---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, enacts the \"Uniformity in Local Government Lease Financing Act of 2021.\" - Amends TCA Title 9."
description: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, enacts the \"Uniformity in Local Government Lease Financing Act of 2021.\" - Amends TCA Title 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 547"
citation: "Tennessee SB 547 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Funds and Financing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cochran", "Crowe"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0f623e4-7d07-4088-b91d-b75f7f9bc7a8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0547&GA=112"
source_hash: "1c77b26fa03e299d0cbc9a213349a5ca8ceedc2b60a5469d90bf32a0a50bcd6f"
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 547 (112) — Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, enacts the "Uniformity in Local Government Lease Financing Act of 2021." - Amends TCA Title 9.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0547.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/9/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/5/2021 4/1/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/23/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cochran — primary (person)
- Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-11** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-18** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/5/2021
- **2021-04-05** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-07** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/22/2021
- **2021-05-03** Pub. Ch. 196
- **2021-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 196

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0f623e4-7d07-4088-b91d-b75f7f9bc7a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).