republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-1605.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes the City of Hornbeak to collect unpaid charges for municipal sewer services in the same manner as unpaid property taxes, including through the attachment of a lien against real property. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 35."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes the City of Hornbeak to collect unpaid charges for municipal sewer services in the same manner as unpaid property taxes, including through the attachment of a lien against real property. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 35."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1605"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1605 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "General"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanderson", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ba3bfdd-c64d-475b-8811-7c549a616a9f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1605&GA=110"
source_hash: "2b9aef13254bca94a23cc8c67e631ca1fa03255c98fc334565d32a8831739951"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 1605 (110) — Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes the City of Hornbeak to collect unpaid charges for municipal sewer services in the same manner as unpaid property taxes, including through the attachment of a lien against real property. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 35.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1605.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/7/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/4/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **89–0** (fail) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee 2/13/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 2/21/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sanderson — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-04-02** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar calendar for 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 762
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/19/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 762

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ba3bfdd-c64d-475b-8811-7c549a616a9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).