republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-2230.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the \"Transparency in Higher Education Act, which requires each state institution of higher education to notify parents of enrolled students of the parent's right to view student records under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 on the institution's website. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the \"Transparency in Higher Education Act, which requires each state institution of higher education to notify parents of enrolled students of the parent's right to view student records under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 on the institution's website. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2230"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2230 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hulsey", "Niceley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/248c8a05-2592-40ef-8719-9e16322569e0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2230&GA=110"
source_hash: "21d64888696918e779e67626bb00b1ec4dbdcd3bddd6e1dd9c8919a411fcaf31"
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 HB 2230 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Transparency in Higher Education Act, which requires each state institution of higher education to notify parents of enrolled students of the parent's right to view student records under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 on the institution's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB2230.pdf)

## Votes

- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/17/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **89–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018 3/29/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION INSTRUCTION & PROGRAMS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs 3/21/2018 Passed — **4–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hulsey — primary (person)
- Niceley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-05** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0991) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-16** Senate Reset on calendar 4/17/18
- **2018-04-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0965)
- **2018-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-17** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 894
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 894

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/248c8a05-2592-40ef-8719-9e16322569e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).