--- type: "Bill" title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires public institutions of higher education to provide each student with a detailed and completed current-year federal college financing plan; imposes other requirements for such institutions to provide certain information when a student is finalizing acceptance of a financial aid package. - Amends TCA Title 49." description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires public institutions of higher education to provide each student with a detailed and completed current-year federal college financing plan; imposes other requirements for such institutions to provide certain information when a student is finalizing acceptance of a financial aid package. - Amends TCA Title 49." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "111" identifier: "SB 2503" citation: "Tennessee SB 2503 (111)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Education", "Higher"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cochran", "Dickerson"] version_count: 4 action_count: 38 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2020-02-05" last_action: "2020-07-02" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86624c46-fd2f-49a5-a426-d27def842d3a" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2503&GA=111" source_hash: "2cfed62c4596d6440a8d1683281854a9e783d9851701333d6fef7f5c9b969342" 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 2503 (111) — Education, Higher - As enacted, requires public institutions of higher education to provide each student with a detailed and completed current-year federal college financing plan; imposes other requirements for such institutions to provide certain information when a student is finalizing acceptance of a financial aid package. - Amends TCA Title 49. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Amendment HA0747** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0747.pdf) 2. **Amendment HA0854** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0854.pdf) 3. **Amendment SA0567** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0567.pdf) 4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2503.pdf) ## Votes - HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 3/10/2020 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower - SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2020 Passed (2) — **7–1** (pass) · upper - FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/12/2020 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/8/2020 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower - HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/2/2020 5/29/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower ## Sponsors - Cochran — primary (person) - Dickerson — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction` - **2020-02-05** Intro. `introduction` - **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction` - **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2020-02-06** P1C. - **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee - **2020-02-10** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee` - **2020-02-11** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2020-02-26** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/4/2020 - **2020-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/3/2020 - **2020-03-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 - **2020-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/10/2020 - **2020-03-04** Meeting Canceled. Reset on Higher Education Subcommittee cal. for 3/10/20 - **2020-03-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020 - **2020-03-10** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee` - **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2020 - **2020-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - **2020-03-12** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage` - **2020-03-12** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0567) - **2020-03-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - **2020-03-18** Meeting Canceled - **2020-05-20** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 5/28/2020 - **2020-05-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/29/2020 - **2020-05-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2020-05-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/2/2020 - **2020-06-03** Reset on cal. for 6/8/2020 - **2020-06-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0747) `amendment-withdrawal` - **2020-06-03** Subst. for comp. HB. - **2020-06-03** Comp. SB subst. - **2020-06-08** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage` - **2020-06-08** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0854) `amendment-withdrawal` - **2020-06-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. - **2020-06-11** Signed by H. Speaker - **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 744 - **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020 - **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 744 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86624c46-fd2f-49a5-a426-d27def842d3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).