---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, standardizes the thresholds for competitive sealed bids for counties, municipalities, utility districts, local education agencies, and other local governmental entities. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 14; Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 3; Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2 and Title 54."
description: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, standardizes the thresholds for competitive sealed bids for counties, municipalities, utility districts, local education agencies, and other local governmental entities. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 14; Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 3; Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2 and Title 54."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 284"
citation: "Tennessee HB 284 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Funds and Financing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whitson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f8654ea-2684-444b-9d35-097622f3613d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0284&GA=113"
source_hash: "ff04c78e709707d21fac4558d4e109cbae5b6a7bab0888cf01026363ea3fa9a3"
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 HB 284 (113) — Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, standardizes the thresholds for competitive sealed bids for counties, municipalities, utility districts, local education agencies, and other local governmental entities. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 14; Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 3; Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2 and Title 54.

## 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/113/Bill/HB0284.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/8/2024 Passed — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 1/24/2024 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/1/2024 2/1/2024 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 1/30/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/12/2024 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Whitson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-01-21** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/8/2023
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/15/2023
- **2023-02-08** Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 2/15/2023
- **2023-02-15** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
- **2024-01-17** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 1/24/2024
- **2024-01-24** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 1/30/2024
- **2024-01-24** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/1/2024
- **2024-02-01** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/5/2024
- **2024-02-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/8/2024
- **2024-02-05** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2024-02-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-08** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-02-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-15** Effective date(s) 03/01/2024
- **2024-03-15** Pub. Ch. 513

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f8654ea-2684-444b-9d35-097622f3613d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).