---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts \"Michelle's Law,\" which extends a 25 percent discount on the tuition to any state institution of higher education to every child under 24 years of age whose parent died while employed as a full-time certified teacher in a public school in Tennessee or as a full-time technology coordinator in an LEA in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts \"Michelle's Law,\" which extends a 25 percent discount on the tuition to any state institution of higher education to every child under 24 years of age whose parent died while employed as a full-time certified teacher in a public school in Tennessee or as a full-time technology coordinator in an LEA in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1530"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1530 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moody", "Rose"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a014a59-7739-4dbf-a6a5-74da84cc0d7c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1530&GA=111"
source_hash: "d6743159c7c077439a85b52b504c6c9c504c5c80b48f5ad553efbf50bda2de0c"
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 1530 (111) — Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts "Michelle's Law," which extends a 25 percent discount on the tuition to any state institution of higher education to every child under 24 years of age whose parent died while employed as a full-time certified teacher in a public school in Tennessee or as a full-time technology coordinator in an LEA in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0398.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0516** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0516.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0371.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1530.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 4/16/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/17/2019 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (2) — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/30/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/30/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/16/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/30/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moody — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-27** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Refer to Senate Delayed Bills Committee
- **2019-03-28** Ref. to Delayed Bill Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Placed on cal. Delayed Bill Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-03** Approved by Delayed Bills Committee
- **2019-04-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Approved by Delayed Bills Comm.
- **2019-04-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-04-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Education for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-16** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-24** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 1, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0371)
- **2019-04-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 1, PNV 1 (Amendment 2 - HA0516) `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 3 for 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-01** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0516) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0398) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-05-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-02** 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** Pub. Ch. 402
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 402

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a014a59-7739-4dbf-a6a5-74da84cc0d7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).