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type: "Bill"
title: "Telecommunications - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7; Title 7, Chapter 59, Part 3; Title 65, Chapter 25 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20."
description: "Telecommunications - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7; Title 7, Chapter 59, Part 3; Title 65, Chapter 25 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 529"
citation: "Tennessee HB 529 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b77b4f2-b647-424a-929e-e6506ea8ad80"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0529&GA=110"
source_hash: "b151bef1fcd10c470327522529a86a815177746a7aff8a93600e99128959dbfc"
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 529 (110) — Telecommunications - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7; Title 7, Chapter 59, Part 3; Title 65, Chapter 25 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20.
## 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/HB0529.pdf)
## Votes
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/22/2017 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2017 4/6/2017 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/29/2017 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/4/2017 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee 3/7/2017 — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee to 3/7/2017
- **2017-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action def. in Business and Utilities Committee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-17** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2017-03-17** Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0114)
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-10** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 4, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0335) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-10** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0159) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 228
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 228
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/24/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b77b4f2-b647-424a-929e-e6506ea8ad80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).