---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, requires utility districts, water systems, and wastewater facilities to submit annual reports to the utility management review board or the water and wastewater financing board, as applicable; authorizes the boards to impose sanctions on utility districts, water systems, and wastewater facilities that fail to submit the reports on time. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 3 and Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 10."
description: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, requires utility districts, water systems, and wastewater facilities to submit annual reports to the utility management review board or the water and wastewater financing board, as applicable; authorizes the boards to impose sanctions on utility districts, water systems, and wastewater facilities that fail to submit the reports on time. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 3 and Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1709"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1709 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities", "Utility Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grills", "Swann"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f91d7747-7ffb-4a8d-a187-594c5c27a707"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1709&GA=111"
source_hash: "dfa854b588d2d7802e6e3da6760f82bbc3a6887756708420a4197ede4b2729a6"
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 1709 (111) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, requires utility districts, water systems, and wastewater facilities to submit annual reports to the utility management review board or the water and wastewater financing board, as applicable; authorizes the boards to impose sanctions on utility districts, water systems, and wastewater facilities that fail to submit the reports on time. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 3 and Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 10.

## 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/111/Bill/HB1709.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/19/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020 2/27/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/20/2020 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/11/2020 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/25/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grills — primary (person)
- Swann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Assigned to s/c Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2020-02-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Utilities Subcommittee for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/20/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020
- **2020-03-02** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-02** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-10** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 572
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 572
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/19/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f91d7747-7ffb-4a8d-a187-594c5c27a707`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).