---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, removes the utility management review board's authority to approve or disapprove corrections made by a public water system of a utility district to comply with federal or state law as a condition for the system to receive a loan from the Tennessee Local Development Authority. - Amends TCA Section 7-82-709."
description: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, removes the utility management review board's authority to approve or disapprove corrections made by a public water system of a utility district to comply with federal or state law as a condition for the system to receive a loan from the Tennessee Local Development Authority. - Amends TCA Section 7-82-709."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1734"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1734 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities", "Utility Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e4838fb-7fff-4ce7-b58f-cb980f927e62"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1734&GA=110"
source_hash: "431eff4397409e405ffad9dd95733f71ab4c445c04f2159b0e798804bc8dd8b2"
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 HB 1734 (110) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, removes the utility management review board's authority to approve or disapprove corrections made by a public water system of a utility district to comply with federal or state law as a condition for the system to receive a loan from the Tennessee Local Development Authority. - Amends TCA Section 7-82-709.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1734.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018 3/15/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee 2/20/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-22** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action def. in Business and Utilities Committee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 713
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 713
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e4838fb-7fff-4ce7-b58f-cb980f927e62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).