---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, revises present law provisions governing the use of an intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, revises present law provisions governing the use of an intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2249"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2249 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevens", "Vaughan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7b77dcf-babd-4c2f-9c93-9bf1eccf4f9d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2249&GA=112"
source_hash: "cc6b7c073b512cc93d730f7acfcf5ffb47587288d7809bd8c00cc241a0362a25"
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 2249 (112) — Education, Higher - As enacted, revises present law provisions governing the use of an intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0805** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0805.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0655** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0655.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2249.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2022 Passed (1) — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/16/2022 Passed (2) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/15/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stevens — primary (person)
- Vaughan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0805) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-04** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2022-04-06** Amendment withdrawn.
- **2022-04-06** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-06** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Effective date(s) 04/20/2022
- **2022-04-25** Pub. Ch. 845
- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 845

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7b77dcf-babd-4c2f-9c93-9bf1eccf4f9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).