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type: "Bill"
title: "Treasurer, State - As enacted, removes the restriction that earnings in an achieving a better life experience account may only be expended for a student's education expenses; redefines \"disability certification\" and \"eligible individual\" to have the same meaning as in the Internal Revenue Code and all rules and regulations released by the United States treasury. - Amends TCA Section 71-4-803 and Section 71-4-806."
description: "Treasurer, State - As enacted, removes the restriction that earnings in an achieving a better life experience account may only be expended for a student's education expenses; redefines \"disability certification\" and \"eligible individual\" to have the same meaning as in the Internal Revenue Code and all rules and regulations released by the United States treasury. - Amends TCA Section 71-4-803 and Section 71-4-806."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 496"
citation: "Tennessee HB 496 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State", "Treasurer"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reedy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d498ec53-f5b4-40db-bac8-d85b411e905f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0496&ga=114"
source_hash: "9aa1eec2ddecb4f9d1783c8312d2971074b8fb20ad981d17de33d25f7ef5dea9"
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 496 (114) — Treasurer, State - As enacted, removes the restriction that earnings in an achieving a better life experience account may only be expended for a student's education expenses; redefines "disability certification" and "eligible individual" to have the same meaning as in the Internal Revenue Code and all rules and regulations released by the United States treasury. - Amends TCA Section 71-4-803 and Section 71-4-806.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0496.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/14/2025 4/10/2025 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2025 Passed (3) — **280** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/25/2025 Passed (5) — **220** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/2/2025 Passed (4) — **110** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/19/2025 Passed (6) — **90** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 Passed (1) — **940** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Reedy — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/25/2025
- **2025-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-02-26** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed behind the budget
- **2025-03-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/8/2025
- **2025-04-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025
- **2025-04-10** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/02/2025, 01/01/2026
- **2025-05-08** Pub. Ch. 340
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d498ec53-f5b4-40db-bac8-d85b411e905f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).