republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/hb-496.md

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Bill	Treasurer, State - As enacted, removes the restriction that earnings in an achieving a better life experience account may only be expended for a student's education expenses; redefines "disability certification" and "eligible individual" to have the same meaning as in the Internal Revenue Code and all rules and regulations released by the United States treasury. - Amends TCA Section 71-4-803 and Section 71-4-806.	Treasurer, State - As enacted, removes the restriction that earnings in an achieving a better life experience account may only be expended for a student's education expenses; redefines "disability certification" and "eligible individual" to have the same meaning as in the Internal Revenue Code and all rules and regulations released by the United States treasury. - Amends TCA Section 71-4-803 and Section 71-4-806.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	114	HB 496	Tennessee HB 496 (114)	bill	State Treasurer	enacted	Reedy	1	29	6	2025-01-29	2025-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d498ec53-f5b4-40db-bac8-d85b411e905f	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0496&ga=114	9aa1eec2ddecb4f9d1783c8312d2971074b8fb20ad981d17de33d25f7ef5dea9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 496 (114) — Treasurer, State - As enacted, removes the restriction that earnings in an achieving a better life experience account may only be expended for a student's education expenses; redefines "disability certification" and "eligible individual" to have the same meaning as in the Internal Revenue Code and all rules and regulations released by the United States treasury. - Amends TCA Section 71-4-803 and Section 71-4-806.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/14/2025 4/10/2025 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2025 Passed (3) — 28–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/25/2025 Passed (5) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/2/2025 Passed (4) — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/19/2025 Passed (6) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 Passed (1) — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Reedy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-29 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-02-03 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2025-02-05 Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-02-05 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/19/2025
• 2025-02-19 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/25/2025
• 2025-02-19 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-25 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-26 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
• 2025-02-26 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-03-05 Placed behind the budget
• 2025-03-26 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
• 2025-04-02 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/8/2025
• 2025-04-02 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-08 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-09 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025
• 2025-04-10 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/14/2025
• 2025-04-14 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2025-04-14 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2025-04-14 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2025-04-14 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2025-04-14 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2025-04-15 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2025-04-15 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2025-04-17 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2025-04-21 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-05-08 Effective date(s) 05/02/2025, 01/01/2026
• 2025-05-08 Pub. Ch. 340

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d498ec53-f5b4-40db-bac8-d85b411e905f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).