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type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, authorizes the board of regents, the trustees of the University of Tennessee, and state university board of each public institution of higher education to adopt policies regulating smoking on property owned or operated by the institution; provided, that such policies do not permit smoking in any location where smoking is otherwise prohibited by law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 39, Chapter 15 and Title 49."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, authorizes the board of regents, the trustees of the University of Tennessee, and state university board of each public institution of higher education to adopt policies regulating smoking on property owned or operated by the institution; provided, that such policies do not permit smoking in any location where smoking is otherwise prohibited by law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 39, Chapter 15 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Tennessee HB 9 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Brooks H"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5f6b0c3-65be-4330-8521-e0790e9006e0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0009&GA=110"
source_hash: "8f62d97e5d60366c113ab78ee38abf4ca42030719bb7a8b4ac2671a835ccb8fb"
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 9 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, authorizes the board of regents, the trustees of the University of Tennessee, and state university board of each public institution of higher education to adopt policies regulating smoking on property owned or operated by the institution; provided, that such policies do not permit smoking in any location where smoking is otherwise prohibited by law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 39, Chapter 15 and 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/HB0009.pdf)
## Votes
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/4/2017 — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2017 4/6/2017 — **00** (fail) · lower
- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Education Administration & Planning 3/21/2017 — **00** (pass) · lower
- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 3/15/2017 — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Briggs — primary (person)
- Brooks H — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2017-01-12** Ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/8/2017
- **2017-02-01** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Reassigned to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee--Education Administration & Planning
- **2017-02-01** Refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
- **2017-02-01** Recalled from Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-08** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/14/2017
- **2017-02-14** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0048)
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-13** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-13** Passed H., Ayes 81, Nays 9, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0130) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-13** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 161
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 161
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/24/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5f6b0c3-65be-4330-8521-e0790e9006e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).