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type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Regents - As enacted, makes various technical corrections to the FOCUS Act related to the appointment of student and faculty board members. - Amends TCA Section 49-8-201."
description: "Board of Regents - As enacted, makes various technical corrections to the FOCUS Act related to the appointment of student and faculty board members. - Amends TCA Section 49-8-201."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 995"
citation: "Tennessee SB 995 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Regents"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tracy", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f90f919e-e016-4dc8-98f7-fc3a92a9900b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0995&GA=110"
source_hash: "a6b9c3a9fff84cdb1c7ec2bd9e3046d19304104dbe74c1ac6cf6f6e0aa310ef4"
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 995 (110) — Board of Regents - As enacted, makes various technical corrections to the FOCUS Act related to the appointment of student and faculty board members. - Amends TCA Section 49-8-201.
## 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/SB0995.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/1/2017 Passed — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/6/2017 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Tracy — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **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`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-09** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-13** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-03-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Pub. Ch. 29
- **2017-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/29/2017
- **2017-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 29
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f90f919e-e016-4dc8-98f7-fc3a92a9900b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).