# Tennessee SB 1340: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 49 and Title 62, relative to higher education.

Tennessee SB 1340, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 49 and Title 62, relative to higher education., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2025-03-26 (Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee) (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1340-2025-2026
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1340
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 49 and Title 62, relative to higher education.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Last action: 2025-03-26, Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Education, Higher
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Actions (7)

- 2025-03-26: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1340.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1340.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative to property tax relief for elderly persons. (signed)
- SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to blood lead level testing. (signed)
- SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relative to expunction of criminal records. (signed)
- SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and… (signed)
- SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to low-income housing. (signed)
- SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law. (signed)

## Sources
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1340.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1340.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1326-2025-2026)
- [SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 6…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1255-2025-2026)
- [SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1232-2025-2026)
- [SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0855-2025-2026)
- [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)
- [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills)
- [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee)
- [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1340-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).