---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bond Issues - As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $583.5 million; cancels the bonds authorized by Chapter 758, Public Acts of 2020; allocates proceeds of $500 million of bonds to the department of finance and administration to provide funds for the purpose of making a grant to Nashville/Davidson County for the construction of a domed sports stadium. -"
description: "Bond Issues - As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $583.5 million; cancels the bonds authorized by Chapter 758, Public Acts of 2020; allocates proceeds of $500 million of bonds to the department of finance and administration to provide funds for the purpose of making a grant to Nashville/Davidson County for the construction of a domed sports stadium. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2901"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2901 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bond Issues"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49bb45b6-398c-482f-92a7-48f1ee9da101"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2901&GA=112"
source_hash: "31078b442baa4aa13a7a94ce6256dbef2ad999ba7b0d8e5b90c31d781340f83d"
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 2901 (112) — Bond Issues - As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $583.5 million; cancels the bonds authorized by Chapter 758, Public Acts of 2020; allocates proceeds of $500 million of bonds to the department of finance and administration to provide funds for the purpose of making a grant to Nashville/Davidson County for the construction of a domed sports stadium. -

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0945** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0945.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0953** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0953.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0935** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0935.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0937** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0937.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2901.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: APPROPRIATIONS CAL. LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY CEPICKY PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2022 Passed — **68–20** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/19/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: APPROPRIATIONS CAL. AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2022 Passed (1) — **71–19** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/20/2022 Passed (3) — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/20/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/21/2022 Passed (1) — **18–13** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/21/2022 Passed (2) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2022 4/20/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-14** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2022-02-14** P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2022-04-20** H. Placed on Appropriations Calendar for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Senate concurred in House amendment #1
- **2022-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 19, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Am. tabled. (Amendment 2 - HA0953) `amendment-deferral`
- **2022-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0945) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-21** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0937)
- **2022-04-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0935)
- **2022-04-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Effective date(s) 06/01/2022
- **2022-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1133
- **2022-06-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1133

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49bb45b6-398c-482f-92a7-48f1ee9da101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).