---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy - As enacted, requires a political subdivision that imposes requirements or expectations related to the type of clean or renewable energy used by a public utility in an ordinance, resolution, or other regulation to include certain sources of energy as permissible sources of clean or renewable energy. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 64; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68."
description: "Energy - As enacted, requires a political subdivision that imposes requirements or expectations related to the type of clean or renewable energy used by a public utility in an ordinance, resolution, or other regulation to include certain sources of energy as permissible sources of clean or renewable energy. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 64; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 946"
citation: "Tennessee HB 946 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6dbb9a0-ee0f-4687-a4f3-e33f3799c126"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0946&GA=113"
source_hash: "acadd30aa25a2c0390e83e975f8d919496579df9c90ca66b6b73a56e0c836b57"
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 946 (113) — Energy - As enacted, requires a political subdivision that imposes requirements or expectations related to the type of clean or renewable energy used by a public utility in an ordinance, resolution, or other regulation to include certain sources of energy as permissible sources of clean or renewable energy. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 64; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0043** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0043.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0135.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0946.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2023 3/2/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/14/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/23/2023 Passed (1) — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/6/2023 Passed (1) — **78–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Action def. in Commerce Committee to 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2023
- **2023-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2023
- **2023-03-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 78, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0043) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-03-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0135)
- **2023-03-23** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-04-18** Pub. Ch. 154

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6dbb9a0-ee0f-4687-a4f3-e33f3799c126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).