Tennessee · House Bill 71 · 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 5, relative to contracts.

  1. Introduced Jan 9, 2023
  2. In committee Jan 12, 2023
  3. Withdrawn  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long 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.

Every action

18 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 10 earlier steps
  1. HouseFiled for introduction
  2. HouseIntro., P1C.
  3. HouseP2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
  4. CommitteeRef. to State Government Committee-- Government Operations for Review · House State Government Committee
  5. CommitteeAssigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee · House Public Service Subcommittee
  6. HouseSponsor(s) Added.
  7. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/14/2023 · House Public Service Subcommittee
  8. HouseAction Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 2/28/2023
  9. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/28/2023 · House Public Service Subcommittee
  10. CommitteeRec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee · House State Government Committee
  1. CommitteePlaced on cal. State Government Committee for 3/8/2023 · House State Government Committee
  2. CommitteeRec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee · House Government Operations Committee
  3. CommitteePlaced on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/13/2023 · House Government Operations Committee
  4. CommitteeRec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee · House Calendar & Rules Committee
  5. CommitteePlaced on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2023 · House Calendar & Rules Committee
  6. HouseH. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2023
  7. HouseComp. SB subst.
  8. GovernorComp. became Pub. Ch. 113

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.

All 2 cosponsors

From Tennessee's official records (wapp.capitol.tn.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.