---
type: "Bill"
title: "Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, clarifies that the fiscal review committee must be allowed to review noncompetitive procurement agreements; requires the chief procurement officer to report procurement contracts monthly to the fiscal review committee; revises provisions governing public employees accepting employment with respondent to a solicitation or contractor in certain situations; revises other provisions related to state contracts. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 49."
description: "Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, clarifies that the fiscal review committee must be allowed to review noncompetitive procurement agreements; requires the chief procurement officer to report procurement contracts monthly to the fiscal review committee; revises provisions governing public employees accepting employment with respondent to a solicitation or contractor in certain situations; revises other provisions related to state contracts. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 993"
citation: "Tennessee SB 993 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Purchasing and Procurement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Zachary"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/377db22f-7772-4d23-a396-4432c8224915"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0993&GA=112"
source_hash: "4c4d46f1e79c14e9f860442eb5f2d25e2d7dafc8bddfbe4cd45b4cf8f686f932"
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 993 (112) — Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, clarifies that the fiscal review committee must be allowed to review noncompetitive procurement agreements; requires the chief procurement officer to report procurement contracts monthly to the fiscal review committee; revises provisions governing public employees accepting employment with respondent to a solicitation or contractor in certain situations; revises other provisions related to state contracts. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment SA0424** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0424.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0993.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/29/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/15/2021 3/11/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/2/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 5/4/2021 Passed — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: 4/13/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Zachary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/11/2021
- **2021-03-11** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-15** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-03-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-23** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
- **2021-04-29** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-29** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0424)
- **2021-04-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 5/4/21
- **2021-05-04** H. concurred in S. am. no. SA1 Ayes 91, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB1046
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 562
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 05/26/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 562

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/377db22f-7772-4d23-a396-4432c8224915`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).