Tennessee Senate Bill 1558 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-16 - Action deferred in Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, declares an act of the general assembly enacted after January 1, 2020, that mandates a discount or waiver of the tuition or fees charged at public institutions of higher education unenforceable against an institution affected by the act unless the general assembly annually appropriates a sum sufficient to fully fund the discount or waiver program at the institution; requires each public institution of higher education to report certain information concerning discount and waiver programs. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49.

As introduced, declares an act of the general assembly enacted after January 1, 2020, that mandates a discount or waiver of the tuition or fees charged at public institutions of higher education unenforceable against an institution affected by the act unless the general assembly annually appropriates a sum sufficient to fully fund the discount or waiver program at the institution; requires each public institution of higher education to report certain information concerning discount and waiver programs. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49.

Sen. Todd Gardenhire [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-16	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Education Committee
2020-03-11	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2020
2020-01-16	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2020-01-14	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2019-12-09	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2130 (Crossfiled) 2020-05-28 - Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1558&ga=111
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1558.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Fiscal/SB1558.pdf