---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, authorizes the governing board for each public institution of higher education to classify a veteran or military-affiliated individual as a Tennessee resident for tuition purposes if the veteran or military-affliated individual is enrolled in the institution and resides outside of this state. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, authorizes the governing board for each public institution of higher education to classify a veteran or military-affiliated individual as a Tennessee resident for tuition purposes if the veteran or military-affliated individual is enrolled in the institution and resides outside of this state. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2486"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2486 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Ragan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c964f7e0-b5d5-4436-8da4-dc1d44c3ccbc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2486&GA=112"
source_hash: "f02beb8b21139838116bfb5503586ea7e1b5f234c06bdd459baf4a811ea7b0f2"
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 2486 (112) — Education, Higher - As enacted, authorizes the governing board for each public institution of higher education to classify a veteran or military-affiliated individual as a Tennessee resident for tuition purposes if the veteran or military-affliated individual is enrolled in the institution and resides outside of this state. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13.

## 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/SB2486.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/1/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/2/2022 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (2) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- 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 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Ragan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-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** Action Def. in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 791
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 791

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c964f7e0-b5d5-4436-8da4-dc1d44c3ccbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).