---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Contracts - As enacted, enacts the \"Higher Education Purchasing Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 12 and Title 49."
description: "Public Contracts - As enacted, enacts the \"Higher Education Purchasing Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 12 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2670"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2670 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23971ac2-9eda-44fd-b8b3-cfae8b7b9af6"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2670&ga=114"
source_hash: "5fb7f3c1d0d42ec3e94c76a0bed8d3618505350e48658573f1e86b6e7b728276"
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 2670 (114) — Public Contracts - As enacted, enacts the "Higher Education Purchasing Act." - Amends TCA Title 12 and Title 49.

## 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/SB2670.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/24/2026 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — **81–3** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/24/2026
- **2026-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/26/2026
- **2026-02-24** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-06** Passed H., Ayes 81, Nays 3, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-04-29** Pub. Ch. 816

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23971ac2-9eda-44fd-b8b3-cfae8b7b9af6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).