# Tennessee SB 0803: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to higher education.

Tennessee SB 0803, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to higher education., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2025-03-19 (Failed in Senate Education Committee); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 0803
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to higher education.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2025-03-19, Failed in Senate Education Committee
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Scholarships and Financial Aid
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (4 yes, 4 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-19 | Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | fail | 4 | 4 |   |

## Actions (7)

- 2025-03-19: Failed in Senate Education Committee (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/19/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/5/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0738.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0803.pdf)
- SA0170: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0170.pdf)

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- SB 0198: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes. (signed)
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## Sources
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0738.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0803.pdf)
- [SA0170 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0170.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0539-2025-2026)
- [SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0254-2025-2026)
- [SB 0198: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0198-2025-2026)
- [HB 2670: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2670-2025-2026)
- [HB 2656: AN ACT to amend Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2656-2025-2026)
- [HB 2666: AN ACT to amend Chapter 131 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2666-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0803-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).