--- type: "Bill" title: "Water Authorities - As enacted, revises the process by which a city, metropolitan, or county government may create a new water or wastewater treatment authority. - Amends TCA Section 7-34-106; Section 7-35-432; Section 68-221-604; Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 10 and Section 68-221-1304." description: "Water Authorities - As enacted, revises the process by which a city, metropolitan, or county government may create a new water or wastewater treatment authority. - Amends TCA Section 7-34-106; Section 7-35-432; Section 68-221-604; Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 10 and Section 68-221-1304." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "111" identifier: "SB 1766" citation: "Tennessee SB 1766 (111)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Water Authorities"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Marsh"] version_count: 1 action_count: 35 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2020-01-21" last_action: "2020-07-02" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d76157f3-694c-4a0f-b31c-7b684419c88f" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1766&GA=111" source_hash: "9c9cb27335f5574e47ab217d5a492625f6e277ac0d6c8e19296bf5af893bdf1f" 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 1766 (111) — Water Authorities - As enacted, revises the process by which a city, metropolitan, or county government may create a new water or wastewater treatment authority. - Amends TCA Section 7-34-106; Section 7-35-432; Section 68-221-604; Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 10 and Section 68-221-1304. ## 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/111/Bill/SB1766.pdf) ## Votes - SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2020 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper - FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/8/2020 Passed — **94–0** (pass) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/8/2020 Passed — **94–0** (pass) · lower - HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/8/2020 6/4/2020 — **0–0** (fail) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper - HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 2/25/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower - HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/2/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Johnson — primary (person) - Marsh — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2020-01-21** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction` - **2020-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2020-01-22** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction` - **2020-01-23** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee - **2020-01-23** Intro., P1C. `introduction` - **2020-01-27** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2020-01-27** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee` - **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/25/2020 - **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/26/2020 - **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2020-02-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee - **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/3/2020 - **2020-02-28** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/2/2020 - **2020-03-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage` - **2020-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - **2020-03-03** Meeting Canceled. Reset on Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee cal. for 3/10/20 - **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/10/2020 - **2020-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/17/2020 - **2020-03-11** Meeeting Canceled. Reset on Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee cal. for 3/17/20 - **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; 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 Consent Calendar for 6/8/2020 - **2020-06-08** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage` - **2020-06-08** Subst. for comp. HB. - **2020-06-08** Comp. SB subst. - **2020-06-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. - **2020-06-11** Signed by H. Speaker - **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 720 - **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020 - **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 720 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d76157f3-694c-4a0f-b31c-7b684419c88f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).