--- type: "Bill" title: "Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, authorizes a local government to execute a cooperative purchasing agreement with other local, state, and federal governmental entities for purposes of purchasing farm tractors, mowers, earth-moving and construction machinery, and similar machinery and equipment; provided, that a local government does not have the authority to purchase construction machinery under a cooperative purchasing agreement with an agency of the United States. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1205." description: "Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, authorizes a local government to execute a cooperative purchasing agreement with other local, state, and federal governmental entities for purposes of purchasing farm tractors, mowers, earth-moving and construction machinery, and similar machinery and equipment; provided, that a local government does not have the authority to purchase construction machinery under a cooperative purchasing agreement with an agency of the United States. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1205." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "110" identifier: "SB 1906" citation: "Tennessee SB 1906 (110)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Purchasing and Procurement"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Yager"] version_count: 1 action_count: 43 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2018-01-23" last_action: "2018-03-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de4834dd-d784-4caa-9128-c0c3ad1a6990" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1906&GA=110" source_hash: "4e2a6f8270efb9a81510720ced26b5485a84530f81d0b179e2dd5e46e2543ac3" 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 1906 (110) — Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, authorizes a local government to execute a cooperative purchasing agreement with other local, state, and federal governmental entities for purposes of purchasing farm tractors, mowers, earth-moving and construction machinery, and similar machinery and equipment; provided, that a local government does not have the authority to purchase construction machinery under a cooperative purchasing agreement with an agency of the United States. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1205. ## 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/SB1906.pdf) ## Votes - FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/8/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper - FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **95–0** (fail) · lower - SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/6/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Carr — primary (person) - Yager — 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 Local Government Committee `referral-committee` - **2018-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2018-01-29** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-01-29** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/6/2018 - **2018-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee - **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/7/2018 - **2018-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-02-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/8/2018 - **2018-02-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee - **2018-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/13/2018 - **2018-02-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-02-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - **2018-02-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage` - **2018-02-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/21/2018 - **2018-02-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 2/27/2018 - **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018 - **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2018 - **2018-03-05** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage` - **2018-03-05** Subst. for comp. HB. - **2018-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-03-05** Comp. SB subst. - **2018-03-06** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2018-03-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2018-03-07** Signed by H. Speaker - **2018-03-08** Transmitted to Governor for action. - **2018-03-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker - **2018-03-26** Pub. Ch. 574 - **2018-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/16/2018 - **2018-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 574 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de4834dd-d784-4caa-9128-c0c3ad1a6990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).