republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/hb-542.md

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Bill	Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes revisions to present law relative to utilities. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68.	Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes revisions to present law relative to utilities. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	114	HB 542	Tennessee HB 542 (114)	bill	Utilities Utility Districts	enacted	Vaughan	4	35	7	2025-01-29	2025-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/b8d726e3-f4c9-4945-86f0-a589cd1bafc1	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0542&ga=114	3316a296c909dea1ad962576c078186fa81a35f5037b6bd36b24b95a3ee42a55	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 542 (114) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes revisions to present law relative to utilities. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0189 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0292 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0304 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — 24–6 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (3) — 27–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/19/2025 Passed (5) — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/26/2025 Passed — 18–3 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — 77–13 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (4) — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Vaughan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-29 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-02-03 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2025-02-05 Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-02-05 P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-05 Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
• 2025-03-12 Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
• 2025-03-12 Action Def. in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee to 3/19/2025
• 2025-03-19 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/26/2025
• 2025-03-19 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-02 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2025
• 2025-04-09 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
• 2025-04-09 Placed behind the budget
• 2025-04-16 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025
• 2025-04-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025
• 2025-04-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025
• 2025-04-17 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-17 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-21 Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 6 passage
• 2025-04-21 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0292)
• 2025-04-21 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0304)
• 2025-04-21 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2025-04-21 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2025-04-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2025-04-21 Passed H., as am., Ayes 77, Nays 13, PNV 0 passage
• 2025-04-21 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-04-21 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0189) amendment-passage
• 2025-04-24 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2025-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2025-05-08 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2025-05-09 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-05-27 Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
• 2025-05-27 Pub. Ch. 490

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8d726e3-f4c9-4945-86f0-a589cd1bafc1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).