---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Authorities - As enacted, deletes the provisions that would sunset the Hamilton County water and wastewater treatment authority created pursuant to this state's Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority Act, July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 7 and Title 68, Chapter 221."
description: "Water Authorities - As enacted, deletes the provisions that would sunset the Hamilton County water and wastewater treatment authority created pursuant to this state's Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority Act, July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 7 and Title 68, Chapter 221."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 951"
citation: "Tennessee SB 951 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water Authorities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b03c3781-8623-4e72-a763-2e222141a566"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0951&GA=110"
source_hash: "14b926f3a4804f64ba8c554dcacf60241ddae54204e5c8558994327d5f48b783"
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 SB 951 (110) — Water Authorities - As enacted, deletes the provisions that would sunset the Hamilton County water and wastewater treatment authority created pursuant to this state's Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority Act, July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 7 and Title 68, Chapter 221.

## 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/SB0951.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE ENERGY, AG., AND NAT. RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/29/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/6/2017 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE ENERGY, AG., AND NAT. RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/13/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2017 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **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`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-27** Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/6/2017
- **2017-02-28** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-07** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. EA&NR Comm. 3/29/17
- **2017-03-27** Re-refer to Senate EA&NR Comm.
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action def. in Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/6/2017
- **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
- **2017-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0238)
- **2017-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0142)
- **2017-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0106)
- **2017-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0342) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 340
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/09/2017
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 340

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b03c3781-8623-4e72-a763-2e222141a566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).