---
type: "Bill"
title: "Boats, Boating - As enacted, limits the fish and wildlife commission's authority to regulate only certain paddlecraft rental operations; revises the reporting requirement for paddlecraft rental operations; designates records provided to TWRA by a paddlecraft rental outfitter confidential and not to be open for inspection by members of the public. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 11; Title 69, Chapter 9 and Title 70."
description: "Boats, Boating - As enacted, limits the fish and wildlife commission's authority to regulate only certain paddlecraft rental operations; revises the reporting requirement for paddlecraft rental operations; designates records provided to TWRA by a paddlecraft rental outfitter confidential and not to be open for inspection by members of the public. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 11; Title 69, Chapter 9 and Title 70."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 407"
citation: "Tennessee HB 407 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boating", "Boats"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reedy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc046461-db59-4202-9571-874d26c5dd61"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0407&GA=113"
source_hash: "348e82ee9634223c23a5875f29c851d93ef81feadafdd362c34530a3f42c7115"
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 HB 407 (113) — Boats, Boating - As enacted, limits the fish and wildlife commission's authority to regulate only certain paddlecraft rental operations; revises the reporting requirement for paddlecraft rental operations; designates records provided to TWRA by a paddlecraft rental outfitter confidential and not to be open for inspection by members of the public. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 11; Title 69, Chapter 9 and Title 70.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0155** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0155.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0141** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0141.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0407.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/3/2023 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2023 3/16/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/8/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2023 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reedy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/8/2023
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/15/2023
- **2023-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2023
- **2023-03-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2023
- **2023-03-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0155) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0141)
- **2023-04-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02** Effective date(s) 04/25/2023
- **2023-05-02** Pub. Ch. 235

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc046461-db59-4202-9571-874d26c5dd61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).