---
type: "Bill"
title: "Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, makes various changes to the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10."
description: "Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, makes various changes to the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 114"
citation: "Tennessee HB 114 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Scholarships and Financial Aid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a772c05-9d88-48e9-a9f2-e87e6a90a901"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0114&ga=114"
source_hash: "833da815300db3802be2a2245965c5c22f58d082763c3b5d5a00a0904037c349"
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 114 (114) — Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, makes various changes to the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0002.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0119** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0119.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0114.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/12/2025 Passed — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025 3/13/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/18/2025 Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/5/2025 Passed (4) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (3) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2025-01-16** Ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/12/2025
- **2025-02-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/18/2025
- **2025-02-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-02-26** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/13/2025
- **2025-03-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0002) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0119)
- **2025-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/02/2025
- **2025-05-08** Pub. Ch. 334

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a772c05-9d88-48e9-a9f2-e87e6a90a901`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).