---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly - As enacted, revises and clarifies procedures of the joint committee on ways and means, including authorizing the committee to issue notice that a hearing will not be held or to hold a hearing to review the application or acceptance of federal aid in an amount that is less than $25 million. - Amends TCA Section 4-4-116 and Chapter 512 of the Public Acts of 2025."
description: "General Assembly - As enacted, revises and clarifies procedures of the joint committee on ways and means, including authorizing the committee to issue notice that a hearing will not be held or to hold a hearing to review the application or acceptance of federal aid in an amount that is less than $25 million. - Amends TCA Section 4-4-116 and Chapter 512 of the Public Acts of 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2158"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2158 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf856611-fa0f-4dea-b61a-4a90fd751cda"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2158&ga=114"
source_hash: "4c9a1992a648d7f85c64487714d2397844307b56423830fb2ee63b66b0cf200a"
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 2158 (114) — General Assembly - As enacted, revises and clarifies procedures of the joint committee on ways and means, including authorizing the committee to issue notice that a hearing will not be held or to hold a hearing to review the application or acceptance of federal aid in an amount that is less than $25 million. - Amends TCA Section 4-4-116 and Chapter 512 of the Public Acts of 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2158.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/24/2026 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-17** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-24** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-03-27** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/30/2026
- **2026-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-06** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-01** Pub. Ch. 801

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf856611-fa0f-4dea-b61a-4a90fd751cda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).