# Tennessee SB 2159: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-4-708, relative to the Tennessee Promise scholarship endowment fund.

Tennessee SB 2159, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-4-708, relative to the Tennessee Promise scholarship endowment fund., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-18 (Effective date(s) 05/13/2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 2159
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-4-708, relative to the Tennessee Promise scholarship endowment fund.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-02
- Last action: 2026-05-18, Effective date(s) 05/13/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Education, Higher
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (52 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Lottery funds strengthen Tennessee Promise scholarship reserves: benefit, low. Beginning in fiscal year 2025-2026, the law requires transfers from the Lottery for Education Account into Tennessee Promise’s scholarship special reserve. Only money above the General Shortfall Reserve Subaccount amount plus $10 million must be transferred. Total transfers cannot exceed $10 millio…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Stevens

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-30 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/30/2026 | pass | 33 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-24 | Senate | SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 10 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0975.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB2106.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2159.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0975.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB2106.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2159.pdf)

## Related
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- [SB 2166: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2166-2025-2026)
- [SB 2173: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 70, Chapter 9, relative to off-…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2173-2025-2026)
- [SB 2085: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-24-109, relative to the vi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2085-2025-2026)
- [SB 2057: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 35; Title 7, Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2057-2025-2026)
- [SB 2017: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 34, Part 6, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2017-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2159-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).