---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Contracts - As enacted, revises provisions governing contracts for construction. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-107."
description: "Public Contracts - As enacted, revises provisions governing contracts for construction. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-107."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1763"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1763 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "Marsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85fedfa0-0a5d-4fa9-a4e3-39dfdfecba9e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1763&GA=110"
source_hash: "531815fda2bf01ba694c22d8ce146477a13ecc00281bc568876fb47fc41a0159"
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 1763 (110) — Public Contracts - As enacted, revises provisions governing contracts for construction. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-107.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1763.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/28/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/20/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/14/2018 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018 4/5/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ketron — primary (person)
- Marsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in State & Local Government Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-05** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0913)
- **2018-04-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-09** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0971) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 794
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 794
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/20/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85fedfa0-0a5d-4fa9-a4e3-39dfdfecba9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).