---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes certain water utilities to enter into agreements with other water utilities to operate within their territory; requires those water utilities to establish a method by which ratepayers may petition the utilities to consider entering into such agreements. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68."
description: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes certain water utilities to enter into agreements with other water utilities to operate within their territory; requires those water utilities to establish a method by which ratepayers may petition the utilities to consider entering into such agreements. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2529"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2529 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities", "Utility Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose", "Sexton J"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/050f0132-a45a-4fa4-8685-1e0c847a3e62"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2529&GA=112"
source_hash: "7da736a834b1b5c6c8078b9ca61dfb423f6a2b4901c41cd2c5d142a0400c5a40"
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 2529 (112) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes certain water utilities to enter into agreements with other water utilities to operate within their territory; requires those water utilities to establish a method by which ratepayers may petition the utilities to consider entering into such agreements. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2529.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (2) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/22/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/9/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rose — primary (person)
- Sexton J — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/14/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 889
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 889

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/050f0132-a45a-4fa4-8685-1e0c847a3e62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).