republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-1906.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, authorizes a local government to execute a cooperative purchasing agreement with other local, state, and federal governmental entities for purposes of purchasing farm tractors, mowers, earth-moving and construction machinery, and similar machinery and equipment; provided, that a local government does not have the authority to purchase construction machinery under a cooperative purchasing agreement with an agency of the United States. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1205."
description: "Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, authorizes a local government to execute a cooperative purchasing agreement with other local, state, and federal governmental entities for purposes of purchasing farm tractors, mowers, earth-moving and construction machinery, and similar machinery and equipment; provided, that a local government does not have the authority to purchase construction machinery under a cooperative purchasing agreement with an agency of the United States. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1205."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1906"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1906 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Purchasing and Procurement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de4834dd-d784-4caa-9128-c0c3ad1a6990"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1906&GA=110"
source_hash: "4e2a6f8270efb9a81510720ced26b5485a84530f81d0b179e2dd5e46e2543ac3"
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 1906 (110) — Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, authorizes a local government to execute a cooperative purchasing agreement with other local, state, and federal governmental entities for purposes of purchasing farm tractors, mowers, earth-moving and construction machinery, and similar machinery and equipment; provided, that a local government does not have the authority to purchase construction machinery under a cooperative purchasing agreement with an agency of the United States. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1205.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1906.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/8/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **95–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/6/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/6/2018
- **2018-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/7/2018
- **2018-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/8/2018
- **2018-02-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-06** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-08** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-26** Pub. Ch. 574
- **2018-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/16/2018
- **2018-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 574

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de4834dd-d784-4caa-9128-c0c3ad1a6990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).