republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1095.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, removes certain discontinuance of service requirements of utilities in Nashville/Davidson County; requires such utilities to establish policies in compliance with service practice standards and best practices for similarly situated utilities. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 52 and Title 65, Chapter 32."
description: "Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, removes certain discontinuance of service requirements of utilities in Nashville/Davidson County; requires such utilities to establish policies in compliance with service practice standards and best practices for similarly situated utilities. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 52 and Title 65, Chapter 32."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1095"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1095 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities", "Utility Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Marsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a053dee-9a5c-41b3-9b09-bb4d6f1df830"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1095&GA=111"
source_hash: "b9c21ea2b68cdcb12a6e960bf06d0fe6ce85dee5143caf951e49993c32fbe12b"
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 SB 1095 (111) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, removes certain discontinuance of service requirements of utilities in Nashville/Davidson County; requires such utilities to establish policies in compliance with service practice standards and best practices for similarly situated utilities. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 52 and Title 65, Chapter 32.

## 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/111/Bill/SB1095.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2019 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/10/2019 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019 2/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/20/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Marsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Utilities Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-07** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2019-03-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3-14-19
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-12** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-02** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-09** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 237
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 237
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a053dee-9a5c-41b3-9b09-bb4d6f1df830`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).