---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016, and provisions regarding the Tennessee higher education commission. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016, and provisions regarding the Tennessee higher education commission. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2363"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2363 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Lynn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa3a8e81-0e38-4e1f-b3af-577b5d3583fa"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2363&GA=110"
source_hash: "784ea6ef4c548728fcc75b746d12da75958e5ae9a423029e5825c2aacfd19669"
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 2363 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016, and provisions regarding the Tennessee higher education commission. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB2363.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018 4/5/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning 3/20/2018 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Lynn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0735)
- **2018-03-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-09** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0979) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 790
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 790
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/20/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa3a8e81-0e38-4e1f-b3af-577b5d3583fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).