---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires state institutions of higher education to develop and implement uniform procedures for awarding academic credit through course equivalencies for military education, training, experience, and occupational specialties; provides methods for implementation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires state institutions of higher education to develop and implement uniform procedures for awarding academic credit through course equivalencies for military education, training, experience, and occupational specialties; provides methods for implementation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 433"
citation: "Tennessee HB 433 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norris", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96082929-d4bf-4494-9cb6-8f973f84de94"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0433&GA=110"
source_hash: "135b06260c2e652947c9e933c972c65df89b953739dd0830f0ccabc3d3d17a4a"
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 433 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, requires state institutions of higher education to develop and implement uniform procedures for awarding academic credit through course equivalencies for military education, training, experience, and occupational specialties; provides methods for implementation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13.

## 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/HB0433.pdf)

## Votes

- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs 3/1/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2017 3/9/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Norris — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0059)
- **2017-03-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0058)
- **2017-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-16** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-16** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0041) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-03-16** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-03-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 31
- **2017-04-04** Pub. Ch. 31
- **2017-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/29/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96082929-d4bf-4494-9cb6-8f973f84de94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).