---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cooperatives - As enacted, authorizes a rural electric and community services cooperative to allow directors or cooperative members to participate in cooperative meetings by means of virtual or remote communication if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 65."
description: "Cooperatives - As enacted, authorizes a rural electric and community services cooperative to allow directors or cooperative members to participate in cooperative meetings by means of virtual or remote communication if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 65."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2138"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2138 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cooperatives"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson C", "Reeves"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9fab38b-0c40-443a-b3d7-f7407ba7a6c0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2138&GA=112"
source_hash: "89ff030f51aca064eada307e44e83046d6e17437505e7109f95888c08a209bc8"
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 2138 (112) — Cooperatives - As enacted, authorizes a rural electric and community services cooperative to allow directors or cooperative members to participate in cooperative meetings by means of virtual or remote communication if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 65.

## 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/SB2138.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/23/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/15/2022 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson C — primary (person)
- Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-31** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 811
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 811

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9fab38b-0c40-443a-b3d7-f7407ba7a6c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).