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TN HB 1696

died on adjournment

Public Contracts - As enacted, requires a state department, agency, or official who contracts with a business to acquire property or services to make payments under the contract to the business within a certain time frame after receipt of the invoice; requires such state departments, agencies, and officials to annually report to the chairs of the appropriate standing committees of the senate and house of representatives the number and aggregate amount of late payments made for the preceding fiscal year and the amount of interest paid and outstanding on such late payments. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 4.

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Introduced
2026-01-21
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-05-18 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 894
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • McCalmonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-15

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2026-01-21

    Intro., P1C.

    introduction

  3. 2026-01-22

    Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-22

    P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-02-25

    Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/4/2026

  6. 2026-03-04

    Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 3/18/2026

  7. 2026-03-11

    Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/18/2026

  8. 2026-03-18

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026

  9. 2026-03-18

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

    referral-committee

  10. 2026-03-25

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026

  11. 2026-03-25

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/31/2026

  12. 2026-04-01

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2026-04-08

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026

  14. 2026-04-09

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026

  15. 2026-04-14

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  16. 2026-04-14

    Comp. SB subst.

  17. 2026-05-18

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 894

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/18/2026 Passed

    2026-03-18 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Salinas: not voting

  • HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (2)

    2026-04-01 · pass · 22-0

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026 4/9/2026 (1)

    2026-04-13 · fail · 0-0

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Official source

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1696&ga=114

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