The Tennessee Public Utility Commission appeared before the committee to present a repeal of obsolete telecommunications regulations. Tim Schwartz and Jerry Kettles said rules governing certain telephone-company business practices, consumer-billing practices, and 9‑1‑1 standards are outdated or superseded for carriers that elected deregulation under the Tennessee Market Regulation Act of 2009. The commission said it received no requests for a public hearing and no public comments during the rulemaking process.

The committee advanced the repeal package with a positive recommendation by voice vote in the House and a recorded roll call in the Senate. The commission said the rules are either obsolete, duplicative of federal requirements, or outside the commission’s post‑MRA jurisdiction.