---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises the Volunteer Public Education Trust Fund Act of 1985; designates the commissioner of education and state treasurer as trustees of the fund. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 4."
description: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises the Volunteer Public Education Trust Fund Act of 1985; designates the commissioner of education and state treasurer as trustees of the fund. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 681"
citation: "Tennessee HB 681 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Funds and Financing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Helton", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/222701a7-af5b-4c6c-ac15-05dd52acf359"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0681&GA=111"
source_hash: "ae9167afbc959134a42d6cc189f9c4101e7025456b1aa662d94ba21e7ead3dda"
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 681 (111) — Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises the Volunteer Public Education Trust Fund Act of 1985; designates the commissioner of education and state treasurer as trustees of the fund. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 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/111/Bill/HB0681.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education 3/12/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (2) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/14/2019 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Helton — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-07** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Education for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Education for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** No Action Taken
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 379
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 379
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/222701a7-af5b-4c6c-ac15-05dd52acf359`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).