republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-2036.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the governor, in appointing members to the board of regents, to strive to ensure that at least one board member is an honorably discharged military veteran; requires that in making appointments to the state university boards and UT board of regents the governor strive to ensure members are diverse in honorable military service in addition to gender, race, perspective, and experience. - Amends TCA Section 49-8-201 and Section 49-9-202."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the governor, in appointing members to the board of regents, to strive to ensure that at least one board member is an honorably discharged military veteran; requires that in making appointments to the state university boards and UT board of regents the governor strive to ensure members are diverse in honorable military service in addition to gender, race, perspective, and experience. - Amends TCA Section 49-8-201 and Section 49-9-202."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2036"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2036 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Weaver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f102c49-46e8-4027-8820-3ca86f4f1f8a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2036&GA=110"
source_hash: "771815664b3b12b32b1f5d170a9b120577d273501de5068c17d381636ac54585"
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 2036 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the governor, in appointing members to the board of regents, to strive to ensure that at least one board member is an honorably discharged military veteran; requires that in making appointments to the state university boards and UT board of regents the governor strive to ensure members are diverse in honorable military service in addition to gender, race, perspective, and experience. - Amends TCA Section 49-8-201 and Section 49-9-202.

## 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/SB2036.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/9/2018 PASSED (1) — **94–1** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/12/2018 PASSED — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/28/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2018 PASSED (2) — **32–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Weaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Reset on Final cal. of Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1026) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-11** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA1026) `passage`
- **2018-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 841
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 841

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f102c49-46e8-4027-8820-3ca86f4f1f8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).