2025-2026 Regular SessionTennessee Legislature

SB0603: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to higher education.

Legislative Summary

As introduced, requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation to submit an annual report, by July 31 each year, to legislative committees having jurisdiction over postsecondary education detailing, for each of the five immediately preceding academic years for which the corporation awarded scholarships, the amount appropriated by the general assembly for the scholarship program, the total number of scholarship applications received by the corporation, the total number of scholarship recipients, and the average scholarship award amount. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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Bill History

1/31/2025
Filed for introduction
Senate
2/10/2025
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
Senate
2/12/2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Senate
3/5/2025
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025
Senate
3/12/2025
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
Senate
3/24/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate
4/14/2025
Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025
Senate
4/14/2025
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025
Senate
4/17/2025
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025
Senate
4/21/2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
Senate

Amendments

SA0126

Amendment 1-0 to SB0603

3/13/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
3/12/2025
9
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/31/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Finance, Ways and Means(Senate)

Sponsors

Republican: 2

Primary Sponsor

Paul Bailey
Paul Bailey
Republican

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Draft
Bill Text2/5/20258.1 KB
Draft
Bill Text1/31/20258.1 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis4/10/2025180.7 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/3/2025130.8 KB