---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires each state institution of higher education to do the following: develop and implement a suicide prevention plan for students, faculty, and staff; and provide the plan to students, faculty, and staff at least once each semester. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires each state institution of higher education to do the following: develop and implement a suicide prevention plan for students, faculty, and staff; and provide the plan to students, faculty, and staff at least once each semester. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1175"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1175 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cochran", "Dickerson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b27a2de5-c814-42c3-8cd8-87abf1a52588"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1175&GA=111"
source_hash: "318546f4e68a2bdc55935138ea8992fb468a32e6243a3a175fedf05b867fa1ec"
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 1175 (111) — Education, Higher - As enacted, requires each state institution of higher education to do the following: develop and implement a suicide prevention plan for students, faculty, and staff; and provide the plan to students, faculty, and staff at least once each semester. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0365** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0365.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0381** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0381.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1175.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/10/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/17/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 4/2/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cochran — primary (person)
- Dickerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Education for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0365) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0381)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-15** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 455
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 455
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b27a2de5-c814-42c3-8cd8-87abf1a52588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).