---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors - As enacted, increases the monetary limit that triggers requirement that review of the financial statement of an applicant for a contractor's license be attested by the reviewing accountant from $1.5 million to $3 million; increases maximum value of buildings that small commercial building contractors may build for use and occupancy by the general public from $750,000 to $1.5 million. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 6."
description: "Contractors - As enacted, increases the monetary limit that triggers requirement that review of the financial statement of an applicant for a contractor's license be attested by the reviewing accountant from $1.5 million to $3 million; increases maximum value of buildings that small commercial building contractors may build for use and occupancy by the general public from $750,000 to $1.5 million. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 355"
citation: "Tennessee SB 355 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tracy", "Wirgau"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8510d2df-bc3d-4bee-8654-614ef8ec34db"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0355&GA=110"
source_hash: "78032ec8ae248453b1c64e94cc5341bcd692504f7c9b50479cce85e8be56de22"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee SB 355 (110) — Contractors - As enacted, increases the monetary limit that triggers requirement that review of the financial statement of an applicant for a contractor's license be attested by the reviewing accountant from $1.5 million to $3 million; increases maximum value of buildings that small commercial building contractors may build for use and occupancy by the general public from $750,000 to $1.5 million. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0355.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/3/2017 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tracy — primary (person)
- Wirgau — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-01** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-09** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-13** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-18** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 237
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 237
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 04/28/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8510d2df-bc3d-4bee-8654-614ef8ec34db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).