Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly
Tennessee SB855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, 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, relative to municipal utilities.
Status: Chaptered, May 27, 2026
Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary ON MARCH 19, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 855, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 rewrites this bill to establish 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 (a "participating municipality") 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. For purposes of the amendment, an "adjacency area" is the area outside the corporate limits of a participating municipality but contiguous to or adjacent to those limits and situated such that the participating municipality's provision of sewer service to that area could be reasonably construed under present law authorizing the Tennessee board of utility regulation to hear complaints based on a utility's failure to offer or extend service. Property outside the adjacency area is ineligible for sewerage service under this amendment. The housing surcharge is a fee or assessment for affordable housing within the corporate limits of the participating municipality as authorized by this amendment for sewer connection of properties located within the adjacency area. This amendment provides four methods of collecting the surcharge: collection from the property owner or developer; assessment against the property and permit payment over a period not to exceed five years, plus interest; allocation of increased property tax revenue based on the increased value of the property due to the development, pursuant to an interlocal agreement, and for a period not to exceed five years; and a hybrid-metho
What the bill says
An act to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, 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, relative to municipal utilities.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, 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, relative to municipal utilities. SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-52-110(b), is amended by deleting "ten (10) days" and substituting "ten (10) business days". SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. SB0855
Sponsors
- Taylor, Brent (R, 31) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Effective date(s) 05/22/2026
- : Pub. Ch. 1059
- : Signed by Governor.
- : Transmitted to Governor for action.
- : Signed by H. Speaker
- : Signed by Senate Speaker
- : Enrolled and ready for signatures
- : Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA1074)
- : Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/23/2026
- : Passed H., as am., Ayes 82, Nays 0, PNV 5
Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 (April 23, 2026): 31 yea, 0 nay, passed
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION (April 21, 2026): 82 yea, 0 nay, passed
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee (April 14, 2026): 23 yea, 1 nay, passed
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (April 8, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (April 8, 2026): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Commerce Committee (March 24, 2026): 19 yea, 1 nay, passed
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Common questions
- What is SB855?
- SB855 is a bill in the Tennessee Legislature (114th General Assembly): AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, 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, relative to municipal utilities.
- What does SB855 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, 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, relative to municipal utilities.
- What is the status of SB855?
- Chaptered as of May 27, 2026. Latest action: Effective date(s) 05/22/2026 (May 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB855?
- Taylor, Brent (R, 31).
- Where is the official record for SB855?
- On the Tennessee Legislature website: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0855&GA=114
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