---
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: "HB 1014"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1014 (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/64bf5fb6-bfcb-4293-89b9-ba910b03d6dd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1014&GA=110"
source_hash: "107f970290c35dc8b7df05dab103a36a8399133e7b1ff2c14b36848e98970161"
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 1014 (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/HB1014.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2017 4/13/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 3/29/2017 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2017 (2) — **0–0** (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** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **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** Action def. in Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **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** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **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.
- **2017-04-18** 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** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 220
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 220
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64bf5fb6-bfcb-4293-89b9-ba910b03d6dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).