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type: "Bill"
title: "Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, consolidates some of the commission's reports; changes various other conditions of the commission's reports and reports to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7."
description: "Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, consolidates some of the commission's reports; changes various other conditions of the commission's reports and reports to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 701"
citation: "Tennessee SB 701 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tennessee Higher Education Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie", "Powers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07436c41-640c-4bef-a9ed-edc3fa5bf140"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0701&GA=112"
source_hash: "51393036aad49606debf98e00ed48698c78c19ab618aa1e323fdd49464d572cb"
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 701 (112) — Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, consolidates some of the commission's reports; changes various other conditions of the commission's reports and reports to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4 and 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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0701.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/24/2021 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/2/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Powers — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-03-24** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-25** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-29** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-03-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-03-31** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 183
- **2021-05-03** Pub. Ch. 183
- **2021-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07436c41-640c-4bef-a9ed-edc3fa5bf140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).