---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires a degree-granting postsecondary educational institution to designate a staff member to serve as a homeless-student liaison to assist homeless students who are enrolled in the institution, and to develop a plan to provide homeless students who are enrolled in the institution access to housing resources, if the institution offers housing resources. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires a degree-granting postsecondary educational institution to designate a staff member to serve as a homeless-student liaison to assist homeless students who are enrolled in the institution, and to develop a plan to provide homeless students who are enrolled in the institution access to housing resources, if the institution offers housing resources. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 763"
citation: "Tennessee SB 763 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3501556-7051-4bc4-800c-4cdda58cf360"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0763&GA=111"
source_hash: "2659857f45cc73344e3af74066da8d49df4819d560b0a79f2ff042bad5d5ba27"
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 763 (111) — Education, Higher - As enacted, requires a degree-granting postsecondary educational institution to designate a staff member to serve as a homeless-student liaison to assist homeless students who are enrolled in the institution, and to develop a plan to provide homeless students who are enrolled in the institution access to housing resources, if the institution offers housing resources. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0253.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0082** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0082.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0763.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 3/19/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/6/2019 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/11/2019 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beck — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-08** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/11/2019
- **2019-03-11** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0082)
- **2019-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Education for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Education for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** No Action Taken
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0253) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 266
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 266

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3501556-7051-4bc4-800c-4cdda58cf360`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).