---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, in the event of a transportation system failure or other emergency, grants the commissioner emergency contracting authority to enter into contracts for design-build, construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC), and progressive design-build (PDB) services for the delivery of transportation projects; exempts the department from having to identify such contracts exceeding $100 million in its transportation improvement program submitted annually to the general assembly in support of its annual funding recommendations, if they are issued under such emergency contracting authority; makes other revisions to the CM/GC and PDB process. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12 and Title 54."
description: "Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, in the event of a transportation system failure or other emergency, grants the commissioner emergency contracting authority to enter into contracts for design-build, construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC), and progressive design-build (PDB) services for the delivery of transportation projects; exempts the department from having to identify such contracts exceeding $100 million in its transportation improvement program submitted annually to the general assembly in support of its annual funding recommendations, if they are issued under such emergency contracting authority; makes other revisions to the CM/GC and PDB process. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12 and Title 54."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1320"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1320 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8d8eb97-9701-4800-ab05-8c0d47a06d3c"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1320&ga=114"
source_hash: "247c14e752a6c9d4c939fee8fdb941880c20d49456b1fe603165cb24484dd388"
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 1320 (114) — Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, in the event of a transportation system failure or other emergency, grants the commissioner emergency contracting authority to enter into contracts for design-build, construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC), and progressive design-build (PDB) services for the delivery of transportation projects; exempts the department from having to identify such contracts exceeding $100 million in its transportation improvement program submitted annually to the general assembly in support of its annual funding recommendations, if they are issued under such emergency contracting authority; makes other revisions to the CM/GC and PDB process. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12 and Title 54.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1320.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2025 Passed (1) — **71–16** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/4/2025 Passed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/10/2025 3/6/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/25/2025 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-12** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/25/2025
- **2025-02-25** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/4/2025
- **2025-03-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/6/2025
- **2025-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-06** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/10/2025
- **2025-03-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2025
- **2025-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-10** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2025-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 16, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025, 07/01/2029
- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 110

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8d8eb97-9701-4800-ab05-8c0d47a06d3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).