republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2631.md

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Bill	Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, specifies that a student who graduates early from an eligible high school, or who completes high school at an eligible home school early, or who obtains an equivalency diploma before the spring semester immediately preceding the student's initial fall enrollment, and is admitted to, and enrolled full time in, an eligible postsecondary program, is eligible for the Tennessee promise scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.	Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, specifies that a student who graduates early from an eligible high school, or who completes high school at an eligible home school early, or who obtains an equivalency diploma before the spring semester immediately preceding the student's initial fall enrollment, and is admitted to, and enrolled full time in, an eligible postsecondary program, is eligible for the Tennessee promise scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 2631	Tennessee SB 2631 (112)	bill	Scholarships and Financial Aid	enacted	Farmer Niceley	3	44	7	2022-02-01	2022-06-03	openstates	ocd-bill/aacebd7a-cdd4-4982-b669-532c70b9f634	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2631&GA=112	4ef5729fc23d63004ad6f07a4f248005c4e6ecd834844ba22fbd7c6a384b1dbf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2631 (112) — Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, specifies that a student who graduates early from an eligible high school, or who completes high school at an eligible home school early, or who obtains an equivalency diploma before the spring semester immediately preceding the student's initial fall enrollment, and is admitted to, and enrolled full time in, an eligible postsecondary program, is eligible for the Tennessee promise scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0804 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0767 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2022 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (2) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/23/2022 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/15/2022 (5) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Farmer — primary (person)
• Niceley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-01 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-02 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2022-02-03 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-02-03 P2C, ref. to Education Administration referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2022-02-07 Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
• 2022-03-08 Action Def. in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-09 Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-15 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration referral-committee
• 2022-03-16 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
• 2022-03-16 Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/23/2022
• 2022-03-23 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2022-03-23 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-30 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/6/2022
• 2022-03-30 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-04-05 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
• 2022-04-06 Placed behind the budget
• 2022-04-07 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2022-04-07 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-04-07 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2022-04-07 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0767)
• 2022-04-11 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2022-04-11 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-04-20 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
• 2022-04-26 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
• 2022-04-26 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
• 2022-04-26 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-26 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
• 2022-04-26 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-27 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2022-04-27 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0804) amendment-withdrawal
• 2022-04-27 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2022-04-27 Comp. SB subst.
• 2022-04-27 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-05-11 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2022-05-12 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-05-17 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-05-23 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2022-06-01 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-06-03 Effective date(s) 06/01/2022
• 2022-06-03 Pub. Ch. 1125
• 2022-06-03 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1125

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aacebd7a-cdd4-4982-b669-532c70b9f634. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).