---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly - As enacted, prohibits members of the general assembly from bidding on, selling, or offering for sale any service to a state entity or to have a financial interest in the bidding, selling, or offering for sale of any service to a state entity; makes the prohibition applicable during the tenure of the member's office and for six months thereafter; creates certain exceptions; violation results in disqualification from holding certain offices; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 12."
description: "General Assembly - As enacted, prohibits members of the general assembly from bidding on, selling, or offering for sale any service to a state entity or to have a financial interest in the bidding, selling, or offering for sale of any service to a state entity; makes the prohibition applicable during the tenure of the member's office and for six months thereafter; creates certain exceptions; violation results in disqualification from holding certain offices; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 12."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 798"
citation: "Tennessee SB 798 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNally", "Sexton C"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08dbba73-dca1-4ad4-a26a-c06789afe9d0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0798&GA=112"
source_hash: "97fdb2300046f2e7b837b7c1444c2ecb3f60ecec1f775f5c0ae23d6efaab9065"
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 798 (112) — General Assembly - As enacted, prohibits members of the general assembly from bidding on, selling, or offering for sale any service to a state entity or to have a financial interest in the bidding, selling, or offering for sale of any service to a state entity; makes the prohibition applicable during the tenure of the member's office and for six months thereafter; creates certain exceptions; violation results in disqualification from holding certain offices; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 12.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0073** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0073.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0160** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0160.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0297** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0297.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0349** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0349.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0798.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/14/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY FAISON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2021 Passed — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/13/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/10/2021 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2021 Passed (1) — **82–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2021 Failed — **62–30** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021 3/18/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- McNally — primary (person)
- Sexton C — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-23** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-25** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
- **2021-03-25** Reset on cal. for 4/1/2021
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Removed
- **2021-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-30** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/21
- **2021-04-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-01** Reset on cal. for 4/5/2021
- **2021-04-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0073) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0160) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-05** Re-ref. State Government Committee
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-22** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0349)
- **2021-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 82, Nays 0, PNV 8 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0297) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 347
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 347

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08dbba73-dca1-4ad4-a26a-c06789afe9d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).