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type: "Bill"
title: "State Universities - As enacted, removes the prohibition on a state university governing board member serving on the governing board of any institution of higher education and replaces it with a prohibition on a state university governing board member serving on the governing board of a public institution of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 8, Part 2."
description: "State Universities - As enacted, removes the prohibition on a state university governing board member serving on the governing board of any institution of higher education and replaces it with a prohibition on a state university governing board member serving on the governing board of a public institution of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 8, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 570"
citation: "Tennessee SB 570 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Universities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Hawk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b71ad718-dce6-4313-9aa7-a50a21f4515e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0570&GA=110"
source_hash: "aa1a52c5caeea2ef20758daf0cb0115d652a18bd24ecc813a70b332109a6b2e4"
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 570 (110) — State Universities - As enacted, removes the prohibition on a state university governing board member serving on the governing board of any institution of higher education and replaces it with a prohibition on a state university governing board member serving on the governing board of a public institution of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 8, Part 2.
## 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/SB0570.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/5/2017 Passed — **71** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gresham — primary (person)
- Hawk — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0388) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-19** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-09** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 3, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-30** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-14** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 480
- **2017-06-14** Pub. Ch. 480
- **2017-06-14** Effective date(s) 06/06/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b71ad718-dce6-4313-9aa7-a50a21f4515e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).