---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Government - As enacted, authorizes a city incorporated under a city manager-commission charter to contract with a private entity for the development, construction, management, or operation of an indoor or outdoor sports facility under terms acceptable to the city if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 6."
description: "Municipal Government - As enacted, authorizes a city incorporated under a city manager-commission charter to contract with a private entity for the development, construction, management, or operation of an indoor or outdoor sports facility under terms acceptable to the city if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 65"
citation: "Tennessee HB 65 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bulso"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9bb6d58-36fe-4883-b6e5-63c5d8256391"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0065&ga=114"
source_hash: "53ba87f543907628b99794036a98c4a1ffe4b4d1e0df5dcaa9c963763c313e73"
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 65 (114) — Municipal Government - As enacted, authorizes a city incorporated under a city manager-commission charter to contract with a private entity for the development, construction, management, or operation of an indoor or outdoor sports facility under terms acceptable to the city if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0008** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0008.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0343** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0343.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0065.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025 3/13/2025 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2025 Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/12/2025 Passed (4) — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **79–11** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/19/2025 Passed — **19–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2025 Failed — **17–76** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2025 Passed (2) — **76–13** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/5/2025 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bulso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2025-01-16** Ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/12/2025
- **2025-02-12** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/26/2025
- **2025-02-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-02-26** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/5/2025
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/13/2025
- **2025-03-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 79, Nays 11, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0008) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0343)
- **2025-04-07** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-08** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-14** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28** Effective date(s) 04/24/2025
- **2025-04-28** Pub. Ch. 279

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9bb6d58-36fe-4883-b6e5-63c5d8256391`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).