---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding financial aid for higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding financial aid for higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1840"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1840 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Rudd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dd4ca3d-ca35-4aef-8e9e-75daa000e90d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1840&GA=110"
source_hash: "8d734dd25ac74f08134816fbbf629dc17a46e4057218a0fc9f3944b0742542e8"
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 1840 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding financial aid for higher education. - 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/SB1840.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/7/2018 Passed (1) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Rudd — 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
- **2018-01-29** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0740)
- **2018-03-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0822) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-29** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 695
- **2018-04-17** Pub. Ch. 695
- **2018-04-17** Effective date(s) 08/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dd4ca3d-ca35-4aef-8e9e-75daa000e90d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).