republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2516.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - As enacted, requires the office of diversity business enterprises to publish an annual report on its website listing each state department’s aspirational goals and achievements for businesses owned by minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and service-disabled veterans, as well as other small businesses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12, Chapter 3 and Title 12, Chapter 4."
description: "State Government - As enacted, requires the office of diversity business enterprises to publish an annual report on its website listing each state department’s aspirational goals and achievements for businesses owned by minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and service-disabled veterans, as well as other small businesses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12, Chapter 3 and Title 12, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2516"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2516 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore", "Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ca2b0e6-c2eb-453e-bba1-68aec4b4a8e9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2516&GA=112"
source_hash: "b40566ba21e0b562e267aa381515754aee5a06bdd3f60af614a5f5c5aa79a276"
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 2516 (112) — State Government - As enacted, requires the office of diversity business enterprises to publish an annual report on its website listing each state department’s aspirational goals and achievements for businesses owned by minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and service-disabled veterans, as well as other small businesses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12, Chapter 3 and Title 12, Chapter 4.

## 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/SB2516.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (2) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/8/2022 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/9/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-08** Sponsor change.
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-16** Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-02** Reset on Final cal. of Public Service Subcommittee
- **2022-03-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 793
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 793

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ca2b0e6-c2eb-453e-bba1-68aec4b4a8e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).