republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1798.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - As enacted, provides that if a person who already possesses a private easement or right-of-way of less than 25 feet granted determines that additional land is needed for the purpose of extending utility lines to the enclosed land, then the person must file a new petition requesting additional land; enacts other related requirements in regard to such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16 and Title 54, Chapter 14."
description: "Real Property - As enacted, provides that if a person who already possesses a private easement or right-of-way of less than 25 feet granted determines that additional land is needed for the purpose of extending utility lines to the enclosed land, then the person must file a new petition requesting additional land; enacts other related requirements in regard to such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16 and Title 54, Chapter 14."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1798"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1798 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rudd", "Stevens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fe4abd3-3012-4d04-bcd0-6d4a8a37906a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1798&GA=112"
source_hash: "6375930964fb665103402cd9fb7a87415c2f24fed686d3da1590be1190498c66"
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 1798 (112) — Real Property - As enacted, provides that if a person who already possesses a private easement or right-of-way of less than 25 feet granted determines that additional land is needed for the purpose of extending utility lines to the enclosed land, then the person must file a new petition requesting additional land; enacts other related requirements in regard to such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16 and Title 54, Chapter 14.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0543** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0543.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0681** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0681.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1798.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/15/2022 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **78–15** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/15/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rudd — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-08** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 78, Nays 15, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0543) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0681)
- **2022-03-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-31** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 808
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 808

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fe4abd3-3012-4d04-bcd0-6d4a8a37906a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).