Tennessee

Pending Legislation

House Bill 307: Local General Government

Introduced: 1/27/2025 by Richard Briggs (R-007)

Summary:
Authorizes a local governments having a population over 100, and having centralized purchasing with a full-time purchasing agent to use any project delivery method including design-build that the local government determines most effectively meets the needs of the local government for the construction of local projects or additions to existing buildings.

Last Action: Jan 27, 2025: Introduced

Status: Pending

DBIA Position: Support

Senate Bill 1308: Department of Transportation

Introduced: 2/6/2025 by Jack Johnson (R-027)

Summary:
In the event of a transportation system failure or other emergency, grants the commissioner emergency contracting authority to enter into contracts for design-build, construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC), and progressive design-build (PDB) services for the delivery of transportation projects

Last Action: Feb 6, 2025: Introduced

Status: Pending

DBIA Position: Support

House Bill 1320: Department of Transportation

Introduced: William G. Lamberth (R-044)

Summary:
In the event of a transportation system failure or other emergency, grants the commissioner emergency contracting authority to enter into contracts for design-build, construction manager/general contractor, and progressive design-build services for the delivery of transportation projects; exempts the department from having to identify such contracts exceeding specified amount in its transportation improvement program submitted annually to the general assembly in support of its annual funding

Last Action:

Status: Pending

DBIA Position: Support