republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-1838.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, prohibits political subdivisions from prohibiting by ordinance, resolution, regulation, code, or any other requirement, the connection or reconnection of a utility service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered to an individual customer. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68."
description: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, prohibits political subdivisions from prohibiting by ordinance, resolution, regulation, code, or any other requirement, the connection or reconnection of a utility service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered to an individual customer. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1838"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1838 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities", "Utility Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Swann"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5fda4f3-c572-412a-a0d4-6ec3246637b2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1838&GA=111"
source_hash: "8a137d744b4b80bf2c711b37d56af4c49177bbe17e5ce188f9e46b320b9b6f60"
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 1838 (111) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, prohibits political subdivisions from prohibiting by ordinance, resolution, regulation, code, or any other requirement, the connection or reconnection of a utility service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered to an individual customer. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0562** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0562.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0541** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0541.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1838.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2020 Passed (1) — **87–8** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020 2/27/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/12/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/25/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/25/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- Swann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-27** Assigned to s/c Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2020-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Utilities Subcommittee for 2/12/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Action def. in Commerce Committee to 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020
- **2020-02-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0541)
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-05** Reset on cal. for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-09** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 8, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0562) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-03-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 591
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 591
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/20/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5fda4f3-c572-412a-a0d4-6ec3246637b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).