---
type: "Bill"
title: "Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, requires that materials related to competitive sealed bid proposals be open for public inspection after the intent to award the contract is announced; authorizes local governments to require interviews, presentations, or demonstrations for purposes of clarifying or understanding the bid proposal; prohibits disclosure of information from such interviews, presentations, or demonstrations to another respondent during negotiations for the contract. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1207."
description: "Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, requires that materials related to competitive sealed bid proposals be open for public inspection after the intent to award the contract is announced; authorizes local governments to require interviews, presentations, or demonstrations for purposes of clarifying or understanding the bid proposal; prohibits disclosure of information from such interviews, presentations, or demonstrations to another respondent during negotiations for the contract. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1207."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2106"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2106 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Purchasing and Procurement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mannis", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b755786d-27f6-4e73-bfb0-c69eff04d1dd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2106&GA=112"
source_hash: "701cf8ad90a4212a136816a602e40df7712d594bc9d04213c0c6a82da219dd90"
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 2106 (112) — Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, requires that materials related to competitive sealed bid proposals be open for public inspection after the intent to award the contract is announced; authorizes local governments to require interviews, presentations, or demonstrations for purposes of clarifying or understanding the bid proposal; prohibits disclosure of information from such interviews, presentations, or demonstrations to another respondent during negotiations for the contract. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1207.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2106.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/9/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/8/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mannis — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-01** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 779
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 779

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b755786d-27f6-4e73-bfb0-c69eff04d1dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).