---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Authorities - As enacted, removes the requirement that the board of a water and wastewater treatment authority that does not provide water service include a person in the field of law. - Amends TCA Section 68-221-605."
description: "Water Authorities - As enacted, removes the requirement that the board of a water and wastewater treatment authority that does not provide water service include a person in the field of law. - Amends TCA Section 68-221-605."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2035"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2035 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water Authorities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gravitt", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fa0428f-2fc7-48f4-9fc4-b84302926345"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2035&GA=110"
source_hash: "32ac1865f8e16b1324e6746646eefa8656d5a55f42e1ef77365ffc6c5295a8e3"
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 2035 (110) — Water Authorities - As enacted, removes the requirement that the board of a water and wastewater treatment authority that does not provide water service include a person in the field of law. - Amends TCA Section 68-221-605.

## 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/HB2035.pdf)

## Votes

- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/20/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 2/14/2018 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **95–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2018 2/22/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gravitt — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Reset on cal. for 3/5/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-05** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0700) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Senate Reset on calendar 3/22/18
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0743)
- **2018-03-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-22** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-29** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Pub. Ch. 696
- **2018-04-17** Effective date(s) 04/09/2018
- **2018-04-17** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 696

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fa0428f-2fc7-48f4-9fc4-b84302926345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).