---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, designates three river segments located in Rhea County as Class I natural river areas. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 13."
description: "Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, designates three river segments located in Rhea County as Class I natural river areas. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 325"
citation: "Tennessee HB 325 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parks", "Natural Areas Preservation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Travis", "Yager"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11cc5321-260e-41f2-8b10-280b269d9d53"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0325&GA=111"
source_hash: "2b796357bcd3f2aac0e74409e5dd660fda21200dde9c302536db21b07397192f"
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 325 (111) — Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, designates three river segments located in Rhea County as Class I natural river areas. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 13.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0784** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0784.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0514** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0514.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0325.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020 6/4/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/2/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 3/10/2020 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/9/2020 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/26/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Travis — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-02-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0514)
- **2020-03-03** Meeting Canceled. Reset on Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee cal. for 3/10/20
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-10** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-17** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-27** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 6/2/2020
- **2020-06-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020
- **2020-06-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-09** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0784) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 715
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 715
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11cc5321-260e-41f2-8b10-280b269d9d53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).