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type: "Bill"
title: "County Government - As enacted, prohibits certain persons from having a direct or indirect interest in a contract with a county for the purchase of supplies, materials, equipment, or services. - Amends TCA Section 5-21-121."
description: "County Government - As enacted, prohibits certain persons from having a direct or indirect interest in a contract with a county for the purchase of supplies, materials, equipment, or services. - Amends TCA Section 5-21-121."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 656"
citation: "Tennessee SB 656 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Rudder"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72f3fe40-c4cc-4009-82a0-2c84f8dcb557"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0656&GA=112"
source_hash: "523c400f86ddf677ed45fc11ec0790f5565d13dfd277ffe577d10a812bf349fe"
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 656 (112) — County Government - As enacted, prohibits certain persons from having a direct or indirect interest in a contract with a county for the purchase of supplies, materials, equipment, or services. - Amends TCA Section 5-21-121.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0187** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0187.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0212** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0212.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0656.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/6/2021 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021 4/28/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/14/2021 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/30/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/27/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **910** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bowling — primary (person)
- Rudder — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **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** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-14** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0212)
- **2021-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0187) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21** Effective date(s) 05/18/2021
- **2021-05-21** Pub. Ch. 472
- **2021-05-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 472
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72f3fe40-c4cc-4009-82a0-2c84f8dcb557`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).