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HB 2402STATE · TennesseeIntroduced

Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes, during a state of emergency that is based on a natural emergency, an emergency utility worker to travel upon public roads and enter areas subject to curfew or restricted access orders when such access is necessary to perform emergency utilities restoration activities; provides that an emergency utility worker, and the emergency utility worker's employer, are immune from civil liability for injury, death, or property damage resulting from an act or omission of the emergency utility worker committed in good faith while engaged in emergency utilities restoration activities during a state of emergency declared that is based on a natural emergency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 39 and Title 58.

Latest action: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 988

Voted 5/27/2026View source

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How representatives voted

0 yea·0 nay·3 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 5/27/2026Comp. became Pub. Ch. 988
  2. 4/20/2026Sponsor(s) Added.
  3. 4/20/2026Comp. SB subst.
  4. 4/16/2026H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
  5. 4/15/2026Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
  6. 4/15/2026Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
  7. 4/15/2026Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
  8. 4/15/2026Rec for adopt by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  9. 4/15/2026Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
  10. 4/14/2026Placed behind the budget