---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, terminates the water and wastewater financing board and the utility management review board and creates a new Tennessee board of utility regulation in the office of the comptroller of the treasury; makes various changes to the management of affected utility systems. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 64; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68."
description: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, terminates the water and wastewater financing board and the utility management review board and creates a new Tennessee board of utility regulation in the office of the comptroller of the treasury; makes various changes to the management of affected utility systems. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 64; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 845"
citation: "Tennessee SB 845 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities", "Utility Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69a235f6-825d-447e-a037-482d61c5f90e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0845&GA=113"
source_hash: "d684febe19fef4d950c917f006cca956bdd71eca6156deb1753382058fc9a95c"
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 845 (113) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, terminates the water and wastewater financing board and the utility management review board and creates a new Tennessee board of utility regulation in the office of the comptroller of the treasury; makes various changes to the management of affected utility systems. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; 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 HA0208** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0208.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0058** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0058.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0090** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0090.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0845.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/28/2023 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/20/2023 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/21/2023 Passed (3) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/3/2023 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2023 Passed (1) — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 2/15/2023 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/15/2023
- **2023-02-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2023-02-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2023-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2023
- **2023-04-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0090)
- **2023-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0058)
- **2023-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-19** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 3, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0208) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-20** Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0208) `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/20/2023
- **2023-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-24** Pub. Ch. 463

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69a235f6-825d-447e-a037-482d61c5f90e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).