Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Passed Senate 2 R cosponsors

SB 2022 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 54, relative to utility relocation projects.

Last action — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 22, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Stalled 30% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires the commissioner of transportation to establish rules governing reimbursement of relocation costs to a utility; requires reimbursement of at least $2.5 million for projects with utility relocation costs exceeding $2.5 million; requires the department to approve a utility owner's plan to accomplish the proposed new location of utility facilities in highway rights-of-way if the proposal would effectuate the relocation at the lowest cost to the utility and its ratepayers; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 54.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee - Government Operations for Review

  4. Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee

  5. Sponsor(s) Added.

  6. Filed for introduction

  7. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  8. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee

  9. Sponsor(s) Added.

  10. Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/4/2026

  11. Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/11/2026

  12. Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/11/2026

  13. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 131 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (131)

131 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2022 do?
Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires the commissioner of transportation to establish rules governing reimbursement of relocation costs to a utility; requires reimbursement of at least $2.5 million for projects with utility relocation costs exceeding $2.5 million; requires the department to approve a utility owner's plan to accomplish the proposed new location of utility facilities in highway rights-of-way if the proposal would effectuate the relocation at the lowest cost to the utility and its ratepayers; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 54.
Who sponsors SB 2022?
SB 2022 is sponsored by Reeves, Shane (Republican) and Walley, Page (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 2022?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 22, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
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