---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires the Tennessee higher education commission (THEC), to serve as the governing board of directors for the Tennessee student assistance corporation; requires THEC's review committee to aid in the development or revision of state financial aid; terminates the Tennessee teaching scholars program; terminates the minority teaching fellows program. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires the Tennessee higher education commission (THEC), to serve as the governing board of directors for the Tennessee student assistance corporation; requires THEC's review committee to aid in the development or revision of state financial aid; terminates the Tennessee teaching scholars program; terminates the minority teaching fellows program. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 689"
citation: "Tennessee SB 689 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/398adf75-1b74-4479-bb63-a35901c0bf83"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0689&ga=114"
source_hash: "6420b49954536f746dad6f15a0fa4e064d72898d51639270de456b3150c0cff2"
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 689 (114) — Education - As enacted, requires the Tennessee higher education commission (THEC), to serve as the governing board of directors for the Tennessee student assistance corporation; requires THEC's review committee to aid in the development or revision of state financial aid; terminates the Tennessee teaching scholars program; terminates the minority teaching fellows program. - 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 HA0172** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0172.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0133** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0133.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0689.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/17/2025 Passed (2) — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/12/2025 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2025 Passed — **77–10** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0133)
- **2025-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 77, Nays 10, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2025-04-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0172) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-03** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-08** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/10/2025
- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-10** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0172) `passage`
- **2025-04-14** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 234

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/398adf75-1b74-4479-bb63-a35901c0bf83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).