---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, returns the appointment of the executive director of the Tennessee higher education commission from the governor to the commission. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-205."
description: "Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, returns the appointment of the executive director of the Tennessee higher education commission from the governor to the commission. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-205."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 583"
citation: "Tennessee SB 583 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tennessee Higher Education Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/895485ee-a16b-4dd1-8c39-9aa3056bfdde"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0583&GA=110"
source_hash: "de8c3b296ce0da2307ce968c0e6dc47ea6d37cacc2be58b9a4925843e8952fe1"
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 583 (110) — Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, returns the appointment of the executive director of the Tennessee higher education commission from the governor to the commission. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-205.

## 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/SB0583.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Failed in Senate Education Committee 3/8/2017 Failed — **4–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/5/2017 Passed (1) — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-01** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Failed in Senate Education Committee
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-20** Sponsor change.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass; 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 Consent Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-19** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2018-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 666
- **2018-04-17** Pub. Ch. 666
- **2018-04-17** Effective date(s) 01/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/895485ee-a16b-4dd1-8c39-9aa3056bfdde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).