republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-159.md

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Bill	Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, revises various provisions relative to utility districts, wastewater facilities, the utility management review board, and the water and wastewater financing board; allows utility districts to sell certain appliances and heating systems with natural gas or propane component and to offer installment payment plans and financing to customers for such purchases. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221.	Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, revises various provisions relative to utility districts, wastewater facilities, the utility management review board, and the water and wastewater financing board; allows utility districts to sell certain appliances and heating systems with natural gas or propane component and to offer installment payment plans and financing to customers for such purchases. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 159	Tennessee SB 159 (110)	bill	Utilities Utility Districts	enacted	Hensley Marsh	1	42	4	2017-01-27	2017-04-19	openstates	ocd-bill/48af1926-55ec-49bb-9849-f79bedbddac9	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0159&GA=110	3f5e467d8ad18b677b8d1ad50e5871e2ff171d3c97bdebd3bc3db388dfbe77f4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 159 (110) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, revises various provisions relative to utility districts, wastewater facilities, the utility management review board, and the water and wastewater financing board; allows utility districts to sell certain appliances and heating systems with natural gas or propane component and to offer installment payment plans and financing to customers for such purchases. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/14/2017 Passed — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2017 Passed — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — 26–2 (pass) · upper
• SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2017 Passed — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hensley — primary (person)
• Marsh — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-27 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-27 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2017-02-01 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
• 2017-02-01 P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee-- Government Operations for Review referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
• 2017-02-28 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-01 Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/8/2017
• 2017-03-02 Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/8/2017
• 2017-03-08 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
• 2017-03-08 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2017-03-08 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/15/2017
• 2017-03-08 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-14 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2017-03-15 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
• 2017-03-15 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-17 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/20/2017
• 2017-03-20 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 2 passage
• 2017-03-20 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0088)
• 2017-03-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2017-03-22 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/28/2017
• 2017-03-22 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-23 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2017-03-28 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-29 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
• 2017-03-30 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017
• 2017-04-06 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-04-06 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0068) amendment-withdrawal
• 2017-04-06 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2017-04-06 Comp. SB subst.
• 2017-04-06 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-07 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2017-04-10 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-04-10 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-04-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2017-04-17 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-04-19 Pub. Ch. 129
• 2017-04-19 Effective date(s) 04/17/2017
• 2017-04-19 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 129

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48af1926-55ec-49bb-9849-f79bedbddac9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).