republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1798.md

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Bill	Real Property - As enacted, provides that if a person who already possesses a private easement or right-of-way of less than 25 feet granted determines that additional land is needed for the purpose of extending utility lines to the enclosed land, then the person must file a new petition requesting additional land; enacts other related requirements in regard to such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16 and Title 54, Chapter 14.	Real Property - As enacted, provides that if a person who already possesses a private easement or right-of-way of less than 25 feet granted determines that additional land is needed for the purpose of extending utility lines to the enclosed land, then the person must file a new petition requesting additional land; enacts other related requirements in regard to such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16 and Title 54, Chapter 14.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 1798	Tennessee SB 1798 (112)	bill	Real Property	enacted	Rudd Stevens	3	36	6	2022-01-19	2022-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/0fe4abd3-3012-4d04-bcd0-6d4a8a37906a	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1798&GA=112	6375930964fb665103402cd9fb7a87415c2f24fed686d3da1590be1190498c66	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1798 (112) — Real Property - As enacted, provides that if a person who already possesses a private easement or right-of-way of less than 25 feet granted determines that additional land is needed for the purpose of extending utility lines to the enclosed land, then the person must file a new petition requesting additional land; enacts other related requirements in regard to such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16 and Title 54, Chapter 14.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0543 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0681 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — 28–3 (pass) · upper
• SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/15/2022 Passed — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — 78–15 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/15/2022 — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Rudd — primary (person)
• Stevens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-19 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-20 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-01-20 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-24 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2022-01-24 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2022-01-26 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/8/2022
• 2022-02-08 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 2/15/2022
• 2022-02-09 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
• 2022-02-15 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-16 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/23/2022
• 2022-02-23 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-02 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
• 2022-03-02 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
• 2022-03-03 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
• 2022-03-07 Passed H., as am., Ayes 78, Nays 15, PNV 0 passage
• 2022-03-07 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0543) amendment-passage
• 2022-03-08 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-08 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-10 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-03-15 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
• 2022-03-24 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
• 2022-03-28 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2022-03-28 Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 3 passage
• 2022-03-28 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0681)
• 2022-03-28 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2022-03-29 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2022-03-30 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-03-30 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-03-31 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2022-04-08 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-04-13 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 808
• 2022-04-13 Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
• 2022-04-13 Pub. Ch. 808

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0fe4abd3-3012-4d04-bcd0-6d4a8a37906a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).