TN HB0299 | 2025-2026 | 114th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-03 - Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 22 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-03 - Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Summary
As introduced, extends to the dependent children and spouses of veterans who sustained a permanent and total service-connected disability during a qualifying period of armed conflict the same waiver of all tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education being provided to the dependent children and spouses of veterans who were killed, died due to injuries received, or reported as prisoners of war or missing in action during a qualifying period of armed conflict. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to higher education.
Sponsors
| Rep. Jay Reedy [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-03 | House | Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee |
| 2025-02-03 | House | P2C, ref. to Education Committee |
| 2025-01-27 | House | Intro., P1C. |
| 2025-01-22 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB0295 (Crossfiled) 2025-02-10 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Subjects
Tennessee State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0299&ga=114 |
| Text | https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0299.pdf |
