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SB0767 • 2026

Economic and Community Development, Dept. of

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 13; Title 65 and Title 67, relative to broadband.

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Sponsor
Bailey, Boyd
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the bill affects existing broadband projects or if it applies broadly across multiple sections of state law as initially stated in the candidate explanation.

Broadband Application Review Time Change

This bill changes the time limit for reviewing broadband project applications in Tennessee from thirty business days to thirty calendar days.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the time limit for reviewing broadband project applications in Tennessee from thirty business days to thirty calendar days.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Communities and local governments reviewing broadband project applications

Terms To Know

Broadband
High-speed internet service that allows fast data transfer.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if the review period is missed.
  • It's unclear how this change will affect existing broadband projects.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  2. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  3. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  4. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  5. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1146
By Boyd

SENATE BILL 767
By Bailey

SB0767
002799
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 7; Title 13; Title 65 and Title 67, relative to
broadband.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-3-709(a)(2), is amended by
deleting "thirty (30) business days" and substituting "thirty (30) calendar days".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.