---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bradley County - Subject to local approval, sets the minimum contract amount required by competitive bidding for general fund, board of education, and road department purchases at $25,000 or more. - Amends Chapter 313 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended."
description: "Bradley County - Subject to local approval, sets the minimum contract amount required by competitive bidding for general fund, board of education, and road department purchases at $25,000 or more. - Amends Chapter 313 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2909"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2909 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bradley County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Howell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-17"
last_action: "2022-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5d7a6e6-81c9-4688-85d9-b935f91c5a99"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2909&GA=112"
source_hash: "17a32d05d5d6489d39b12fca865d15fd36b9890864b9b11f3fd427e779a1037c"
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 2909 (112) — Bradley County - Subject to local approval, sets the minimum contract amount required by competitive bidding for general fund, board of education, and road department purchases at $25,000 or more. - Amends Chapter 313 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended.

## 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/HB2909.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/5/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/20/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2022 4/7/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2022 Passed (1) — **80–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-17** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-17** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-21** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-03-21** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-24** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/5/2022
- **2022-04-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-14** Passed H., Ayes 80, Nays 9, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-18** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-20** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-21** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09** Pr. Ch. 60
- **2022-05-09** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 60

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5d7a6e6-81c9-4688-85d9-b935f91c5a99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).