---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Contracts - As enacted, enacts the Contract Accountability and Responsible Employment (CARE) Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9 and Title 12."
description: "Public Contracts - As enacted, enacts the Contract Accountability and Responsible Employment (CARE) Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9 and Title 12."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 944"
citation: "Tennessee HB 944 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Goins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 66
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e3959ee-d3ac-4326-aa7b-da3ecd6dcc1d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0944&GA=110"
source_hash: "ff1d7e4bcb04b864ae4c0364e38572c8a4f386cbcb712790b73f9427757ed864"
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 944 (110) — Public Contracts - As enacted, enacts the Contract Accountability and Responsible Employment (CARE) Act." - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9 and Title 12.

## 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/HB0944.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/20/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 2/14/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2018 2/22/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 2/6/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 1/31/2018 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Goins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor change.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-11** Deferred to Summer Study
- **2017-04-12** Def. to Summer Study in State Government Subcommittee
- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-10** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 1/17/2018
- **2018-01-17** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 1/24/2018
- **2018-01-17** Meeting Canceled
- **2018-01-24** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-24** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-31** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/6/2018
- **2018-01-31** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/6/2018
- **2018-02-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-08** Recalled from Senate Finance, Ways & Means
- **2018-02-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/15/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-15** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0569)
- **2018-02-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-26** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-02-26** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0669) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-02-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-02-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-02-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-02-28** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-02-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 544
- **2018-03-13** Pub. Ch. 544
- **2018-03-13** Effective date(s) 03/09/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e3959ee-d3ac-4326-aa7b-da3ecd6dcc1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).