republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2443.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utility Commission - As enacted, authorizes the commission to, upon petition, designate a provider or reseller of domestic public cellular radio telephone service as an eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to federal regulations for purposes of providing Lifeline service. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 65."
description: "Public Utility Commission - As enacted, authorizes the commission to, upon petition, designate a provider or reseller of domestic public cellular radio telephone service as an eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to federal regulations for purposes of providing Lifeline service. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 65."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2443"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2443 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Utility Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Cochran"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a96479d1-f9fb-4b0a-9b79-933cfbeef0fc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2443&GA=112"
source_hash: "c83ef138aa8b784366b5091a3f231c43a9b7429f1cf4c22a00539dfc7208229d"
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 2443 (112) — Public Utility Commission - As enacted, authorizes the commission to, upon petition, designate a provider or reseller of domestic public cellular radio telephone service as an eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to federal regulations for purposes of providing Lifeline service. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 65.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0680** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0680.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0566** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0566.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2443.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/10/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/9/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Cochran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-10** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0566)
- **2022-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0680) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 789
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 789

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a96479d1-f9fb-4b0a-9b79-933cfbeef0fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).