---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As enacted, creates the Tennessee middle college scholarship, funded by net lottery proceeds. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4."
description: "Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As enacted, creates the Tennessee middle college scholarship, funded by net lottery proceeds. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 720"
citation: "Tennessee SB 720 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lottery", "Scholarships and Programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Travis", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfc67e6a-457f-40e7-9e93-198f65beed25"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0720&GA=110"
source_hash: "91d9319ac3c80215fbd05703a28304f20fa99ad1a4ed1bec52f969eb3acfa471"
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 720 (110) — Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As enacted, creates the Tennessee middle college scholarship, funded by net lottery proceeds. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.

## 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/SB0720.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/22/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **87–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1 5/2/2017 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 5/4/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Travis — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **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`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-23** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-23** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to Lottery Calendar
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 3 calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-05-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0512)
- **2017-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0174)
- **2017-05-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-05-05** Sponsor change.
- **2017-05-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA0630) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0629) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0262) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 405
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 405

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfc67e6a-457f-40e7-9e93-198f65beed25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).