---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kenton - Subject to local approval, requires purchases or contracts of more than $500 to be approved by the governing body; requires expenditures or contracts of more than $10,000 to be made only after sealed bids have been invited. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1981."
description: "Kenton - Subject to local approval, requires purchases or contracts of more than $500 to be approved by the governing body; requires expenditures or contracts of more than $10,000 to be made only after sealed bids have been invited. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1981."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1436"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1436 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Kenton"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanderson", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-20"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7923a493-1aae-4754-a539-0c6a1d08daff"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1436&GA=110"
source_hash: "1814164e8b96ca94815bb628f9897aa14dea7b527edf0ada0653be800783dc94"
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 1436 (110) — Kenton - Subject to local approval, requires purchases or contracts of more than $500 to be approved by the governing body; requires expenditures or contracts of more than $10,000 to be made only after sealed bids have been invited. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1981.

## 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/SB1436.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 4/20/2017 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sanderson — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-20** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-23** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-03-27** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2017-03-27** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-19** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-20** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 9
- **2017-05-11** Pr. Ch. 9

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7923a493-1aae-4754-a539-0c6a1d08daff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).