---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, requires that interest income accruing on investments and deposits as a result of the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee's collection of rates to customers of a water system or wastewater system operated by the authority be credited to a separate account and carried forward into each subsequent fiscal year. - Amends TCA Section 64-9-107."
description: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, requires that interest income accruing on investments and deposits as a result of the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee's collection of rates to customers of a water system or wastewater system operated by the authority be credited to a separate account and carried forward into each subsequent fiscal year. - Amends TCA Section 64-9-107."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1281"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1281 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regional Authorities and Special Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3764f11-beed-49cb-94e0-88fc821b22bc"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1281&ga=114"
source_hash: "ca8610a4bd91069577cc281fccbefc49710d2398e8a8245eb834e6ed2a0bd857"
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 1281 (114) — Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, requires that interest income accruing on investments and deposits as a result of the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee's collection of rates to customers of a water system or wastewater system operated by the authority be credited to a separate account and carried forward into each subsequent fiscal year. - Amends TCA Section 64-9-107.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0129** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0129.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1281.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/14/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/10/2025 Passed (2) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2025 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/4/2025
- **2025-03-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-07** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/10/2025
- **2025-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 3, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0129) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-11** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0129) `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 04/24/2025
- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 274

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3764f11-beed-49cb-94e0-88fc821b22bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).