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type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the board of regents, state university boards, and the board of trustees for the University of Tennessee system to adopt and implement policies that clearly distinguish between tenure decisions and disciplinary actions for faculty members. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the board of regents, state university boards, and the board of trustees for the University of Tennessee system to adopt and implement policies that clearly distinguish between tenure decisions and disciplinary actions for faculty members. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2194"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2194 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zachary"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d3ccf94-b2c1-4c3e-b6ae-957e37a987ca"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2194&ga=114"
source_hash: "9257cdce50614639e730850caf1ea8c1ab99e10eea4c084fc4530e0553a4b66f"
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 2194 (114) — Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the board of regents, state university boards, and the board of trustees for the University of Tennessee system to adopt and implement policies that clearly distinguish between tenure decisions and disciplinary actions for faculty members. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0586** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0586.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2194.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2026 Passed (1) — **7021** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2026 Passed (2) — **7221** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2026 3/5/2026 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/23/2026 Passed (1) — **255** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/3/2026 Passed (4) — **133** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 2/18/2026 Passed (5) — **51** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Zachary — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/3/2026
- **2026-03-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2026
- **2026-03-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 70, Nays 21, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0586) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-03-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-03-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-03-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-27** Effective date(s) 04/16/2026, 07/01/2026
- **2026-04-27** Pub. Ch. 761
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d3ccf94-b2c1-4c3e-b6ae-957e37a987ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).