---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, revises provisions governing utility round-up programs and other similar programs for charitable donations through utility bills. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 45; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 65."
description: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, revises provisions governing utility round-up programs and other similar programs for charitable donations through utility bills. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 45; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 65."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 377"
citation: "Tennessee HB 377 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities", "Utility Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69d66efe-bd4b-490b-95c5-a8fdf646f0fa"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0377&GA=111"
source_hash: "0362f4c92a23ea54148826b64be9cabf0fcf0c8ad215cb956651351e9ba6ec70"
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 377 (111) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, revises provisions governing utility round-up programs and other similar programs for charitable donations through utility bills. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 45; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 65.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0073** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0073.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0203.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0377.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/12/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 5, Nays 3 PNV 0 4/2/2019 Passed (3) — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/6/2019 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **81–14** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-06** Assigned to s/c Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Utilities Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-12** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 5, Nays 3 PNV 0
- **2019-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 81, Nays 14, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0073) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-16** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-04-30** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0203)
- **2019-05-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-08** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Pub. Ch. 508
- **2019-06-06** Effective date(s) 06/03/2019
- **2019-06-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 508

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69d66efe-bd4b-490b-95c5-a8fdf646f0fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).