# Tennessee HB 0114: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10, relative to tuition assistance for members of the Tennessee national guard.

Tennessee HB 0114, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10, relative to tuition assistance for members of the Tennessee national guard., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-08 (Effective date(s) 05/02/2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 0114
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10, relative to tuition assistance for members of the Tennessee national guard.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-13
- Last action: 2025-05-08, Effective date(s) 05/02/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 58
- Subjects: Scholarships and Financial Aid
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 7 (182 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More tuition help for Tennessee Guard members: benefit, high. Eligible Tennessee National Guard members who successfully apply get tuition help at public educational institutions. The Department of Military pays 100% of maximum resident in-state tuition, plus undergraduate course or master's program fees set by annual policy. These fees exclude tuition; other…
- Tighter tuition aid rules for Guard members: cost, high. Tennessee National Guard members cannot get state tuition reimbursement while suspended from federal tuition assistance for academic performance or recoupment. Recoupment means recovery of previously paid assistance. Members seeking reimbursement must apply within 45 days after completing a course.…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Fred Atchley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Charlie Baum (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Clark Boyd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Gino Bulso (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Burkhart
- Cosponsor: Karen D. Camper (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Michele Carringer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Cochran (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tandy Darby (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Clay Doggett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Andrew Farmer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Monty Fritts (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ron M. Gant (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Johnny Garrett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ronnie Glynn (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Rusty Grills (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: T.J. Hardaway (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Kirk Haston (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Esther Helton-Haynes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Gary Hicks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tim Hicks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Hurt (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Renea Jones (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Justin Lafferty (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tom Leatherwood (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mary Littleton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Aron Maberry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Pat Marsh (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Greg Martin (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Debra Moody (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jerome Moon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Powers
- Cosponsor: Kevin D. Raper (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jay D. Reedy (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Reeves
- Cosponsor: Iris Rudder (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lowell Russell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Scarbrough (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: William Slater (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Sparks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stevens
- Cosponsor: Tom Stinnett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin Vaughan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Greg Vital (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Todd Warner (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: White
- Cosponsor: Ryan Williams (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dave Wright (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jason Zachary (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-15 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2025 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-17 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-17 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2025 | pass | 94 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-11 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-05 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 10 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-18 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 18 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-12 | House | HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (35)

- 2025-05-08: Effective date(s) 05/02/2025
- 2025-05-08: Pub. Ch. 334
- 2025-05-02: Signed by Governor.
- 2025-04-22: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House)
- 2025-04-22: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-16: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House)
- 2025-04-15: Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0119) (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House)
- 2025-03-17: Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House)
- 2025-03-17: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0002) (House)
- 2025-03-17: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-03-13: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-12: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/13/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-11: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee (House)
- 2025-03-05: Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/11/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-05: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2025-02-26: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/5/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-26: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-02-18: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-18: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2025-02-12: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/18/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-12: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee (House)
- 2025-02-10: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-05: Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/12/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-05: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-04: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-01-28: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-01-16: Ref. to Education Committee (House)
- 2025-01-15: P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees (House)
- 2025-01-14: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2025-01-13: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- HA0002, 2025-03-17: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0002.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0334.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0114.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0114.pdf)
- SA0119: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0119.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0002 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0002.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0334.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0114.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0114.pdf)
- [SA0119 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0119.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0114-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).