---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the underground utility damage enforcement board to June 30, 2023; directs the division of state audit within the office of the comptroller of the treasury to conduct a timely study on the allocation of employees from the Tennessee public utilities commission to the underground utility damage enforcement board. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 65, Chapter 31."
description: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the underground utility damage enforcement board to June 30, 2023; directs the division of state audit within the office of the comptroller of the treasury to conduct a timely study on the allocation of employees from the Tennessee public utilities commission to the underground utility damage enforcement board. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 65, Chapter 31."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 448"
citation: "Tennessee HB 448 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sunset Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel", "Roberts"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9053d7d-b950-4ddc-861f-970fd1c661a9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0448&GA=111"
source_hash: "55d81d4e6702f700e3afbd39c4ab70b801301616017ac6551e20f3a03da245ef"
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 448 (111) — Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the underground utility damage enforcement board to June 30, 2023; directs the division of state audit within the office of the comptroller of the treasury to conduct a timely study on the allocation of employees from the Tennessee public utilities commission to the underground utility damage enforcement board. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 65, Chapter 31.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0287** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0287.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0288** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0288.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0137.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0154.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0448.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/9/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/24/2019 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/20/2019 Passed (3) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2019-02-01** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee
- **2019-04-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0154)
- **2019-04-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0137)
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0288) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0287) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 333
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 333

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9053d7d-b950-4ddc-861f-970fd1c661a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).