---
type: "Bill"
title: "Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Procurement Protection Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 56."
description: "Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Procurement Protection Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 56."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 548"
citation: "Tennessee HB 548 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Purchasing and Procurement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cochran"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2026-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2795fc4-d604-4dbb-8ec2-99503f0db8b4"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0548&ga=114"
source_hash: "0fd752b2b9618aa3ea6c526fccb1f661c662c99f7163e47df1207f6933968c1f"
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 548 (114) — Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Procurement Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 56.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0199** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0199.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0579** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0579.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0859** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0859.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0548.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/2/2026 Passed (1) — **21–8** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY ZACHARY PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/2/2026 Passed — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/12/2025 Passed — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2025 Passed — **19–2** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/7/2026 Passed — **73–22** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/2/2026 Passed — **79–16** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2026 2/26/2026 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cochran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-03-05** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-05** Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/27/2025
- **2025-03-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/3/2025
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/3/2025
- **2025-04-03** Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/26/2026
- **2026-02-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2026
- **2026-03-02** Passed H., as am., Ayes 79, Nays 16, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0579) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0199) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-03-05** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 21, Nays 8 `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0859)
- **2026-04-02** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-06** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/7/2026
- **2026-04-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-07** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 73, Nays 22 PNV 0 HB0548
- **2026-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-27** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-04-27** Pub. Ch. 768

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2795fc4-d604-4dbb-8ec2-99503f0db8b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).