# Tennessee SB 0795: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12, Chapter 3, relative to public purchases.

Tennessee SB 0795, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12, Chapter 3, relative to public purchases., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-02-04 (Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 0795
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12, Chapter 3, relative to public purchases.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2026-02-04, Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Purchasing and Procurement
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (41 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Steve Southerland (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-02 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/2/2026 | pass | 33 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-20 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2026-02-04: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-02-02: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/2/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-01-20: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 1/20/2026 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/1/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0795.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0795.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0795.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0795.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0795-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).