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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes certain water utilities to enter into agreements with other water utilities to operate within their territory; requires those water utilities to establish a method by which ratepayers may petition the utilities to consider entering into such agreements. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68."
+description: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes certain water utilities to enter into agreements with other water utilities to operate within their territory; requires those water utilities to establish a method by which ratepayers may petition the utilities to consider entering into such agreements. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 2529"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 2529 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Utilities", "Utility Districts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rose", "Sexton J"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2022-02-02"
+last_action: "2022-04-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/050f0132-a45a-4fa4-8685-1e0c847a3e62"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2529&GA=112"
+source_hash: "7da736a834b1b5c6c8078b9ca61dfb423f6a2b4901c41cd2c5d142a0400c5a40"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 2529 (112) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes certain water utilities to enter into agreements with other water utilities to operate within their territory; requires those water utilities to establish a method by which ratepayers may petition the utilities to consider entering into such agreements. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2529.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (2) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/22/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/9/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- Sexton J — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
+- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-02-03** P1C.
+- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
+- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/15/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
+- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
+- **2022-03-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
+- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/28/2022
+- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022
+- **2022-03-28** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2022-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2022-03-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-28** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2022-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2022-03-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2022-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2022-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/14/2022
+- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 889
+- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 889
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/050f0132-a45a-4fa4-8685-1e0c847a3e62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+