---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, increases the compensation for members of the board of directors of the Tellico Reservoir Development Agency to $300 per meeting and $225 for meetings of committees of the board; increases the threshold at which sealed bids are required for purchases and contracts. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 7."
description: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, increases the compensation for members of the board of directors of the Tellico Reservoir Development Agency to $300 per meeting and $225 for meetings of committees of the board; increases the threshold at which sealed bids are required for purchases and contracts. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 288"
citation: "Tennessee HB 288 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regional Authorities and Special Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/342d1676-1785-42ec-9444-31dbb369fbfe"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0288&GA=113"
source_hash: "6d3778b555eba3e0e6eebb4a0a352778aa1e5bfea76764ad576d66ea8247a55b"
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 288 (113) — Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, increases the compensation for members of the board of directors of the Tellico Reservoir Development Agency to $300 per meeting and $225 for meetings of committees of the board; increases the threshold at which sealed bids are required for purchases and contracts. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 7.

## 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/HB0288.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/1/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/15/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/21/2023 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/13/2023 3/9/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/30/2023 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2023 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Russell — 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`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/15/2023
- **2023-02-15** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/1/2023
- **2023-02-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2023
- **2023-03-09** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/13/2023
- **2023-03-13** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-03-31** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02** Effective date(s) 04/25/2023
- **2023-05-02** Pub. Ch. 233

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/342d1676-1785-42ec-9444-31dbb369fbfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).