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TN SB 1823

enacted

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 · upper

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Did TN SB 1823 pass?

Yes. TN SB 1823 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-18): Pub. Ch. 894

What is TN SB 1823 about?

TN SB 1823 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “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.”.

Who sponsors TN SB 1823?

Lowe is the primary sponsor of TN SB 1823.

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

Sponsors

  • Loweprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-18

    Pub. Ch. 894

  2. 2026-05-18

    Effective date(s) 07/01/2026

  3. 2026-05-05

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  4. 2026-04-23

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-04-21

    Signed by Senate Speaker

    passage

  6. 2026-04-21

    Signed by H. Speaker

    passage

  7. 2026-04-20

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

    enrolled

  8. 2026-04-16

    Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA1036)

    passage

  9. 2026-04-15

    Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/16/2026

  10. 2026-04-14

    Subst. for comp. HB.

    substitution

  11. 2026-04-14

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1036)

    amendment-passage

  12. 2026-04-14

    Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0

    passage

  13. 2026-04-14

    Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/16/2026

  14. 2026-04-02

    Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  15. 2026-03-30

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0743)

  16. 2026-03-30

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0

    passage

  17. 2026-03-30

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  18. 2026-03-30

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

    receipt

  19. 2026-03-27

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026

  20. 2026-03-17

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0

  21. 2026-03-11

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2026

  22. 2026-01-22

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

    referral-committee

  23. 2026-01-21

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

    introduction

  24. 2026-01-20

    Filed for introduction

    filing

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Votes

  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/17/2026 Passed (3)

    2026-03-17 · pass · 9-0

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/30/2026 Passed (2)

    2026-03-30 · pass · 31-0

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2026 Passed (1)

    2026-04-14 · pass · 95-0

  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/16/2026 Passed (1)

    2026-04-16 · pass · 29-0

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