---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Pollution - As enacted, removes the authority for the department of environment and conservation to define \"concentrated animal feeding operation\" (CAFO) more stringently than federal law requires. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1."
description: "Water Pollution - As enacted, removes the authority for the department of environment and conservation to define \"concentrated animal feeding operation\" (CAFO) more stringently than federal law requires. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 899"
citation: "Tennessee SB 899 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water Pollution"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Hawk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a56edf5-50e5-48ee-9b08-7c2d1b0720de"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0899&GA=110"
source_hash: "6b6b2f87dfb0924ef89cc9f082b79c811028e8f6673b48b01c9d61cef989d314"
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 899 (110) — Water Pollution - As enacted, removes the authority for the department of environment and conservation to define "concentrated animal feeding operation" (CAFO) more stringently than federal law requires. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.

## 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/SB0899.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE ENERGY, AG., AND NAT. RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0 3/29/2017 Passed — **6–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Hawk — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **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`
- **2017-03-07** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/22/2017
- **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
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-06** Re-ref. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules `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., as am., Ayes 78, Nays 14, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0349) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0181) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-19** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0237)
- **2017-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 293
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 293
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 03/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a56edf5-50e5-48ee-9b08-7c2d1b0720de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).