---
type: "Bill"
title: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the board of ground water management effective July 1, 2025; makes related changes relative to the board. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 69."
description: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the board of ground water management effective July 1, 2025; makes related changes relative to the board. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 69."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 894"
citation: "Tennessee HB 894 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69ca875c-e955-4862-a9ce-473571971bca"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0894&ga=114"
source_hash: "d60f8991565e1b95d8d553264beaa6e585d97846e6ebfb5391949b4a0e4f6c1a"
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 894 (114) — Boards and Commissions - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the board of ground water management effective July 1, 2025; makes related changes relative to the board. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 69.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0239** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0239.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0318** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0318.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0245** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0245.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0894.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 3/19/2025 Passed (7) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (3) — **19–8** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/1/2025 Passed (6) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **81–11** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/7/2025 Passed — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (4) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (5) — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Todd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2025-03-12** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee - Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Action def. in Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee to 4/1/2025
- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 4/1/2025
- **2025-04-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Placed behind the budget
- **2025-04-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 81, Nays 11, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0318) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0239) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 507

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69ca875c-e955-4862-a9ce-473571971bca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).