---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, specifies that certain modification of an outstanding obligation is a refunding of the modified obligation for purposes of compliance with the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986; revises the publication requirements for the report issued by the comptroller of the treasury regarding a bond or note issuance by an authority under the Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority and the Regional Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority Acts. - Amends TCA Section 9-21-1001; Section 68-221-611 and Section 68-221-1311."
description: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, specifies that certain modification of an outstanding obligation is a refunding of the modified obligation for purposes of compliance with the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986; revises the publication requirements for the report issued by the comptroller of the treasury regarding a bond or note issuance by an authority under the Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority and the Regional Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority Acts. - Amends TCA Section 9-21-1001; Section 68-221-611 and Section 68-221-1311."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1728"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1728 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Funds and Financing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baum", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b8f0b68-b9e1-4fc7-9943-c5f178924fef"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1728&GA=112"
source_hash: "60b65da49ca91c8c462809b68109c0a938143f9ef295aaaf64f8665c2305903a"
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 1728 (112) — Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, specifies that certain modification of an outstanding obligation is a refunding of the modified obligation for purposes of compliance with the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986; revises the publication requirements for the report issued by the comptroller of the treasury regarding a bond or note issuance by an authority under the Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority and the Regional Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority Acts. - Amends TCA Section 9-21-1001; Section 68-221-611 and Section 68-221-1311.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1728.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/15/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/14/2022 2/10/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/1/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/14/2022 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baum — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-13** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-19** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-01-26** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/1/2022
- **2022-02-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-02** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/10/2022
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/14/2022
- **2022-02-14** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-02-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-02-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-02-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-23** Effective date(s) 03/16/2022
- **2022-03-23** Pub. Ch. 663
- **2022-03-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 663

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b8f0b68-b9e1-4fc7-9943-c5f178924fef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).