---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, revises record-keeping requirements to include owners and operators of transfer stations. - Amends TCA Section 68-211-862."
description: "Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, revises record-keeping requirements to include owners and operators of transfer stations. - Amends TCA Section 68-211-862."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "Tennessee HB 311 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solid Waste Disposal"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41931a68-c095-47b2-9923-d3f68c3f586a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0311&GA=110"
source_hash: "d482fbea0c7a95c6da431da10cb053e4f633b73e5e283822d1b71b71e796a47d"
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 311 (110) — Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, revises record-keeping requirements to include owners and operators of transfer stations. - Amends TCA Section 68-211-862.

## 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/HB0311.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2017 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 3/29/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/24/2017 4/20/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-07** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Action def. in Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 282
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 282
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/04/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41931a68-c095-47b2-9923-d3f68c3f586a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).