Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly
Tennessee HB2385: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 35; Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221, relative to sewer systems.
Status: Chaptered, May 27, 2026
Fiscal Summary OTHER FISCAL IMPACT Due to multiple unknown variables, any mandatory increases in local expenditures cannot be determined with reasonable certainty. Bill Summary ON APRIL 21, 2026, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 2057 FOR HOUSE BILL 2385, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2057, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 adds to this bill and present law that the utility system is not required to provide a connection to wastewater service until requested to do so by the property owner. This amendment also adds that, following such a request, a utility system is required to provide the connection when the utility system: (1) Has an existing gravity sewer line located on or adjacent to the owner's real property within the street right-of-way, public access easement, or public utility easement; or (2) Has an existing sewer force main located on or adjacent to the owner's real property that can be accessed using technology designed for such an application. ON APRIL 22, 2026, THE SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENT #2.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
House Finance, Ways, and Means 1 Amendment No. 2 to HB2385 Hicks G Signature of Sponsor AMEND S e n ate Bill No. 2057* House Bill No. 2385 by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-82-710, is amended by deleting subsection (a) and substituting: (a) A utility system, as defined in § 7-82-701(b), that provides wastewater service shall provide a connection to the wastewater service upon request of a real property owner when the utility system: (1) Has an existing gravity sewer line located on or adjacent to the owner's real property within the street right-of-way, public access easement, or public utility easement; or (2) Has an existing sewer force main located on or adjacent to the owner's real property that can be accessed using technology designed for such an application. SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. HA1204