---
type: "Bill"
title: "Van Buren County - Subject to local approval, repeals the private purchasing act for Van Buren County that requires the County to solicit sealed bids for purchases and contracts in excess of $2,500, thereby bringing the County under the general law purchasing authority for counties (The County Purchasing Law of 1957), which authorizes a county to approve purchases and contracts of up to $10,000 without bid solicitation. -"
description: "Van Buren County - Subject to local approval, repeals the private purchasing act for Van Buren County that requires the County to solicit sealed bids for purchases and contracts in excess of $2,500, thereby bringing the County under the general law purchasing authority for counties (The County Purchasing Law of 1957), which authorizes a county to approve purchases and contracts of up to $10,000 without bid solicitation. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2966"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2966 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Van Buren County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Travis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0cf7f0a-d76e-4cd6-9a7f-0e47152814a0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2966&GA=113"
source_hash: "8024c2d6ae3a3d935ffc60ac7f5c8054e35c267bfdcea1a09cb720bc79dfb249"
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 2966 (113) — Van Buren County - Subject to local approval, repeals the private purchasing act for Van Buren County that requires the County to solicit sealed bids for purchases and contracts in excess of $2,500, thereby bringing the County under the general law purchasing authority for counties (The County Purchasing Law of 1957), which authorizes a county to approve purchases and contracts of up to $10,000 without bid solicitation. -

## 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/HB2966.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/14/2024 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/11/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/11/2024 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Travis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-12** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-27** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 3/5/2024
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
- **2024-03-07** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/11/2024
- **2024-03-11** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-03-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-03** Pr. Ch. 38

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0cf7f0a-d76e-4cd6-9a7f-0e47152814a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).