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type: "Bill"
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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."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "110"
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identifier: "SB 1215"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1215 (110)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Telecommunications"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 58
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2017-02-07"
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last_action: "2017-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc912bb9-ce13-4a11-aa7b-bb0a12c2edb7"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1215&GA=110"
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source_hash: "b87ce9ea6aee762ce6c77a6cd904b2b6c6e09ba4defc0e41b7917de534711cc1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 1215 (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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1215.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/14/2017 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2017 Passed (1) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/28/2017 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hawk — primary (person)
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- Norris — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
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- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 2/21/2017
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- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee to 3/7/2017
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- **2017-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
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- **2017-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
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- **2017-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/15/2017
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- **2017-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2017-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/22/2017
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- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action def. in Business and Utilities Committee to 3/22/17
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- **2017-03-17** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
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- **2017-03-17** Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
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- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
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- **2017-03-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/4/2017
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- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
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- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2017-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0114)
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- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
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- **2017-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2017
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- **2017-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 4, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2017-04-10** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0335) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2017-04-10** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0159) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2017-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-10** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2017-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2017-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2017-04-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2017-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2017-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 228
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- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/24/2017
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- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 228
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc912bb9-ce13-4a11-aa7b-bb0a12c2edb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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