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Companion Bill HB0653. Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Makes changes to eligibility requirements for HOPE scholarships; enacts the "Helping Heroes Act of 2008" to provide scholarships for veterans; enacts the "Tennessee Rural Health Act of 2008" to provide scholarships to students in health care fields who agree to practice in health resource shortage areas; creates pilot project to provide laptop computers to 100 students in each grand division. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. Fiscal Summary for *SB0611 / HB0653Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds earmarked for scholarships and grants by $34,603,200 in FY07-08 and by $38,062,000 in FY08-09. There is included in the Governors FY2007-08 Recommended Budget the amount of $9,300,000 from recurring lottery for education revenues for the increase in the base HOPE Scholars award [...]

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Latest Actions
  • 06/20/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1142
  • 05/21/2008 - Am. withdrawn.(Amendment 11 - SA1580)
  • 05/21/2008 - Am. withdrawn.(Amendment 8 - SA1516)
  • 05/21/2008 - Companion House Bill Substituted
  • 05/21/2008 - Motion to reconsider adopting Am. #8.

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Bill Text
File name Last Updated
Amendment 12-1 to SB061105/24/2008
Amendment 12-0 to SB061105/24/2008
Amendment 11-0 to SB061105/24/2008
Amendment 10-0 to SB061105/24/2008
Amendment 9-1 to SB061105/24/2008
Amendment 9-0 to SB061105/24/2008
Amendment 8-0 to SB061105/24/2008
Amendment 7-0 to SB061104/04/2008
Amendment 6-0 to SB061110/27/2007
Amendment 5-0 to SB061110/27/2007
Amendment 4-0 to SB061110/27/2007
Amendment 3-0 to SB061110/27/2007
Amendment 2-0 to SB061110/27/2007
Amendment 1-0 to SB061110/27/2007
SB0611 Bill Text PDF10/27/2007

Fiscal Notes
File name Last Updated
Fiscal Memo - Amendment 9-1 to SB061105/24/2008
Fiscal Memo - Amendment 9-0 to SB061105/24/2008
Fiscal Memo - Amendment 10-0 to SB061105/24/2008
Fiscal Memo - Amendment 7-0 to SB061104/04/2008
Fiscal Memo - Amendment 5-0 to SB061102/01/2008
Fiscal Memo - Amendment 5-0 to SB061110/27/2007
Fiscal Memo - Amendment 3-0 to SB061110/27/2007
Fiscal Memo - Amendment 2-0 to SB061110/27/2007
Fiscal Memo - Amendment 1-0 to SB061110/27/2007
SB0611 Fiscal Notes PDF10/27/2007