---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, transfers operation of the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute from the Institute's board to the Institute for Public Service of the University of Tennessee; renames the institute to be the Tennessee Foreign Language Center; makes other related changes, - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, transfers operation of the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute from the Institute's board to the Institute for Public Service of the University of Tennessee; renames the institute to be the Tennessee Foreign Language Center; makes other related changes, - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2198"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2198 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goins", "Gresham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f37be83f-812d-4324-9be8-6a5f6a6d0dbc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2198&GA=110"
source_hash: "cd89b4cb37fb0c07db032f7a03c40848484649e484651194c834960f4f4def9e"
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 2198 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, transfers operation of the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute from the Institute's board to the Institute for Public Service of the University of Tennessee; renames the institute to be the Tennessee Foreign Language Center; makes other related changes, - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB2198.pdf)

## Votes

- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/2/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/27/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning 3/13/2018 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/9/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2018 4/12/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goins — primary (person)
- Gresham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Sponsor change.
- **2018-03-06** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/2/2018
- **2018-03-29** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-04** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-16** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0906)
- **2018-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-19** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0983) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-23** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0983) `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 932
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 932
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f37be83f-812d-4324-9be8-6a5f6a6d0dbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).