republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2443.md

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Bill	Public Utility Commission - As enacted, authorizes the commission to, upon petition, designate a provider or reseller of domestic public cellular radio telephone service as an eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to federal regulations for purposes of providing Lifeline service. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 65.	Public Utility Commission - As enacted, authorizes the commission to, upon petition, designate a provider or reseller of domestic public cellular radio telephone service as an eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to federal regulations for purposes of providing Lifeline service. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 65.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 2443	Tennessee SB 2443 (112)	bill	Public Utility Commission	enacted	Bell Cochran	3	35	6	2022-02-02	2022-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a96479d1-f9fb-4b0a-9b79-933cfbeef0fc	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2443&GA=112	c83ef138aa8b784366b5091a3f231c43a9b7429f1cf4c22a00539dfc7208229d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2443 (112) — Public Utility Commission - As enacted, authorizes the commission to, upon petition, designate a provider or reseller of domestic public cellular radio telephone service as an eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to federal regulations for purposes of providing Lifeline service. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 65.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0680 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0566 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/10/2022 Passed (1) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/9/2022 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2022 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — 88–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bell — primary (person)
• Cochran — 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 Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2022-02-07 P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-02-15 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
• 2022-02-22 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/1/2022
• 2022-03-01 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
• 2022-03-08 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022
• 2022-03-09 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-09 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-10 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2022-03-10 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
• 2022-03-10 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0566)
• 2022-03-14 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2022-03-15 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-16 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
• 2022-03-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
• 2022-03-24 Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2022-03-24 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0680) amendment-withdrawal
• 2022-03-24 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2022-03-24 Comp. SB subst.
• 2022-03-25 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2022-03-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-03-28 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-03-29 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2022-04-08 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-04-13 Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
• 2022-04-13 Pub. Ch. 789
• 2022-04-13 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 789

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a96479d1-f9fb-4b0a-9b79-933cfbeef0fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).