---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - As enacted, deletes various reports required from the Tennessee higher education commission (THEC) and the department of transportation; changes the due date for THEC's annual report on the lottery scholarship program from March 15 to October 1. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 23; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3; Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 2."
description: "State Government - As enacted, deletes various reports required from the Tennessee higher education commission (THEC) and the department of transportation; changes the due date for THEC's annual report on the lottery scholarship program from March 15 to October 1. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 23; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3; Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2101"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2101 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Vaughan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee1e5ab4-ba9f-4895-ae7a-20594aa9f059"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2101&GA=110"
source_hash: "ebf9cbb14c9f275cfa793d3f5ce63ff671f8f4a8ee73a5d2e990ed6d81d1d132"
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 2101 (110) — State Government - As enacted, deletes various reports required from the Tennessee higher education commission (THEC) and the department of transportation; changes the due date for THEC's annual report on the lottery scholarship program from March 15 to October 1. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 23; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3; Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 2.

## 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/SB2101.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/1/2018 PASSED (1) — **29–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **96–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/21/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Vaughan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/1/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0624)
- **2018-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0825) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-06** Pub. Ch. 628
- **2018-04-06** Effective date(s) 04/02/2018
- **2018-04-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 628

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee1e5ab4-ba9f-4895-ae7a-20594aa9f059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).