---
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: "SB 1745"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1745 (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/ae5d247b-a33b-472c-a4cf-d4d508c1930b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1745&GA=110"
source_hash: "a80b6d44be32292d9f107aa4227dc20c6d5fce0fe6aeb433908f7f60dedf0bea"
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 1745 (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/SB1745.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/13/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **93–0** (fail) · 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** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-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** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** 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.
- **2018-03-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **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** Pub. Ch. 713
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 713

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae5d247b-a33b-472c-a4cf-d4d508c1930b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).