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Bill Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, requires a municipal utility board or the municipal governing body, and the comptroller, to establish procedures and guidelines for a natural gas utility system to devote revenues derived from the system to fund chambers of commerce or economic and community organizations; requires certain financial reporting by entities receiving such funds. - Amends TCA Section 7-34-115. Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, requires a municipal utility board or the municipal governing body, and the comptroller, to establish procedures and guidelines for a natural gas utility system to devote revenues derived from the system to fund chambers of commerce or economic and community organizations; requires certain financial reporting by entities receiving such funds. - Amends TCA Section 7-34-115. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 111 SB 1961 Tennessee SB 1961 (111)
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Tennessee SB 1961 (111) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, requires a municipal utility board or the municipal governing body, and the comptroller, to establish procedures and guidelines for a natural gas utility system to devote revenues derived from the system to fund chambers of commerce or economic and community organizations; requires certain financial reporting by entities receiving such funds. - Amends TCA Section 7-34-115.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0605 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0539 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/15/2020 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 6/10/2020 (4) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/26/2020 — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/17/2020 Passed (1) — 900 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0 2/25/2020 Passed — 63 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/3/2020 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/5/2020 Passed (1) — 300 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Amend# 1 by Dickerson 3/5/2020 Passed — 300 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/17/2020 6/15/2020 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Gant — primary (person)
  • Gresham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-14 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2020-01-15 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2020-01-16 P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
  • 2020-01-21 Assigned to s/c Utilities Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2020-01-29 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2020-01-30 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2020-02-03 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  • 2020-02-11 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/18/2020
  • 2020-02-12 Placed on s/c cal Utilities Subcommittee for 2/19/2020
  • 2020-02-18 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government 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 s/c cal Utilities Subcommittee for 2/26/2020
  • 2020-02-19 Action Def. in s/c Utilities Subcommittee to 2/26/2020
  • 2020-02-25 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0
  • 2020-02-26 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/3/2020
  • 2020-02-26 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
  • 2020-03-03 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020
  • 2020-03-03 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-03-04 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/11/2020
  • 2020-03-04 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2020-03-05 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2020-03-05 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
  • 2020-03-05 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0539)
  • 2020-03-09 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2020-03-11 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2020
  • 2020-03-11 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/18/2020
  • 2020-03-18 Meeting Canceled
  • 2020-05-27 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/3/2020
  • 2020-06-03 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/10/2020
  • 2020-06-03 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 6/10/2020
  • 2020-06-10 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-06-11 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 6/15/2020
  • 2020-06-11 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 6/11/2020
  • 2020-06-15 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/17/2020
  • 2020-06-15 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/15/2020
  • 2020-06-15 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-06-17 Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2020-06-17 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0605) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2020-06-17 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2020-06-17 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2020-06-23 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2020-06-23 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2020-06-30 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2020-06-30 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2020-07-06 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2020-07-15 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2020-07-22 Pub. Ch. 791
  • 2020-07-22 Effective date(s) 01/01/2021
  • 2020-07-22 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 791

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3030ffb-39bb-4a8b-8e9b-f328c632fb45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).