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type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, replaces the department of economic and community development with the Tennessee higher education commission as the state agency charged with administering grants related to work-based learning programs; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 50."
description: "Education - As enacted, replaces the department of economic and community development with the Tennessee higher education commission as the state agency charged with administering grants related to work-based learning programs; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1259"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1259 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71c221dc-ca97-4ca8-a653-16799d6e7a3a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1259&GA=111"
source_hash: "da6bb8e99028a8c507e40bbe1a281847cb338bc96a11fb856430874884ec83b8"
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 1259 (111) — Education - As enacted, replaces the department of economic and community development with the Tennessee higher education commission as the state agency charged with administering grants related to work-based learning programs; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 50.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0402.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0508** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0508.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0392** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0392.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0450** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0450.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1259.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **950** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/30/2019 Passed (2) — **100** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/30/2019 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/30/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/16/2019 (6) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/30/2019 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/30/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/17/2019 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 4/9/2019 (7) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gresham — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** No Action Taken
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-09** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Education for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance,Ways & Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-24** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/24/19
- **2019-04-24** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-04-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0392)
- **2019-05-01** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0450)
- **2019-05-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-05-01** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0508) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0402) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-08** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 468
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 468
- **2019-05-29** 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/71c221dc-ca97-4ca8-a653-16799d6e7a3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).