Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 1696: Public Contracts - As enacted, requires a state department, agency, or official who contracts with a business to acquire property or services to make payments under the contract to the business within a certain time frame after receipt of the invoice; requires such state departments, agencies, and officials to annually report to the chairs of the appropriate standing committees of the senate and house of representatives the number and aggregate amount of late payments made for the preceding fiscal year and the amount of interest paid and outstanding on such late payments. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 4.

In committee Last action May 18, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 894

Plain-language summary

HB 1696 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 15, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Public Contracts - As enacted, requires a state department, agency, or official who contracts with a business to acquire property or services to make payments under the contract to the business within a certain time frame after receipt of the invoice; requires such state departments, agencies, and officials to annually report to the chairs of the appropriate standing committees of the senate and house of representatives the number and aggregate amount of late payments made for the preceding fiscal year and the amount of interest paid and outstanding on such late payments. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 4. Primary sponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 18, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 894.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican).