Tennessee House Bill 181 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-15 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [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.

Rep. Sam Whitson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-15	House	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
2023-02-08	House	Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/15/2023
2023-02-08	House	Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 2/15/2023
2023-02-01	House	Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/8/2023
2023-01-24	House	Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee
2023-01-21	House	P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee
2023-01-20	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-12	House	Filed for introduction

SB0380 (Crossfiled) 2023-02-13 - Refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee

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