---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes various changes to the Municipal Energy Authority Act. - Amends TCA Title 7."
description: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes various changes to the Municipal Energy Authority Act. - Amends TCA Title 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1087"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1087 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities", "Utility Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanderson", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d06845c-da8d-43a7-a198-c5c0256a7343"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1087&GA=110"
source_hash: "0913e33b5061a1feaf3d4e21577996cca24fa06c4b888a4e5b02daab11f62389"
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 1087 (110) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes various changes to the Municipal Energy Authority Act. - Amends TCA Title 7.

## 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/110/Bill/SB1087.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN HOUSE AMEND# 2 5/10/2017 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2017 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/13/2017 Passed (2) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2017 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sanderson — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-21** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Business and Utilities Committee
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-06** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0213)
- **2017-04-13** Re-ref. Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2017-04-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Held on desk.
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0323) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0322) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 5/10/2017
- **2017-05-10** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0323) `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-30** Pub. Ch. 446
- **2017-05-30** Effective date(s) 05/25/2017
- **2017-05-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 446

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d06845c-da8d-43a7-a198-c5c0256a7343`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).