republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1934.md

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Bill	Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, prohibits political subdivisions from prohibiting by ordinance, resolution, regulation, code, or any other requirement, the connection or reconnection of a utility service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered to an individual customer. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68.	Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, prohibits political subdivisions from prohibiting by ordinance, resolution, regulation, code, or any other requirement, the connection or reconnection of a utility service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered to an individual customer. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 1934	Tennessee SB 1934 (111)	bill	Utilities Utility Districts	enacted	Boyd Swann	3	35	6	2020-01-22	2020-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/3241f733-3299-433b-8292-274148f3b2f0	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1934&GA=111	d7b285353ac8af785a0a7eb3fd054e1b91ba64332d9c3cd60dc5e57cc947faec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1934 (111) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, prohibits political subdivisions from prohibiting by ordinance, resolution, regulation, code, or any other requirement, the connection or reconnection of a utility service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered to an individual customer. - Amends TCA 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. Amendment HA0562 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0541 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — 29–2 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2020 Passed (1) — 87–8 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/12/2020 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/25/2020 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020 2/27/2020 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/25/2020 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Boyd — primary (person)
• Swann — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-22 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-01-23 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2020-01-27 Assigned to s/c Utilities Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2020-01-28 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-01-29 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2020-01-30 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2020-02-05 Placed on s/c cal Utilities Subcommittee for 2/12/2020
• 2020-02-12 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/18/2020
• 2020-02-12 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-18 Action def. in Commerce Committee to 2/25/2020
• 2020-02-19 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/25/2020
• 2020-02-19 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/25/2020
• 2020-02-25 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2020-02-25 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-26 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
• 2020-02-27 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020
• 2020-02-28 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020
• 2020-03-02 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 2 passage
• 2020-03-02 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0541)
• 2020-03-03 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2020-03-05 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2020-03-05 Reset on cal. for 3/9/2020
• 2020-03-09 Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 8, PNV 0 passage
• 2020-03-09 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0562) amendment-withdrawal
• 2020-03-09 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2020-03-09 Comp. SB subst.
• 2020-03-10 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2020-03-11 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-03-11 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2020-03-13 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2020-03-20 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-03-26 Pub. Ch. 591
• 2020-03-26 Effective date(s) 03/20/2020
• 2020-03-26 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 591

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3241f733-3299-433b-8292-274148f3b2f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).