---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, clarifies the entities under the jurisdiction of the utility management review board and the water and wastewater financing board. - Amends TCA Section 7-82-701 and Section 68-221-1008."
description: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, clarifies the entities under the jurisdiction of the utility management review board and the water and wastewater financing board. - Amends TCA Section 7-82-701 and Section 68-221-1008."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1503"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1503 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities", "Utility Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Marsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d9e3cf0-aa6b-48f7-a06a-b72d0d393bf0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1503&GA=110"
source_hash: "61bcb988237a1de24da7a6fe509f61d4dc7b8e790e3cf23f47b5e6236e7e8299"
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 1503 (110) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, clarifies the entities under the jurisdiction of the utility management review board and the water and wastewater financing board. - Amends TCA Section 7-82-701 and Section 68-221-1008.

## 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/110/Bill/HB1503.pdf)

## Votes

- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee 1/30/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 2/7/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/14/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2018 2/15/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **91–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Marsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 1/30/2018
- **2018-01-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-02-22** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Pub. Ch. 688
- **2018-04-17** Effective date(s) 04/09/2018
- **2018-04-17** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 688

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d9e3cf0-aa6b-48f7-a06a-b72d0d393bf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).