# Tennessee HB 0148: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to Tennessee Promise scholarship students.

Tennessee HB 0148, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to Tennessee Promise scholarship students., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2025-04-09 (Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 0148
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to Tennessee Promise scholarship students.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-14
- Last action: 2025-04-09, Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 14
- Subjects: Tennessee Higher Education Commission
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (18 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Jody Barrett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ron M. Gant (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John Gillespie (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ronnie Glynn (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Kirk Haston (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tim Hicks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Hurt (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Johnson
- Cosponsor: Renea Jones (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Pat Marsh (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Sam McKenzie (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin D. Raper (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Johnny Shaw (Democrat), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-25 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 18 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-12 | House | HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |

## Actions (26)

- 2025-04-09: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-02: Placed behind the budget (House)
- 2025-03-26: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/2/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-26: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-03-25: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-03-25: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2025-03-19: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/25/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-18: Action def. in Education Committee to 3/25/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-12: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-11: Action def. in Education Committee to 3/18/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-05: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-04: Action def. in Education Committee to 3/11/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-26: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/4/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-25: Action def. in Education Committee to 3/4/25 (House)
- 2025-02-25: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-19: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/25/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-18: Action def. in Education Committee to 2/25/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-12: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/18/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-12: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee (House)
- 2025-02-05: Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/12/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-05: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-01-28: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-01-16: Ref. to Education Committee (House)
- 2025-01-16: P2C held on desk pending appointment of Standing Committees (House)
- 2025-01-15: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2025-01-14: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0148.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0148.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0148.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0148.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0148-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).
