---
type: "Bill"
title: "Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, allows local governments to make purchases of certain motor vehicles through a federal general service administration contract. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12."
description: "Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, allows local governments to make purchases of certain motor vehicles through a federal general service administration contract. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1596"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1596 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Purchasing and Procurement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calfee", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb270294-764e-4473-86de-0654a4122ec1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1596&GA=110"
source_hash: "3655e5df10c18aefb4ee8ef37cd8ac6dbf970cc603fab5a95981eec71aba2a15"
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 1596 (110) — Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, allows local governments to make purchases of certain motor vehicles through a federal general service administration contract. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 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/SB1596.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **89–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/21/2018 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/26/2018 PASSED — **29–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calfee — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-02** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 724
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/18/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 724

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb270294-764e-4473-86de-0654a4122ec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).