---
type: "Bill"
title: "Portland - Subject to local approval, deletes provisions requiring a referendum to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the city's water or light plant. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended."
description: "Portland - Subject to local approval, deletes provisions requiring a referendum to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the city's water or light plant. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1453"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1453 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Portland"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-12-03"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2103515-8405-4703-8830-4ae60c1553ce"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1453&ga=114"
source_hash: "a007e044da798d359c610642912ce70c0610af6a70a5395835c920412c4288fc"
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 1453 (114) — Portland - Subject to local approval, deletes provisions requiring a referendum to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the city's water or light plant. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1453.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/18/2026 Passed (3) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/23/2026 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee 2/9/2026 Passed — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/23/2026 2/19/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-13** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** P2C, ref. to Private Acts Committee - State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Placed on cal. Private Acts Committee for 1/26/2026
- **2026-01-22** Meeting Canceled
- **2026-02-04** Placed on cal. Private Acts Committee for 2/9/2026
- **2026-02-09** Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/19/2026
- **2026-02-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/23/2026
- **2026-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-23** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-02-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Pr. Ch. 31

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2103515-8405-4703-8830-4ae60c1553ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).