---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, requires each state agency to submit, on or before February 1 of each year, a report to members of the finance, ways and means committees summarizing amounts of federal block grants and purposes for which funds were expended, including any unexpended or returned portions. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 9, Chapter 4."
description: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, requires each state agency to submit, on or before February 1 of each year, a report to members of the finance, ways and means committees summarizing amounts of federal block grants and purposes for which funds were expended, including any unexpended or returned portions. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 9, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 485"
citation: "Tennessee SB 485 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Funds and Financing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore", "Love"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33566a3f-530e-4929-8fd5-e2a691de5a05"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0485&GA=112"
source_hash: "b1bad648c5781808a418b45dfa7cab5b5e1248552766fe16823861cac7fedd2e"
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 485 (112) — Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, requires each state agency to submit, on or before February 1 of each year, a report to members of the finance, ways and means committees summarizing amounts of federal block grants and purposes for which funds were expended, including any unexpended or returned portions. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 9, Chapter 4.

## 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/SB0485.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/11/2021 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/17/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/9/2021 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/11/2021
- **2021-03-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021
- **2021-04-05** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-07** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/22/2021
- **2021-05-03** Pub. Ch. 192
- **2021-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 192

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33566a3f-530e-4929-8fd5-e2a691de5a05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).