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type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016, which governs proprietary higher education institutions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016, which governs proprietary higher education institutions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2606"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2606 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61c83a8c-923c-4547-8b06-eb59cec6f5af"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2606&GA=112"
source_hash: "bdc46ca15965979eed52effff498fa9886d55389677b0b936594a9dbdbb32f11"
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 2606 (112) — Education, Higher - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016, which governs proprietary higher education institutions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0894** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0894.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0895** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0895.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0846** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0846.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2606.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 2 4/21/2022 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022 4/14/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/15/2022 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/30/2022 Passed (3) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/12/2022 Passed (2) — **330** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2022 Passed (1) — **7216** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action def. in Education Administration to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-29** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Action def. in Education Administration to 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-31** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-12** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0846)
- **2022-04-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022
- **2022-04-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 16, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2022-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0895) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-18** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0894) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-20** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-21** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0895) `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1044
- **2022-05-25** Effective date(s) 05/11/2022, 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-25** Pub. Ch. 1044
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61c83a8c-923c-4547-8b06-eb59cec6f5af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).