---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sewage - As enacted, authorizes loans from the wastewater facility revolving loan fund for privately owned for-profit community wastewater treatment systems that are subject to state regulation and meet certain financial qualifications; expands the definition of local government under the Wastewater Facilities Act of 1987 to include a privately owned community wastewater treatment system subject to regulation by the Tennessee public utility commission, whether for-profit or not-for-profit. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 10."
description: "Sewage - As enacted, authorizes loans from the wastewater facility revolving loan fund for privately owned for-profit community wastewater treatment systems that are subject to state regulation and meet certain financial qualifications; expands the definition of local government under the Wastewater Facilities Act of 1987 to include a privately owned community wastewater treatment system subject to regulation by the Tennessee public utility commission, whether for-profit or not-for-profit. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 428"
citation: "Tennessee SB 428 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sewage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marsh", "Yager"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8444eb17-dea4-4020-ada4-e9d1c5f4dfbd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0428&GA=112"
source_hash: "159dedcf65490ac0fd573d635f832a4505c5c47b595eb75d9130c58eef352f1a"
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 428 (112) — Sewage - As enacted, authorizes loans from the wastewater facility revolving loan fund for privately owned for-profit community wastewater treatment systems that are subject to state regulation and meet certain financial qualifications; expands the definition of local government under the Wastewater Facilities Act of 1987 to include a privately owned community wastewater treatment system subject to regulation by the Tennessee public utility commission, whether for-profit or not-for-profit. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 10.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0030** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0030.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0051** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0051.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0428.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2021 Passed (1) — **83–6** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 3/2/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/10/2021 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marsh — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-15** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0051)
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-25** Passed H., Ayes 83, Nays 6, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0030) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-03-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-03-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-03-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-12** Effective date(s) 04/07/2021
- **2021-04-12** Pub. Ch. 99
- **2021-04-12** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 99

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8444eb17-dea4-4020-ada4-e9d1c5f4dfbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).