---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises provisions governing appropriations in regards to laws that result in net increase or net decrease in periods of imprisonment in state facilities. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 7 and Title 9, Chapter 4."
description: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises provisions governing appropriations in regards to laws that result in net increase or net decrease in periods of imprisonment in state facilities. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 7 and Title 9, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 992"
citation: "Tennessee SB 992 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Funds and Financing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9af6d13d-67d1-44a7-a327-19d540fc00c5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0992&GA=112"
source_hash: "b956b149b7803106a22f7a93a2d84679857919b11b7086d676f2d7a1bae23bb2"
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 992 (112) — Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises provisions governing appropriations in regards to laws that result in net increase or net decrease in periods of imprisonment in state facilities. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 7 and Title 9, Chapter 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0164** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0164.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0347** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0347.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0992.pdf)

## Votes

- 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 AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — **72–20** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/27/2021 Passed (1) — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/16/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1 4/14/2021 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2021-02-09** Sponsor change.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-02** No action taken
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass. if am., 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., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0164) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-27** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0347)
- **2021-04-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 412
- **2021-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/12/2021
- **2021-05-19** Pub. Ch. 412

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9af6d13d-67d1-44a7-a327-19d540fc00c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).