# Tennessee SB 0848: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5 and Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12, relative to county governments.

Tennessee SB 0848, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5 and Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12, relative to county governments., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (Effective date(s) 05/05/2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 0848
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5 and Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12, relative to county governments.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2025-05-13, Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: County Government
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (131 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Counties can require bids for insurance brokers: benefit, low. The law lets qualifying Tennessee county governing bodies require competitive bids for insurance broker services. Counties must self-insure employee health coverage, paying medical costs directly to providers themselves or through a third-party administrator. They must also have adopted the County…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-16 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 | pass | 92 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-10 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/10/2025 | pass | 31 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-01 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (22)

- 2025-05-13: Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
- 2025-05-13: Pub. Ch. 381
- 2025-05-05: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-22: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 (House)
- 2025-04-16: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0403) (House)
- 2025-04-16: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2025-04-14: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2025-04-10: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0310) (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/10/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 (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

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0381.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0848.pdf)
- HA0403: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0403.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0848.pdf)
- SA0310: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0310.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0381.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0848.pdf)
- [HA0403 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0403.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0848.pdf)
- [SA0310 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0310.pdf)

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- [SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0539-2025-2026)
- [SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0254-2025-2026)
- [SB 0198: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0198-2025-2026)
- [HB 2666: AN ACT to amend Chapter 131 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2666-2025-2026)
- [HB 2670: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2670-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0848-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).