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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Water - As enacted, extends to a person who has contracted for the right to store water in a reservoir owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the exclusive rights to any return flows generated directly or indirectly to that reservoir by the person. - Amends TCA Title 69 and Title 70."
+description: "Water - As enacted, extends to a person who has contracted for the right to store water in a reservoir owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the exclusive rights to any return flows generated directly or indirectly to that reservoir by the person. - Amends TCA Title 69 and Title 70."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "SB 818"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 818 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Water"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Southerland"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-08"
+last_action: "2017-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f3835ef-f31f-47e4-8a12-b049e04dc818"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0818&GA=110"
+source_hash: "b7b26dc98264b34ed920a775184c5973df956f82859e1de2ec9d3c2a3a97842c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 818 (110) — Water - As enacted, extends to a person who has contracted for the right to store water in a reservoir owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the exclusive rights to any return flows generated directly or indirectly to that reservoir by the person. - Amends TCA Title 69 and Title 70.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0818.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SENATE ENERGY, AG., AND NAT. RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2017 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2017 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hawk — primary (person)
+- Southerland — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
+- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
+- **2017-02-13** P1C.
+- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
+- **2017-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/27/2017
+- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/27/2017
+- **2017-03-23** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
+- **2017-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 4/4/2017
+- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
+- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2017-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0206)
+- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2017-04-04** Action def. in Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to 4/11/2017
+- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 4/11/2017
+- **2017-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
+- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2017
+- **2017-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2017-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0347) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2017-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2017-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 220
+- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
+- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 220
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f3835ef-f31f-47e4-8a12-b049e04dc818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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