Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 3 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 0686 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to Tennessee Promise scholarship students.

Last action — Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

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

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 14, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

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

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

Advancing 50% · moderate confidence

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (3 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As introduced, creates the Tennessee Promise completion grant special account in the state treasury for purposes of awarding completion grants to certain Tennessee Promise scholarship students; makes the four-year pilot program established by the commission to award completion grants to certain Tennessee Promise scholarship students a permanent program. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C held on desk pending appointment of Standing Committees

  4. Ref. to Education Committee

  5. Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee

  6. Sponsor(s) Added.

  7. Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/12/2025

  8. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee

  9. Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/18/2025

  10. Action def. in Education Committee to 2/25/2025

  11. Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/25/2025

  12. Sponsor(s) Added.

  13. Action def. in Education Committee to 3/4/25

  14. Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/4/2025

  15. Action def. in Education Committee to 3/11/2025

  16. Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2025

  17. Action def. in Education Committee to 3/18/2025

  18. Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2025

  19. Action def. in Education Committee to 3/25/2025

  20. Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/25/2025

  21. Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  22. Sponsor(s) Added.

  23. Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  24. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/2/2025

  25. Placed behind the budget

  26. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  27. Filed for introduction

  28. Sponsor(s) Added.

  29. Sponsor(s) Added.

  30. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

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

  32. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025

  33. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  34. Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025

  35. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  36. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025

  37. Sponsor(s) Added.

  38. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2026

  39. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

  40. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 129 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (129)

129 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 0686 do?
Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As introduced, creates the Tennessee Promise completion grant special account in the state treasury for purposes of awarding completion grants to certain Tennessee Promise scholarship students; makes the four-year pilot program established by the commission to award completion grants to certain Tennessee Promise scholarship students a permanent program. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7.
Who sponsors SB 0686?
SB 0686 is sponsored by White, Dawn (Republican), Hensley, Joey (Republican), Akbari, Raumesh (Democrat), and Bailey, Paul (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 0686?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 14, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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