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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Contracts - As enacted, prohibits a party from protesting a solicitation for a public contract if the party cancels the solicitation; revises bonding requirements for submitting a protest or an appeal of a decision to a protest to the chief procurement officer or protest committee; establishes certain restrictions on the contractual terms of public contracts. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 5."
description: "Public Contracts - As enacted, prohibits a party from protesting a solicitation for a public contract if the party cancels the solicitation; revises bonding requirements for submitting a protest or an appeal of a decision to a protest to the chief procurement officer or protest committee; establishes certain restrictions on the contractual terms of public contracts. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "Tennessee SB 252 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6df190b4-76dd-4501-a6a5-9697b4464c3d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0252&GA=113"
source_hash: "648bb2d2fe73199da18972087c1918380571841dd0b6875d9980023f83add1a5"
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 252 (113) — Public Contracts - As enacted, prohibits a party from protesting a solicitation for a public contract if the party cancels the solicitation; revises bonding requirements for submitting a protest or an appeal of a decision to a protest to the chief procurement officer or protest committee; establishes certain restrictions on the contractual terms of public contracts. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 5.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment SA0091** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0091.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0252.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/28/2023 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2023 Passed (1) — **898** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/6/2023 Passed (1) — **292** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Johnson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-21** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `passage`
- **2023-01-31** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/7/2023
- **2023-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-07** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-14** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-21** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/6/2023
- **2023-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-03-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 2, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0091)
- **2023-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-03-20** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 8, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-24** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Effective date(s) 04/04/2023
- **2023-04-18** Pub. Ch. 113
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6df190b4-76dd-4501-a6a5-9697b4464c3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).