---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, specifies that counties may use revenues from tire pre-disposal fee for disposal of waste tires, subject to certain present law requirements concerning shredding and cost of disposing of waste tires in landfills. - Amends TCA Title 67 and Title 68."
description: "Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, specifies that counties may use revenues from tire pre-disposal fee for disposal of waste tires, subject to certain present law requirements concerning shredding and cost of disposing of waste tires in landfills. - Amends TCA Title 67 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2607"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2607 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solid Waste Disposal"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byrd", "Walley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85550ae5-d705-4f4d-bce7-0666a01fbf9e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2607&GA=112"
source_hash: "e4295b94729e07b94ac08167b973e67f34e5a2e6758cccfca1f39d1b59d97e91"
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 2607 (112) — Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, specifies that counties may use revenues from tire pre-disposal fee for disposal of waste tires, subject to certain present law requirements concerning shredding and cost of disposing of waste tires in landfills. - Amends TCA Title 67 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2607.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 2/15/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/2/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/2/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2022 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/14/2022 3/10/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byrd — primary (person)
- Walley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-03** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-10** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-16** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 746
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 746

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85550ae5-d705-4f4d-bce7-0666a01fbf9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).