republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-2496.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, allows, under certain conditions, the advisory boards of the University of Tennessee institutions and state university boards to meet electronically or by other means of communication without a physical quorum present at the location of the meeting given in the meeting notice; changes from April 15 to May 31 the date by which the faculty member and the student member must be appointed to a University of Tennessee institution advisory board. - Amends TCA Section 8-44-108; Section 49-9-501 and Section 49-7-151."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, allows, under certain conditions, the advisory boards of the University of Tennessee institutions and state university boards to meet electronically or by other means of communication without a physical quorum present at the location of the meeting given in the meeting notice; changes from April 15 to May 31 the date by which the faculty member and the student member must be appointed to a University of Tennessee institution advisory board. - Amends TCA Section 8-44-108; Section 49-9-501 and Section 49-7-151."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 2496"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2496 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Hawk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c464fdd-ee2c-4bd1-866f-bb05e9b2682b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2496&GA=111"
source_hash: "8642c6d007539d55b1fac85634558a2b392bbdce4fbf536c5e2a0c4c0bedcd5e"
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 2496 (111) — Education, Higher - As enacted, allows, under certain conditions, the advisory boards of the University of Tennessee institutions and state university boards to meet electronically or by other means of communication without a physical quorum present at the location of the meeting given in the meeting notice; changes from April 15 to May 31 the date by which the faculty member and the student member must be appointed to a University of Tennessee institution advisory board. - Amends TCA Section 8-44-108; Section 49-9-501 and Section 49-7-151.

## 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/111/Bill/HB2496.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 3/10/2020 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/1/2020 5/29/2020 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/5/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/1/2020 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/1/2020 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/28/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Hawk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** Intro. `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P1C.
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-10** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2020-02-11** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-03-03** Meeting Canceled. Reset on Higher Education Subcommittee cal. for 3/10/20
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-18** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-20** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 5/28/2020
- **2020-05-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/29/2020
- **2020-05-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-29** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/1/2020
- **2020-06-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-01** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-06-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 692
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 692
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/11/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c464fdd-ee2c-4bd1-866f-bb05e9b2682b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).