---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriations - As enacted, authorizes the index of appropriations from state tax revenues for 2021-2022 fiscal year to exceed the index of estimated growth in the state's economy by $2,997,600,000 or 16.08 percent. -"
description: "Appropriations - As enacted, authorizes the index of appropriations from state tax revenues for 2021-2022 fiscal year to exceed the index of estimated growth in the state's economy by $2,997,600,000 or 16.08 percent. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2899"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2899 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89d0fb58-cab0-4240-ae1c-d48e0e5ee6a8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2899&GA=112"
source_hash: "b983be3015d081d2f35dd8c01eb96f756627eec0e5c84e96605657368537a15b"
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 2899 (112) — Appropriations - As enacted, authorizes the index of appropriations from state tax revenues for 2021-2022 fiscal year to exceed the index of estimated growth in the state's economy by $2,997,600,000 or 16.08 percent. -

## 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/SB2899.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/20/2022 Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/20/2022 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: APPROPRIATIONS CAL. PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2022 Passed — **88–3** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/19/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2022 4/20/2022 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2022 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-14** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2022-02-14** P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-04-20** H. Placed on Appropriations Calendar for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 3, PNV 7 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Effective date(s) 06/01/2022
- **2022-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1132
- **2022-06-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1132

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89d0fb58-cab0-4240-ae1c-d48e0e5ee6a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).