SB 0840 — 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 General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 04, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.
Odds of enactment
Moderate chanceBased on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.
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Prognosis
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Passed Senate
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
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
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Action History
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Filed for introduction
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Intro., P1C.
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P2C, ref. to Education Committee
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Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
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Filed for introduction
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Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
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Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
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Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Sponsors
- Page Walley · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 132 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Walley, Page Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (132)
132 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 0840 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 SB 0840?
- SB 0840 is sponsored by Walley, Page (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 0840?
- This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 04, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
- Where can I track SB 0840?
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