---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telecommunications - As enacted, enacts the \"Competitive Wireless Broadband Investment, Deployment, and Safety Act of 2018\" and requires TACIR to study certain items relating to deployment. - Amends TCA Title 13."
description: "Telecommunications - As enacted, enacts the \"Competitive Wireless Broadband Investment, Deployment, and Safety Act of 2018\" and requires TACIR to study certain items relating to deployment. - Amends TCA Title 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2504"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2504 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 72
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fb2c07d-75db-4dbd-b883-d0f112a45ca0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2504&GA=110"
source_hash: "b9c8924feef7ebb4a5bd6c499b27a1a69049d0419747ca4c932a197dafd52a51"
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 2504 (110) — Telecommunications - As enacted, enacts the "Competitive Wireless Broadband Investment, Deployment, and Safety Act of 2018" and requires TACIR to study certain items relating to deployment. - Amends TCA Title 13.

## 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/SB2504.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/12/2018 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/3/2018 Passed (1) — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ketron — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-13** Action Def. in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee to 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-27** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **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
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-06** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0907) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0815) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-11** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA1027)
- **2018-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1026)
- **2018-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0756)
- **2018-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-12** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 90, Nays 1 PNV 0 HB2279
- **2018-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 819
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 819
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/24/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fb2c07d-75db-4dbd-b883-d0f112a45ca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).