All Roll Calls
Yes: 633 • No: 200
TennesseeSB 2102114th General Assembly (2025-2026)Senate
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69, relative to utilities.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
Public Utility Commission
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Bill Overview
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County utility seats with city majority control
The law adds outside-area voting seats to covered municipal electric utility boards. The owning city must have at least 485,000 residents, or be in a county with that population. The population count comes from the 2020 or a later federal census. Municipality-operated utilities and specified energy or utility authorities are excluded. The home county can appoint one member for 3,500–130,000 customers served outside the owning city. Above 130,000 customers, it can appoint a second member. Each outside county can appoint one member when the utility serves at least 3,500 customers there. Localities can decline to appoint. Existing qualifying home-county seats as of May 1, 2026, can satisfy these requirements. A locality already holding a voting seat does not get a duplicate seat. City appointment rules give priority to the home county's city or town with the most outside customers. Its chief executive appoints the member, with majority approval from its governing body. When the home county uses the alternative county appointment rules, priority shifts to the city with the next-largest customer base. Outside-county appointments require the county chief executive's selection and majority approval from the county governing body. Appointees must live in the appointing locality and be utility customers, not utility employees or existing board members. Utilities must give required threshold notices by November 1; appointments are due the following January 1. New members start January 1, 2027, or the January 1 after service expands into an outside locality. The owning city can use an initial two-year term followed by four-year terms, or match its existing board schedule. Members can be reappointed. They are not city employees and have no automatic right to city pay, though the city can provide it. The original appointing authority fills vacancies through the same process. Removal follows regular board rules and requires notice to that authority. The owning city can add only enough regular seats to keep appointment control over a simple majority, despite other board-size limits. Beginning May 1, 2026, utilities with boards on that date cannot switch control to the city governing body. Conversion to an energy or utility authority must preserve appointments under this law. These rules do not directly change electric rates or household benefits.
Electric cooperative transfers need both sides' agreement
From September 1, 2026, through September 2, 2027, municipalities and electric cooperatives must agree to covered purchases or transfers. This covers cooperative electric distribution property and associated service rights. Transfers resulting from annexations completed before September 1, 2026, are exempt. The rule protects both sides from transfers without agreement, but limits transfers during this period. It does not directly require utility customers to pay or do anything.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
Janice Bowling
Republican • Senate
Todd Gardenhire
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/23/2026
Yes: 26 • No: 5
House vote • 4/23/2026
FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2026
Yes: 64 • No: 22
House vote • 4/23/2026
FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2026
Yes: 70 • No: 18
House vote • 4/20/2026
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2026
Yes: 69 • No: 23
Senate vote • 4/20/2026
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/20/2026
Yes: 21 • No: 11
Senate vote • 4/20/2026
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/20/2026
Yes: 21 • No: 11
House vote • 4/20/2026
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2026
Yes: 66 • No: 23
House vote • 4/20/2026
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 4 BY BOYD AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2026
Yes: 78 • No: 15
House vote • 4/20/2026
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2026
Yes: 69 • No: 23
House vote • 4/20/2026
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2026
Yes: 66 • No: 23
House vote • 4/20/2026
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 4 BY BOYD AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2026
Yes: 71 • No: 22
Senate vote • 4/7/2026
SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE
Yes: 6 • No: 2
Senate vote • 4/7/2026
SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE
Yes: 6 • No: 2
Actions Timeline
Effective date(s) 05/22/2026
5/27/2026Pub. Ch. 1116
5/27/2026Signed by Governor.
5/22/2026SenateTransmitted to Governor for action.
5/11/2026SenateSigned by H. Speaker
5/7/2026HouseSigned by Senate Speaker
5/6/2026SenateEnrolled and ready for signatures
5/5/2026SenateConf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 64, Nays 22 PNV 2
4/23/2026HouseConference Committee report adopted, Ayes 26, Nays 5
4/23/2026SenateConf. comm. appointed. (Reps. Boyd, Vaughan, Lamberth, Shaw)
4/23/2026HouseH. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4/23/2026
4/23/2026HouseConference Committee appointed (Taylor, Stevens, Lowe, Briggs, Akbari)
4/23/2026SenateSenate refused to recede from amendment
4/23/2026SenatePlaced on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/23/2026
4/23/2026SenateH. refused to recede from H. am. no. 2,3,4
4/22/2026HouseH. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/22/26
4/22/2026HouseSenate refused to concur in amendment
4/22/2026SenateSenate refused to concur in amendment
4/22/2026SenateSenate refused to concur in amendment
4/22/2026SenatePlaced on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2026
4/21/2026SenateSponsor(s) Added.
4/20/2026SenatePassed H., as am., Ayes 66, Nays 23, PNV 7
4/20/2026HouseH. adopted am. (Amendment 4 - HA1225)
4/20/2026HouseH. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA1186)
4/20/2026HouseH. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1185)
4/20/2026House
Bill Text
HA1185 (Substitute)
4/20/2026
HA1186
4/20/2026
HA1225
4/20/2026
Enrolled / Public Chapter
Fiscal Note
HA0920
Introduced
SA1005
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