republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-1791.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes various changes to the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act, including authorizing the underground utility damage enforcement board to establish, by rule, best practices for uniform color code and marking and adding another member to the board. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 31."
description: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes various changes to the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act, including authorizing the underground utility damage enforcement board to establish, by rule, best practices for uniform color code and marking and adding another member to the board. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 31."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1791"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1791 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities", "Utility Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "Marsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b3ba501-7927-4b59-b308-857f36b4936f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1791&GA=110"
source_hash: "97477dc48a79cb7d844703defd79af155d6c8b6c6b4a8753ed6ba3a19bcf1fa1"
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 1791 (110) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes various changes to the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act, including authorizing the underground utility damage enforcement board to establish, by rule, best practices for uniform color code and marking and adding another member to the board. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 31.

## 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/HB1791.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/14/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee 2/27/2018 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/7/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2018 3/22/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ketron — primary (person)
- Marsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0782)
- **2018-03-29** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-29** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0814) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-29** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 716
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 716
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b3ba501-7927-4b59-b308-857f36b4936f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).