---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Government - As enacted, authorizes a county that has adopted the County Purchasing Law of 1957 to require a competitive bid process for insurance brokerage services. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12."
description: "County Government - As enacted, authorizes a county that has adopted the County Purchasing Law of 1957 to require a competitive bid process for insurance brokerage services. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 848"
citation: "Tennessee SB 848 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hatcher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c191469-d873-4d6d-af2e-06c2315d9034"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0848&ga=114"
source_hash: "2f99357183c78c0654e6a299651de96839a4ba416f95f57be216d33bd114982c"
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 848 (114) — County Government - As enacted, authorizes a county that has adopted the County Purchasing Law of 1957 to require a competitive bid process for insurance brokerage services. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0403** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0403.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0310** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0310.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0848.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/1/2025 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hatcher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-25** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/1/2025
- **2025-03-26** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
- **2025-04-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-04-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/10/2025
- **2025-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0310)
- **2025-04-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0403) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 381

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c191469-d873-4d6d-af2e-06c2315d9034`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).