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| Bill | Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits a public institution of higher education from requiring a student to submit a high school transcript or GED certificate as part of the institution's admission process if the student has completed an associate degree at a regionally accredited institution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits a public institution of higher education from requiring a student to submit a high school transcript or GED certificate as part of the institution's admission process if the student has completed an associate degree at a regionally accredited institution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | us/states/tn | Tennessee General Assembly | 111 | SB 1641 | Tennessee SB 1641 (111) |
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Tennessee SB 1641 (111) — Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits a public institution of higher education from requiring a student to submit a high school transcript or GED certificate as part of the institution's admission process if the student has completed an associate degree at a regionally accredited institution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Current Version (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/20/2020 Passed (1) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/24/2020 Passed (2) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/12/2020 Passed — 8–0 (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/19/2020 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education 1/28/2020 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Massey — primary (person)
- Zachary — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-11-14 Filed for introduction
reading-1, introduction - 2020-01-14 Intro., P1C.
introduction - 2020-01-15 Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 P2C, ref. to Education
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Filed for introduction
reading-1, introduction - 2020-01-22 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
introduction - 2020-01-22 Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 1/28/2020
- 2020-01-23 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- 2020-01-28 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-01-29 Placed on cal. Education for 2/5/2020
- 2020-02-05 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/12/2020
- 2020-02-05 Action def. in Education to 2/12/2020
- 2020-02-06 Placed on cal. Education for 2/12/2020
- 2020-02-12 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- 2020-02-12 Placed on cal. Education for 2/19/2020
- 2020-02-12 Action def. in Education to 2/19/2020
- 2020-02-18 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/20/2020
- 2020-02-19 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/20/2020
- 2020-02-19 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-02-20 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- 2020-02-20 Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0
passage - 2020-02-20 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/24/2020
- 2020-02-24 Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0
passage - 2020-02-24 Subst. for comp. HB.
- 2020-02-24 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- 2020-02-24 Comp. SB subst.
- 2020-02-25 Enrolled and ready for signatures
- 2020-02-26 Signed by Senate Speaker
- 2020-02-27 Signed by H. Speaker
- 2020-02-28 Transmitted to Governor for action.
- 2020-03-09 Signed by Governor.
executive-signature - 2020-03-16 Pub. Ch. 523
- 2020-03-16 Effective date(s) 03/06/2020
- 2020-03-16 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 523
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79d6566d-b41f-4c80-92e5-3c19d9dd71dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).