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Bill Education, Higher - As enacted, caps at $10 million per fiscal year the total amount of funds in the lottery for education account that may be transferred to the Tennessee Promise scholarship special reserve account. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-708. Education, Higher - As enacted, caps at $10 million per fiscal year the total amount of funds in the lottery for education account that may be transferred to the Tennessee Promise scholarship special reserve account. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-708. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 2159 Tennessee SB 2159 (114)
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Tennessee SB 2159 (114) — Education, Higher - As enacted, caps at $10 million per fiscal year the total amount of funds in the lottery for education account that may be transferred to the Tennessee Promise scholarship special reserve account. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-708.

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: Motion to Adopt 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — 330 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/24/2026 Passed (2) — 100 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/4/2026 Passed — 90 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-02-02 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2026-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-18 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/25/2026
  • 2026-02-25 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/4/2026
  • 2026-02-26 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/4/2026
  • 2026-03-04 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  • 2026-03-10 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
  • 2026-03-17 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/24/2026
  • 2026-03-17 Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/24/2026
  • 2026-03-24 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-24 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2026-03-27 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/30/2026
  • 2026-03-30 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2026-03-30 Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
  • 2026-04-02 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2026-04-20 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2026-04-20 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2026-04-23 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2026-04-23 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-01 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-05 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-13 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/13/2026
  • 2026-05-18 Pub. Ch. 975

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3279d873-dc01-4e53-9d96-6970c3252401. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).