---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, adds Claiborne, Union, and Grainger counties to the membership of the North East Tennessee Railroad Authority if certain requirements are met; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 56, Part 2 and Title 64, Chapter 2."
description: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, adds Claiborne, Union, and Grainger counties to the membership of the North East Tennessee Railroad Authority if certain requirements are met; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 56, Part 2 and Title 64, Chapter 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1739"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1739 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regional Authorities and Special Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seal"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3adc0fb3-d52a-44b3-985e-09d6c3051b37"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1739&ga=114"
source_hash: "8cfc95ca8f66733b5113a81829e9910b51d8ec8596a73173a3acd33beef669c2"
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 SB 1739 (114) — Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, adds Claiborne, Union, and Grainger counties to the membership of the North East Tennessee Railroad Authority if certain requirements are met; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 56, Part 2 and Title 64, Chapter 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0630** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0630.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1739.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 3/19/2026 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/11/2026 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2026 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/19/2026 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Seal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/11/2026
- **2026-02-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-02-17** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/19/2026
- **2026-02-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-03-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0630) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-03-17** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/19/2026
- **2026-03-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-03-19** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0630) `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Effective date(s) 04/01/2026
- **2026-04-06** Pub. Ch. 650

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3adc0fb3-d52a-44b3-985e-09d6c3051b37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).