--- type: "Bill" title: "Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, makes various changes to the \"Tennessee Future Teacher Scholarship Act of 2023.\" - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7." description: "Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, makes various changes to the \"Tennessee Future Teacher Scholarship Act of 2023.\" - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "114" identifier: "HB 504" citation: "Tennessee HB 504 (114)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Scholarships and Financial Aid"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["White"] version_count: 4 action_count: 44 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2025-01-29" last_action: "2025-05-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a007bda2-5829-49ee-870f-e3443f331bb3" source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0504&ga=114" source_hash: "222d2500c6a751c30666a6f875efb66389e32e0897174db54abf0f5f0af54db3" 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 504 (114) — Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, makes various changes to the "Tennessee Future Teacher Scholarship Act of 2023." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Amendment HA0171** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0171.pdf) 2. **Amendment SA0005** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0005.pdf) 3. **Amendment SA0449** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0449.pdf) 4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0504.pdf) ## Votes - HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower - HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/19/2025 Passed — **5–0** (pass) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper - HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (3) — **27–0** (pass) · lower - HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/25/2025 Passed (5) — **18–0** (pass) · lower - HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (4) — **11–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - White — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing` - **2025-02-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction` - **2025-02-05** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-05** P2C, ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship` - **2025-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship` - **2025-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/19/2025 - **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/25/2025 - **2025-02-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship` - **2025-02-25** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/4/25 - **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/4/2025 - **2025-03-04** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/11/2025 - **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2025 - **2025-03-11** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/18/2025 - **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2025 - **2025-03-18** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/25/2025 - **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/25/2025 - **2025-03-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/2/2025 - **2025-03-26** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-04-02** Placed behind the budget - **2025-04-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025 - **2025-04-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025 - **2025-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 - **2025-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025 - **2025-04-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt` - **2025-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage` - **2025-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0171) `amendment-passage` - **2025-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship` - **2025-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage` - **2025-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0449) - **2025-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0005) - **2025-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution` - **2025-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2025-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled` - **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage` - **2025-05-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage` - **2025-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-05-27** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025 - **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 488 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a007bda2-5829-49ee-870f-e3443f331bb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).