---
type: "Bill"
title: "Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, revises provisions governing thresholds for competitive sealed bids for local governments. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1212."
description: "Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, revises provisions governing thresholds for competitive sealed bids for local governments. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1212."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2489"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2489 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Purchasing and Procurement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "McKenzie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b622b86a-3be2-4141-9654-3d81ff75b610"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2489&GA=112"
source_hash: "da7d5c2fcf25c921c686fbe4cc6d24e965a8568ef00be54640e057639808a7b2"
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 2489 (112) — Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, revises provisions governing thresholds for competitive sealed bids for local governments. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1212.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0742** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0742.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0883** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0883.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2489.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/5/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022 4/7/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/13/2022 Passed (1) — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/30/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/15/2022 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/5/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2022 Passed (1) — **82–8** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/22/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- McKenzie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Comittee to 03/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/5/2022
- **2022-03-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **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 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/22
- **2022-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-11** Reset on cal. for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-11** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0742) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2022-04-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0883)
- **2022-04-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-25** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 8, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25** Effective date(s) 05/11/2022
- **2022-05-25** Pub. Ch. 1016
- **2022-05-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1016

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b622b86a-3be2-4141-9654-3d81ff75b610`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).