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TN HB 794

died on adjournment

Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, establishes a process for a municipality that operates a sewerage system outside of its corporate boundaries and has imposed a moratorium on new sewer connections outside of its corporate boundaries for a period of five or more consecutive years to extend sanitary sewer service or allow sewer connection only to property located within an adjacency area if the property owner or developer agrees to pay, or the municipality assesses, a housing surcharge. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Quick answers

Did TN HB 794 pass?

No. TN HB 794 died when the 114S1 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-05-27): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1059

What is TN HB 794 about?

TN HB 794 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, establishes a process for a municipality that operates a sewerage system outside of its corporate boundaries and has imposed a moratorium on new sewer connections outside of its corporate boundaries for a period of five or more consecutive years to extend sanitary sewer service or allow sewer connection only to property located within an adjacency area if the property owner or developer agrees to pay, or the municipality assesses, a housing surcharge. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.”.

Who sponsors TN HB 794?

Vaughan is the primary sponsor of TN HB 794.

Introduced
2025-02-05
Latest action
2026-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1059
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Vaughanprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-04

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2025-02-05

    Intro., P1C.

    introduction

  3. 2025-02-06

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  4. 2026-02-18

    Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-02-18

    Ref. to State & Local Government Committee - Commerce Committee

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-02-25

    Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/4/2026

  7. 2026-03-04

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026

  8. 2026-03-04

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

    referral-committee

  9. 2026-03-11

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/18/2026

  10. 2026-03-11

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/18/2026

  11. 2026-03-18

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026

  12. 2026-03-18

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026

  13. 2026-03-24

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Commerce Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2026-03-25

    Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 4/1/2026

  15. 2026-04-01

    Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 4/8/2026

  16. 2026-04-01

    Action def. in Commerce Committee to 4/8/2026

  17. 2026-04-08

    Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/14/2026

  18. 2026-04-08

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  19. 2026-04-08

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026

  20. 2026-04-08

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  21. 2026-04-08

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2026-04-14

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026

  23. 2026-04-14

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2026

  24. 2026-04-14

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  25. 2026-04-21

    Comp. SB subst.

  26. 2026-05-27

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1059

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/4/2026 Passed (3)

    2026-03-04 · pass · 6-0

  • HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Commerce Committee 3/24/2026 Passed

    2026-03-24 · pass · 19-1

    Member-level votes (3)
    • Butler: not voting
    • Leatherwood: not voting
    • Salinas: not voting

  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/8/2026 Passed

    2026-04-08 · pass · 9-0

  • HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/8/2026 Passed

    2026-04-08 · pass · 20-0

  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2026 Passed (2)

    2026-04-14 · pass · 23-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Freeman: not voting

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026 4/14/2026 (1)

    2026-04-16 · fail · 0-0

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Official source

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0794&ga=114

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