# Tennessee SB 1387: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 8, relative to the Senator Ben Atchley Opportunity Grant Act.

Tennessee SB 1387, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 8, relative to the Senator Ben Atchley Opportunity Grant Act., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-04-20 (Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1387
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 8, relative to the Senator Ben Atchley Opportunity Grant Act.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Last action: 2026-04-20, Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: Scholarships and Financial Aid
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (9 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: Todd Gardenhire (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tom Hatcher (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stevens

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-26 | Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (13)

- 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2026 (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means 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/HB0645.pdf)
- HA0240: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0240.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1387.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0645.pdf)
- [HA0240 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0240.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1387.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1387-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).