---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires each institution governed by the board of regents, a state university board, or the board of trustees for the University of Tennessee to make the grievance procedure for the institution's support staff employees available on its website. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires each institution governed by the board of regents, a state university board, or the board of trustees for the University of Tennessee to make the grievance procedure for the institution's support staff employees available on its website. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2568"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2568 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Ragan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a25519f2-349a-411b-9aaf-5ec5c3ebee84"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2568&GA=112"
source_hash: "0ecd1e5e7e5438d56dd65434c1a75d8d5a443b8a35160527f2d815cbab448083"
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 2568 (112) — Education, Higher - As enacted, requires each institution governed by the board of regents, a state university board, or the board of trustees for the University of Tennessee to make the grievance procedure for the institution's support staff employees available on its website. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2568.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/23/2022 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/22/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (2) — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Ragan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-02** No Action Taken
- **2022-03-03** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-28** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 891
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 891

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a25519f2-349a-411b-9aaf-5ec5c3ebee84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).