---
type: "Bill"
title: "Students - As enacted, includes students who fulfill the requirements of the Tennessee work ethic distinction program to receive recognition as a Tennessee Tri-Star scholar. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60."
description: "Students - As enacted, includes students who fulfill the requirements of the Tennessee work ethic distinction program to receive recognition as a Tennessee Tri-Star scholar. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1776"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1776 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fe5298e-2c4b-4f3a-8843-a55d5f2a5762"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1776&GA=112"
source_hash: "ea224bd836f2a7ec6cceef3838fb147e030a96feffa8c5dd32b9ac6b528561be"
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 1776 (112) — Students - As enacted, includes students who fulfill the requirements of the Tennessee work ethic distinction program to receive recognition as a Tennessee Tri-Star scholar. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60.

## 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/SB1776.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 2/15/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/28/2022 Passed (2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/28/2022 2/24/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/23/2022 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-01-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-01-24** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-24** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-02-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/18/2022
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 702
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 702

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fe5298e-2c4b-4f3a-8843-a55d5f2a5762`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).