republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-501.md

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Bill	Education, Higher - As enacted, ends the BEST college savings program that permitted tuition units to be purchased under a tuition contract; provides for the use, refund, or rollover to another college savings plan of all funds remaining under any tuition contract. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.	Education, Higher - As enacted, ends the BEST college savings program that permitted tuition units to be purchased under a tuition contract; provides for the use, refund, or rollover to another college savings plan of all funds remaining under any tuition contract. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 501	Tennessee SB 501 (112)	bill	Education Higher	enacted	Hazlewood Lundberg	1	37	9	2021-02-08	2021-05-21	openstates	ocd-bill/edfa34b6-fb83-488b-a278-69d4453c2d33	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0501&GA=112	52f7bcce638948a31b1e9b2b35bb42731d22425bb9144e2d3a099e52c641b63d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 501 (112) — Education, Higher - As enacted, ends the BEST college savings program that permitted tuition units to be purchased under a tuition contract; provides for the use, refund, or rollover to another college savings plan of all funds remaining under any tuition contract. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — 86–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/31/2021 (6) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/3/2021 4/28/2021 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (2) — 86–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/23/2021 (7) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/27/2021 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/10/2021 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hazlewood — primary (person)
• Lundberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-08 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• 2021-02-22 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-24 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-25 P2C, ref. to Education Administration referral-committee
• 2021-03-01 Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/10/2021
• 2021-03-10 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2021-03-11 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/15/2021
• 2021-03-15 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-03-15 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-03-17 Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
• 2021-03-18 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-03-23 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-31 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-03-31 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-07 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-14 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
• 2021-04-14 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/21/2021
• 2021-04-21 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/27/2021
• 2021-04-21 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
• 2021-04-27 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-28 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/3/2021
• 2021-05-03 Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2021-05-03 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-05-03 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-05-05 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-05-05 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-05-07 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-05-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-05-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-21 Effective date(s) 05/18/2021
• 2021-05-21 Pub. Ch. 469
• 2021-05-21 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 469

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/edfa34b6-fb83-488b-a278-69d4453c2d33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).