Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Passed House 1 R cosponsors

HB 0966 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 51; Title 8, Chapter 4; Title 9 and Title 49, relative to the use of excess lottery funds pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee.

Last action — Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 04, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Stalled 28% · moderate confidence

  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

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Summary

Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, creates two special accounts in the state treasury, the K-12 lottery capital outlay special account and the early learning program account, for excess lottery funds; requires the comptroller of the treasury to develop and administer a program to provide grants from such accounts to local education agencies to be used for capital outlay projects for K-12 educational facilities and for new or existing pre-K programs. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51; Title 8, Chapter 4; Title 9 and Title 49.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  4. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

  5. Filed for introduction

  6. Intro., P1C.

  7. P2C, ref. to Education Committee

  8. Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 132 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (132)

132 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 0966 do?
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, creates two special accounts in the state treasury, the K-12 lottery capital outlay special account and the early learning program account, for excess lottery funds; requires the comptroller of the treasury to develop and administer a program to provide grants from such accounts to local education agencies to be used for capital outlay projects for K-12 educational facilities and for new or existing pre-K programs. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51; Title 8, Chapter 4; Title 9 and Title 49.
Who sponsors HB 0966?
HB 0966 is sponsored by Hawk, David B. (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 0966?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 04, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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