---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation - As enacted, requires TSAC to promulgate rules designating pregnancy as an approved medical leave of absence for purposes of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4."
description: "Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation - As enacted, requires TSAC to promulgate rules designating pregnancy as an approved medical leave of absence for purposes of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 823"
citation: "Tennessee SB 823 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Lamar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bba929a4-7c92-45d3-9497-3522bfa25358"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0823&GA=111"
source_hash: "aefaaccc72ac42d449fcf25fe7a2ba312c4144130246f73ef8a604138a55aee9"
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 823 (111) — Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation - As enacted, requires TSAC to promulgate rules designating pregnancy as an approved medical leave of absence for purposes of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - 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/111/Bill/SB0823.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 2/12/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/2/2020 Passed — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020 2/27/2020 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2020 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Def. to Summer Study in Higher Education Subcommittee 2/26/2019 Passed — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education 2/4/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/24/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/2/2020 Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)
- Lamar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** P2C, ref. to Education-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Def. to Summer Study in Higher Education Subcommittee
- **2020-01-29** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/4/2020
- **2020-02-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-06** Placed on cal. Education for 2/12/2020
- **2020-02-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 2/24/2020
- **2020-02-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020
- **2020-02-28** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/2/2020
- **2020-03-02** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-10** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 533
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/19/2020
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 533

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bba929a4-7c92-45d3-9497-3522bfa25358`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).