** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Education Committee 2/7/2024
- **2024-02-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/15/2024
- **2024-02-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-02-15** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0522)
- **2024-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 74, Nays 23, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0931) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-15** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0788) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 848

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9f6279c-e5d4-44e8-b39d-c30808593fe1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).