Education, Higher

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the exact impact on state committees or what happens to reports already sent before this bill becomes law.

Removing an Old Reporting Requirement for Higher Education Institutions

This bill removes a requirement that higher education institutions in Tennessee report on their research security policies to certain committees.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the need for public colleges and universities to send reports about their research safety rules to specific state committee leaders by July 1, 2025.
• Changes parts of Title 9 and Title 49 in Tennessee's laws.

Who It Names or Affects

• Public colleges and universities in Tennessee
• State committees that receive reports from higher education institutions

Terms To Know

Tennessee Code Annotated

The official collection of laws for the state of Tennessee.

governing board

A group that makes decisions and sets policies for a college or university.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens to reports already sent before this bill becomes law.
• The exact impact on the state committees is unclear since it only removes reporting requirements without changing their duties.
• It does not mention an effective date other than upon becoming a law.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 2438
By Rose

HOUSE BILL 2280
By Cochran
HB2280
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9 and
Title 49, relative to foreign actors.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-188, is amended by deleting
subsection (c).
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.