republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2081.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As enacted, increases, from $1,250 to $2,000, the amount awarded each semester to a full-time student receiving the middle college scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9."
description: "Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As enacted, increases, from $1,250 to $2,000, the amount awarded each semester to a full-time student receiving the middle college scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2081"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2081 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lottery", "Scholarships and Programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powers", "Yager"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ebf0435-73a1-4dc1-a879-270ecfe284ef"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2081&GA=112"
source_hash: "e0aa3d5c1b03a6b533582d5235017f4b161fc78bd9b5ad80873304c72dcec163"
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 2081 (112) — Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As enacted, increases, from $1,250 to $2,000, the amount awarded each semester to a full-time student receiving the middle college scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA1024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA1024.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0953** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0953.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2081.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/15/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/30/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/16/2022 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Powers — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** 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 Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action def. in Education Administration to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1024) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-27** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0953)
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/27/2022
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1101
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1101

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ebf0435-73a1-4dc1-a879-270ecfe284ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).