republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-2682.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the governor, in appointing members to the board of regents, to strive to ensure that at least one board member is an honorably discharged military veteran; requires that in making appointments to the state university boards and UT board of regents the governor strive to ensure members are diverse in honorable military service in addition to gender, race, perspective, and experience. - Amends TCA Section 49-8-201 and Section 49-9-202."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the governor, in appointing members to the board of regents, to strive to ensure that at least one board member is an honorably discharged military veteran; requires that in making appointments to the state university boards and UT board of regents the governor strive to ensure members are diverse in honorable military service in addition to gender, race, perspective, and experience. - Amends TCA Section 49-8-201 and Section 49-9-202."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2682"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2682 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Weaver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5300be1b-e7fb-4c35-bc10-de6941c0cb92"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2682&GA=110"
source_hash: "975f5672b92ebc56eea01e7f96339999084d8749878e6db311b0e453378aee6b"
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 2682 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the governor, in appointing members to the board of regents, to strive to ensure that at least one board member is an honorably discharged military veteran; requires that in making appointments to the state university boards and UT board of regents the governor strive to ensure members are diverse in honorable military service in addition to gender, race, perspective, and experience. - Amends TCA Section 49-8-201 and Section 49-9-202.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB2682.pdf)

## Votes

- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018 4/5/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning 3/20/2018 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Weaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Reset on Final cal. of Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1026) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-11** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA1026) `passage`
- **2018-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 841
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 841
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/26/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5300be1b-e7fb-4c35-bc10-de6941c0cb92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).