republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2216.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires Tennessee State University (TSU) to annually submit a report to the governor and the general assembly, detailing the progress of improvements to TSU's facilities and infrastructure and how the improvements address the needs identified in the Tennessee higher education commission's evaluation on facilities and infrastructure needs for TSU on September 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires Tennessee State University (TSU) to annually submit a report to the governor and the general assembly, detailing the progress of improvements to TSU's facilities and infrastructure and how the improvements address the needs identified in the Tennessee higher education commission's evaluation on facilities and infrastructure needs for TSU on September 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2216"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2216 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Love"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7db8599b-6ae2-4c25-a664-576ae0a1153d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2216&GA=112"
source_hash: "9ec695609081d31053329606b910be435afc3679f48067ba9f0259f2eda3d4f4"
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 2216 (112) — Education, Higher - As enacted, requires Tennessee State University (TSU) to annually submit a report to the governor and the general assembly, detailing the progress of improvements to TSU's facilities and infrastructure and how the improvements address the needs identified in the Tennessee higher education commission's evaluation on facilities and infrastructure needs for TSU on September 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0642** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0642.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2216.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/1/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/2/2022 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm.
- **2022-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0642) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 836
- **2022-04-25** Effective date(s) 04/19/2022
- **2022-04-25** Pub. Ch. 836

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7db8599b-6ae2-4c25-a664-576ae0a1153d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).