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type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes the board of commissioners of a utility district to use competitive sealed proposals to purchase goods or services instead of competitive sealed bids in emergency situations or when the board determines that the use of competitive sealed bids is either not practical or advantageous to the utility district. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 8 and Section 12-3-1207."
description: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes the board of commissioners of a utility district to use competitive sealed proposals to purchase goods or services instead of competitive sealed bids in emergency situations or when the board determines that the use of competitive sealed bids is either not practical or advantageous to the utility district. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 8 and Section 12-3-1207."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 388"
citation: "Tennessee HB 388 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities", "Utility Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50f63406-3925-4932-95ce-d643087367fe"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0388&GA=112"
source_hash: "48269492345e81648914873a5d112ac9dcca05bd5fa27fd53494d4f1ca04dc70"
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 HB 388 (112) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes the board of commissioners of a utility district to use competitive sealed proposals to purchase goods or services instead of competitive sealed bids in emergency situations or when the board determines that the use of competitive sealed bids is either not practical or advantageous to the utility district. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 8 and Section 12-3-1207.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0388.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/14/2021 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/10/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/21/2021 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Briggs — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-08** Sponsor change.
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-03-23** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-30** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-21** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/04/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 321
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 321
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50f63406-3925-4932-95ce-d643087367fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).