republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-2920.md

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Bill	Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, adds services to the list of purchases that may be made for use in a business enterprise program for the blind without taking bids for the purchases, advertising bids for such purchases, or complying with other state law on purchasing on behalf of state government; changes from the director of services for the blind to the commissioner of human services or the commissioner's designee, the person authorized to make such purchases; designates the purchase of software for use in inmate commissary facilities as remaining subject to state procurement practices. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 4.	Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, adds services to the list of purchases that may be made for use in a business enterprise program for the blind without taking bids for the purchases, advertising bids for such purchases, or complying with other state law on purchasing on behalf of state government; changes from the director of services for the blind to the commissioner of human services or the commissioner's designee, the person authorized to make such purchases; designates the purchase of software for use in inmate commissary facilities as remaining subject to state procurement practices. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 4.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 2920	Tennessee SB 2920 (113)	bill	Dept. of Human Services	enacted	Bailey	1	18	3	2024-02-01	2024-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/151b69ef-eaff-46bc-a382-91de7b80e207	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2920&GA=113	340559be49f867ae86267f21d839930f92695f4a4ee5469b9d0b78f72fccb982	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2920 (113) — Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, adds services to the list of purchases that may be made for use in a business enterprise program for the blind without taking bids for the purchases, advertising bids for such purchases, or complying with other state law on purchasing on behalf of state government; changes from the director of services for the blind to the commissioner of human services or the commissioner's designee, the person authorized to make such purchases; designates the purchase of software for use in inmate commissary facilities as remaining subject to state procurement practices. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 4.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2024 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2024 Passed (1) — 91–1 (pass) · lower
• SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2024 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bailey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-02-01 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee passage
• 2024-02-14 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/21/2024
• 2024-02-21 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2024-02-23 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/26/2024
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-02-26 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-02-29 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-03-14 Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 1, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-03-14 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-03-15 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-03-18 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-03-18 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-03-19 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-04-03 Effective date(s) 03/27/2024
• 2024-04-03 Pub. Ch. 609

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/151b69ef-eaff-46bc-a382-91de7b80e207. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).