republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-2528.md

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Bill	Education, Higher - As enacted, makes changes relative to a governing board of a public institution of higher education determining the institutional accrediting agencies or associations eligible to serve as an accreditor; prohibits an accrediting agency or association from compelling a public institution of higher education to violate any state law. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.	Education, Higher - As enacted, makes changes relative to a governing board of a public institution of higher education determining the institutional accrediting agencies or associations eligible to serve as an accreditor; prohibits an accrediting agency or association from compelling a public institution of higher education to violate any state law. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 2528	Tennessee SB 2528 (113)	bill	Education Higher	enacted	Stevens	4	25	4	2024-01-31	2024-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/1bb044aa-114c-4438-9969-d203a6f4b441	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2528&GA=113	a4aa88149994212f5df20a9848c7cb8d2b1f43aca6ea7724e1aaf6c5c605e25a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2528 (113) — Education, Higher - As enacted, makes changes relative to a governing board of a public institution of higher education determining the institutional accrediting agencies or associations eligible to serve as an accreditor; prohibits an accrediting agency or association from compelling a public institution of higher education to violate any state law. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0947 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment HA0973 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0785 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/20/2024 Passed (3) — 8–1 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2024 Passed (1) — 81–11 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/1/2024 Passed (2) — 26–5 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/17/2024 Passed (1) — 26–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stevens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-31 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee passage
• 2024-03-06 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/13/2024
• 2024-03-13 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/20/2024
• 2024-03-14 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
• 2024-03-20 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
• 2024-03-28 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2024
• 2024-04-01 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-04-01 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 5 passage
• 2024-04-01 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0785)
• 2024-04-04 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-04-16 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/17/2024
• 2024-04-16 Passed H., as am., Ayes 81, Nays 11, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-04-16 H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0973) amendment-passage
• 2024-04-16 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0947) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-04-16 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-04-17 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Concurred, Ayes 26, Nays 4 (Amendment 2 - HA0973) passage
• 2024-04-18 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-18 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-19 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-13 Effective date(s) 05/01/2024
• 2024-05-13 Pub. Ch. 868

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1bb044aa-114c-4438-9969-d203a6f4b441. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).