---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, replaces the Tennessee National Guard Tuition Assistance Act with the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act of 2017. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, replaces the Tennessee National Guard Tuition Assistance Act with the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act of 2017. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1216"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1216 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9499d3da-337d-4bdf-bafc-75900820ecf4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1216&GA=110"
source_hash: "4ce3b8c4ce368f79029f2628d511a82f38dcd5fb90168d7973c3c22b3681afa4"
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 1216 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, replaces the Tennessee National Guard Tuition Assistance Act with the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act of 2017. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10.

## 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/SB1216.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2017 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2017 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0208)
- **2017-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0095)
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0050) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-10** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 229
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/24/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 229

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9499d3da-337d-4bdf-bafc-75900820ecf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).