Education, Higher - As enacted, authorizes the executive director of the student assistance corporation to temporarily suspend, modify, or waive deadlines or other non-academic eligibility requirements for student financial aid programs, if the governor has declared a state of emergency. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 29, 2020
Signed Mar 25, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 19, 2020 · House Mar 19, 2020
How they voted
24–0
Passed
Total votes 24
Mar 19, 2020
D
Democratic3
100% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
12
Committee
12
Amendments
1
Mar 25, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Mar 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0678)
lower
Mar 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Mar 19, 2020
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Mar 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0
upper
Mar 18, 2020
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee
lower
Mar 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2020
lower
Mar 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Mar 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2020
lower
Mar 18, 2020
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
upper
Mar 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/18/2020
lower
Mar 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/18/2020
upper
Mar 11, 2020
Committee
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
upper
Mar 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2020
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Committee
Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Committee
P2C, ref. to Education
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Introduced
Intro.
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dolores R. Gresham
RRepublican
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