---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Broadband Investment Maximization Act of 2022.\" - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 65 and Title 67, Chapter 6."
description: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Broadband Investment Maximization Act of 2022.\" - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 65 and Title 67, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2480"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2480 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities", "Utility Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg", "Vaughan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d05223d-96f1-42aa-8302-ddf15ff0e38e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2480&GA=112"
source_hash: "817484a4aa885073a47ebb60323fbe776b8b8ae4a0cc47e77d78abeecc674ee7"
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 2480 (112) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Broadband Investment Maximization Act of 2022." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 65 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0604** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0604.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA1019.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0567** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0567.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0950** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0950.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2480.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/2/2022 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/26/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/8/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- 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 3/1/2022 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lundberg — primary (person)
- Vaughan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-15** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2022-02-15** Sponsor change.
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1019) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0604) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-27** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0950)
- **2022-04-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0567)
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-31** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/31/2022
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1102
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1102

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d05223d-96f1-42aa-8302-ddf15ff0e38e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).