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type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, exempts certain postsecondary educational institutions from the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016 under certain circumstances; subjects certain postsecondary educational institutions to bond requirements under the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-2004 and Section 49-7-2022."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, exempts certain postsecondary educational institutions from the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016 under certain circumstances; subjects certain postsecondary educational institutions to bond requirements under the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-2004 and Section 49-7-2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 688"
citation: "Tennessee HB 688 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/516d38ae-4e0e-43c4-820f-49a4810abe90"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0688&GA=111"
source_hash: "06cf4ad25d11d99e1a89d5067eceef368b1e8de32b32b2c48b7347ec5fd4dc60"
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 688 (111) — Education, Higher - As enacted, exempts certain postsecondary educational institutions from the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016 under certain circumstances; subjects certain postsecondary educational institutions to bond requirements under the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-2004 and Section 49-7-2022.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0018.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0012** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0012.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0688.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019 3/7/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/21/2019 Passed (1) — **280** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 2/19/2019 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/13/2019 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2019 Passed (1) — **910** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gresham — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/13/2019
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-02-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/21/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Education for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-02-21** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0012)
- **2019-02-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0018) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-03-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 82
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 82
- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/516d38ae-4e0e-43c4-820f-49a4810abe90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).