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type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the department of correction, in partnership with the Tennessee higher education commission and the board of regents, to develop and submit to the general assembly an annual report detailing the higher education opportunities available to eligible incarcerated individuals in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 41; Title 49 and Title 50."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the department of correction, in partnership with the Tennessee higher education commission and the board of regents, to develop and submit to the general assembly an annual report detailing the higher education opportunities available to eligible incarcerated individuals in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 41; Title 49 and Title 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1061"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1061 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baum", "Dickerson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c90c11d8-76b7-41a2-996d-1b4ad4b0f5dc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1061&GA=111"
source_hash: "fe4f54f0c4154dc56cd513a5b6d5865bbd40af94e1513032b1323ace5d9c867b"
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 1061 (111) — Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the department of correction, in partnership with the Tennessee higher education commission and the board of regents, to develop and submit to the general assembly an annual report detailing the higher education opportunities available to eligible incarcerated individuals in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 41; Title 49 and Title 50.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0243.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0226** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0226.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1061.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/3/2019 Passed — **80** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2019 Passed (1) — **940** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CORRECTIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee 3/5/2019 — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Baum — primary (person)
- Dickerson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Corrections Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Corrections Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Action def. in State Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action def. in State Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action def. in State Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. State Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0243) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0226)
- **2019-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 238
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 238
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c90c11d8-76b7-41a2-996d-1b4ad4b0f5dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).