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type: "Bill"
title: "Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, enacts the \"Financial Aid Simplification for Tennesseans (FAST) Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 4."
description: "Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, enacts the \"Financial Aid Simplification for Tennesseans (FAST) Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2097"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2097 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Scholarships and Financial Aid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Hicks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22c6e1e5-e8a3-4a76-8a38-84183b89e2d6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2097&GA=111"
source_hash: "57630727770702af4454e603e44ed8be513f6a00e8c50fc787a0061cf91262f5"
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 2097 (111) — Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, enacts the "Financial Aid Simplification for Tennesseans (FAST) Act." - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 4.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0976** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0976.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0674** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0674.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2097.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/4/2020 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/9/2020 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 6/10/2020 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/15/2020 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 6/4/2020 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/19/2020 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 6/2/2020 Passed — **100** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/17/2020 6/15/2020 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/25/2020 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/17/2020 Passed (1) — **890** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gresham — primary (person)
- Hicks — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-03** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-03** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P2C, ref. to Education-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2020-02-10** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/4/2020
- **2020-03-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-05** Ref. to Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-11** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-27** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 6/2/2020
- **2020-05-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/3/2020
- **2020-06-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-06-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-03** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-06-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0674)
- **2020-06-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-06-10** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-11** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-11** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/17/2020
- **2020-06-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-17** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0976) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-07-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-07-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-22** Pub. Ch. 794
- **2020-07-22** Effective date(s) 08/01/2020, 07/01/2021
- **2020-07-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 794
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22c6e1e5-e8a3-4a76-8a38-84183b89e2d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).