---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, removes various dates by which various reports must be submitted by various entities; makes various changes to the Tennessee student assistance award; requires new and existing transfer pathways to be reviewed on a rotating basis; authorizes the Tennessee higher education commission to conduct private meetings for certain purposes; makes various other changes related to financial aid and higher education. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 6, Part 5 and Title 49."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, removes various dates by which various reports must be submitted by various entities; makes various changes to the Tennessee student assistance award; requires new and existing transfer pathways to be reviewed on a rotating basis; authorizes the Tennessee higher education commission to conduct private meetings for certain purposes; makes various other changes related to financial aid and higher education. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 6, Part 5 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2141"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2141 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c662436-1763-4f6b-b47d-ec4988098124"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2141&ga=114"
source_hash: "05a20ca26246b90f89a44253e938b4625adfc63dce43cf7ece140c2d7cf9085e"
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 2141 (114) — Education, Higher - As enacted, removes various dates by which various reports must be submitted by various entities; makes various changes to the Tennessee student assistance award; requires new and existing transfer pathways to be reviewed on a rotating basis; authorizes the Tennessee higher education commission to conduct private meetings for certain purposes; makes various other changes related to financial aid and higher education. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 6, Part 5 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0911** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0911.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0544** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0544.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2141.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/25/2026 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2026 Passed (1) — **84–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-18** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/25/2026
- **2026-02-18** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 2/25/2026
- **2026-02-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2026
- **2026-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0544)
- **2026-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 6, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0911) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/05/2026, 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 899

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c662436-1763-4f6b-b47d-ec4988098124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).