Tennessee Senate Bill 380

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-02-13 - Refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
Pending: Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, clarifies that local governmental entities are not prohibited from evaluating bids, proposals, and qualifications based on experience, certifications, expertise, and past performance as stated in the solicitation documents, or requiring employees of the contractor to submit to a criminal history check to ensure the employees are permitted to enter controlled spaces of the governmental entities, in contracts for improvements to real property, or in a bid, proposal, or agreement relating to an improvement of real property. - Amends TCA Section 50-3-109.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-3-109, relative to public improvements contracts.

Sen. Richard Briggs [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-13	Senate	Refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
2023-02-13	Senate	Recalled from Senate State & Local Government Committee
2023-01-26	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
2023-01-25	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-01-24	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0181 (Crossfiled) 2023-02-15 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of Local Government Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0380&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0380.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0181.pdf