---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, extends eligibility for tuition reimbursement provided to members of the Tennessee national guard under the STRONG Act of 2017 to include technical certificates and diplomas and certain graduate programs; extends, from June 30, 2021, to June 30, 2025, the date on which the act will be repealed. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, extends eligibility for tuition reimbursement provided to members of the Tennessee national guard under the STRONG Act of 2017 to include technical certificates and diplomas and certain graduate programs; extends, from June 30, 2021, to June 30, 2025, the date on which the act will be repealed. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 83"
citation: "Tennessee HB 83 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/073b2e5e-6814-4513-90db-aae0039e0de6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0083&GA=112"
source_hash: "f23f0acd5b0f651625a9e7105bd23a561e3ae702e73bec6f9de49f848d002e3c"
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 83 (112) — Education, Higher - As enacted, extends eligibility for tuition reimbursement provided to members of the Tennessee national guard under the STRONG Act of 2017 to include technical certificates and diplomas and certain graduate programs; extends, from June 30, 2021, to June 30, 2025, the date on which the act will be repealed. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0083.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/17/2021 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2021 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/3/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/17/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021 3/25/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/30/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: 2/23/2021 Failed (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** P2C held on desk.
- **2021-01-27** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/16/2021
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-16** Meeting Canceled
- **2021-02-17** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/23/2021
- **2021-02-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-24** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/3/2021
- **2021-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2021-03-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
- **2021-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-30** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-01** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-05** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-08** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/22/2021; 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-03** Pub. Ch. 216
- **2021-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 216

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/073b2e5e-6814-4513-90db-aae0039e0de6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).