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Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 189: Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the Tennessee higher education commission to develop a program to award full-time students enrolled in public institutions of higher education in this state a $250 grant for voluntarily obtaining testing for sexually transmitted diseases. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 49.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 189 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the Tennessee higher education commission to develop a program to award full-time students enrolled in public institutions of higher education in this state a $250 grant for voluntarily obtaining testing for sexually transmitted diseases. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 49. Primary sponsor: London Lamar (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (January 21, 2026): Failed in Senate Education Committee - no second.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
London LamarPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate33

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed in Senate Education Committee - no second
  2. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 1/21/2026
  3. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
  4. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/5/2025
  5. Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/5/2025
  6. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/19/2025
  7. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/19/2025
  8. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
  9. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
  10. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source