---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Government - As enacted, requires online training and continuing education providers for municipal utility board commissioners to provide a certificate of completion or attendance that must be submitted by the commissioner to the municipality upon the completion of required training; requires the municipality to keep the certificate of completion or attendance for six years. - Amends TCA Section 7-34-115."
description: "Municipal Government - As enacted, requires online training and continuing education providers for municipal utility board commissioners to provide a certificate of completion or attendance that must be submitted by the commissioner to the municipality upon the completion of required training; requires the municipality to keep the certificate of completion or attendance for six years. - Amends TCA Section 7-34-115."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 202"
citation: "Tennessee HB 202 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Vaughan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9248adac-b98d-4af3-8a6e-81e57ceec29c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0202&GA=111"
source_hash: "62c95b8156d4599300b27cc11d6df95973c8ef89fb0f83823814435ff15c2c03"
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 202 (111) — Municipal Government - As enacted, requires online training and continuing education providers for municipal utility board commissioners to provide a certificate of completion or attendance that must be submitted by the commissioner to the municipality upon the completion of required training; requires the municipality to keep the certificate of completion or attendance for six years. - Amends TCA Section 7-34-115.

## 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/111/Bill/HB0202.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/4/2019 2/28/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2019 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2019 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/13/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/19/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/25/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Vaughan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on s/c cal Utilities Subcommittee for 2/13/2019
- **2019-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/25/2019
- **2019-02-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-28** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/4/2019
- **2019-02-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-04** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-15** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 41
- **2019-04-03** Pub. Ch. 41
- **2019-04-03** Effective date(s) 03/22/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9248adac-b98d-4af3-8a6e-81e57ceec29c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).