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type: "Bill"
title: "Computers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure incurred to serve a data center; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65."
description: "Computers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure incurred to serve a data center; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1847"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1847 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Computers and Electronic Processing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7cbb87a-ed1e-4065-bfa7-604421626269"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1847&ga=114"
source_hash: "bf07afc8668909cd749ec4ee3add850332c84e9eeaa7b38dc7164c91083af3ee"
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 1847 (114) — Computers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure incurred to serve a data center; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0727** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0727.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1209.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA1006** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1006.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA1099** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1099.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1847.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (4) — **130** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **280** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **7614** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/18/2026 Passed — **210** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 4/16/2026 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY BUTLER AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed — **902** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (3) — **250** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/4/2026 Passed (5) — **70** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Butler — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 2/11/2026
- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-11** Action Def. in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee to 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-18** Action Def. in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee to 3/4/2026
- **2026-02-25** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-04** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-11** Action def. in Commerce Committee to 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
- **2026-03-25** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Placed behind the budget
- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
- **2026-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 76, Nays 14, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1209) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0727) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1099)
- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1006)
- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/07/2026
- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 961
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7cbb87a-ed1e-4065-bfa7-604421626269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).