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type: "Bill"
title: "University of Tennessee - As enacted, establishes the University of Tennessee Southern as a new campus of the University of Tennessee in Giles County. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 9."
description: "University of Tennessee - As enacted, establishes the University of Tennessee Southern as a new campus of the University of Tennessee in Giles County. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1980"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1980 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["University of Tennessee"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doggett", "Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62b3a8af-5415-4463-abae-75cc2861fe21"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1980&GA=112"
source_hash: "39fd2415b29d9e70a292d3498d72fcb32d68f89946e73311330115f1c9a2d090"
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 1980 (112) — University of Tennessee - As enacted, establishes the University of Tennessee Southern as a new campus of the University of Tennessee in Giles County. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 9.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1980.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2022 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/8/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/16/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/28/2022 Passed — **960** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/28/2022 2/24/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/16/2022 Passed — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Doggett — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-01-31** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-02-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-02-28** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-23** Effective date(s) 03/15/2022
- **2022-03-23** Pub. Ch. 648
- **2022-03-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 648
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62b3a8af-5415-4463-abae-75cc2861fe21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).