---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Contracts - As enacted, authorizes utility districts and utility authorities to contract for construction management services during local construction projects. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-107."
description: "Public Contracts - As enacted, authorizes utility districts and utility authorities to contract for construction management services during local construction projects. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-107."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 391"
citation: "Tennessee SB 391 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Marsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29327ce1-0713-4e5d-9fa6-fc2882b80cd0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0391&GA=111"
source_hash: "46005d0e6894f540394b628658e769782b095cde4d4a790a1b1d56f887cabf98"
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 391 (111) — Public Contracts - As enacted, authorizes utility districts and utility authorities to contract for construction management services during local construction projects. - 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/111/Bill/SB0391.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/10/2019 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/27/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Marsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-06** Assigned to s/c Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Utilities Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Reset on Final cal. of Commerce Committee
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Reset on Final cal. of Commerce Committee
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-02** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-09** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 225
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 225
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29327ce1-0713-4e5d-9fa6-fc2882b80cd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).