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IntroducedFeb 04, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Tennessee House Bill
Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires a public utility to allow a customer of the utility to use a contractor of the customer's choosing for the installation of utility infrastructure; allows the public utility to provide reasonable construction and manufacturer specifications for the utility infrastructure; adds additional requirements related to the use of private contractors for installation of utility infrastructure. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.
Last Action See all actions
House • Feb 09, 2026: Comp. SB subst.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 796
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 0
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 96
- Alexander
- Atchley
- Barrett
- Baum
- Behn
- Boyd
- Bricken
- Brooks
- Bulso
- Butler
- Camper
- Capley
- Carringer
- Cepicky
- Chism
- Clemmons
- Cochran
- Crawford
- Darby
- Davis
- Dixie
- Doggett
- Eldridge
- Faison
- Farmer
- Freeman
- Fritts
- Gant
- Garrett
- Gillespie
- Glynn
- Grills
- Hakeem
- Hale
- Hardaway
- Haston
- Hawk
- Helton-Haynes
- Hemmer
- Gary Hicks
- Tim Hicks
- Hill
- Howell
- Hulsey
- Hurt
- Johnson
- Justin Jones
- Keisling
- Kumar
- Lafferty
- Lamberth
- Lankford
- Leatherwood
- Littleton
- Love
- Lynn
- Maberry
- Marsh
- Brock Martin
- Greg Martin
- McCalmon
- McKenzie
- Miller
- Mitchell
- Moody
- Moon
- Parkinson
- Pearson
- Powell
- Powers
- Raper
- Reedy
- Reeves
- Reneau
- Rudd
- Rudder
- Russell
- Salinas
- Shaw
- Sherrell
- Slater
- Sparks
- Stevens
- Stinnett
- Terry
- Todd
- Towns
- Travis
- Vaughan
- Vital
- Warner
- White
- Williams
- Wright
- Zachary
- Mr. Speaker Sexton
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Feb 09, 2026 | House
- Sponsor(s) Added.
- Comp. SB subst.
- Feb 05, 2026 | House
- H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/9/2026
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
- Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/5/2026
- Jan 28, 2026 | House
- Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/4/2026
- Jan 26, 2026 | House
- Meeting Canceled
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee
- Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 1/28/2026
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 1/21/2026
- Feb 10, 2025 | House
- Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee
- Feb 06, 2025 | House
- P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee
- Feb 05, 2025 | House
- Intro., P1C.
- Feb 04, 2025 | House
- Filed for introduction
Documents
- Fiscal Note SB0717
- Fiscal Memo for HA0545 (10429) - Amendment 1-0 to HB0796
- House Fiscal Note (Dashboard): Fiscal Note for HB0796 -- Business & Utilities Subcommittee 01/21/2026PDF
- House Supplemental (Dashboard): Scanned Fiscal Memo HB0796_HB 796 (010429).pdf -- Business & Utilities Subcommittee 01/21/2026PDF
- Video: House Floor Session - 39th Legislative Day Feb 9, 2026 (00h 53m)HTML
- Video: Calendar & Rules Committee Feb 5, 2026 (00h 04m)HTML
- Video: Commerce Committee Feb 4, 2026 (00h 11m)HTML
- Video: Business & Utilities Subcommittee Jan 21, 2026 (00h 07m)HTML


