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HB0818 • 2026

Education, Higher

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education.

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Sponsor
Garrett, Powers
Last action
2025-02-06
Official status
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary text indicates that the original deadline was October 1st but does not provide specifics on what happened to it.

Higher Education Reporting Requirements

This bill changes the reporting deadline for Tennessee's public higher education institutions that receive funds from student credit cards or percentages from using college-branded cards to November 1st each year.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the reporting deadline for public colleges and universities in Tennessee that receive funds from student credit cards or percentages from using college-branded cards to November 1st of each year.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Public colleges and universities in Tennessee that receive funds from student credit cards or percentages from using college-branded cards.
  • State legislature committees responsible for education oversight.

Terms To Know

Fiscal Year
A period of one year used for budgeting, accounting, and financial reporting purposes.
Credit Card Distribution
The process by which credit cards are given to students or marketed to them.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if an institution fails to report on time.
  • Does not provide details about the consequences of non-compliance with reporting requirements.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

  2. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025

  3. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025

  4. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  5. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  6. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  7. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  8. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  9. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  10. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 810
By Powers

HOUSE BILL 818
By Garrett

HB0818
001071
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-143, is amended by deleting
subsection (d) and substituting:
(d) Any public institution of higher education that receives funds from the
distribution of credit cards to students or any percentage from the use of cards bearing
the college or university name or logo shall report the amount of such funds or
percentage that it received as well as how the funds were expended during the previous
fiscal year to the education committee of the senate and the committee of the house of
representatives having jurisdiction in education by November 1 of each year.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.