# Tennessee SB 2313: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 3, relative to utilities.

Tennessee SB 2313, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 3, relative to utilities., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Effective date(s) 03/25/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 2313
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 3, relative to utilities.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-02
- Last action: 2026-04-06, Effective date(s) 03/25/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Utilities, Utility Districts
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (40 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Some utility commissioners can serve more terms: benefit, low. Effective upon becoming law, Tennessee allows some utility district commissioners to serve more than two consecutive terms. Their county must have 28,800–28,900, 42,700–42,800, or 50,400–50,500 residents, including both ends of each range. Population is measured by the 2020 federal census or any la…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-24 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2026-04-06: Effective date(s) 03/25/2026
- 2026-04-06: Pub. Ch. 618
- 2026-03-25: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-03-13: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-03-11: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House)
- 2026-03-09: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-03-02: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-02-26: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/26/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/24/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0618.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2313.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2313.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0618.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2313.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2313.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2313-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).