---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water - As enacted, clarifies that if a point-of-entry treatment device is installed in a facility solely to soften hard water and, because of the installation of such a device, the house, building, or complex of buildings meets the definition of a public water system under the Tennessee Safe Drinking Water Act of 1983, then the facility constitutes a consecutive system, and is required to monitor the influent and finished water for hardness, alkalinity, and pH on a quarterly basis, and sodium on an annual basis, and report the results to the department of environment and conservation within 15 days of the end of the reporting period. - Amends TCA Title 68."
description: "Water - As enacted, clarifies that if a point-of-entry treatment device is installed in a facility solely to soften hard water and, because of the installation of such a device, the house, building, or complex of buildings meets the definition of a public water system under the Tennessee Safe Drinking Water Act of 1983, then the facility constitutes a consecutive system, and is required to monitor the influent and finished water for hardness, alkalinity, and pH on a quarterly basis, and sodium on an annual basis, and report the results to the department of environment and conservation within 15 days of the end of the reporting period. - Amends TCA Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 258"
citation: "Tennessee SB 258 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pody"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91ebe6cf-1666-476a-b53c-f7cd858c282f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0258&ga=114"
source_hash: "eb18ead599fb918cfb144dc1a56d6d9ea2c81f175c8324967c7b31f5c376a6ba"
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 258 (114) — Water - As enacted, clarifies that if a point-of-entry treatment device is installed in a facility solely to soften hard water and, because of the installation of such a device, the house, building, or complex of buildings meets the definition of a public water system under the Tennessee Safe Drinking Water Act of 1983, then the facility constitutes a consecutive system, and is required to monitor the influent and finished water for hardness, alkalinity, and pH on a quarterly basis, and sodium on an annual basis, and report the results to the department of environment and conservation within 15 days of the end of the reporting period. - Amends TCA Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0220** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0220.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0258.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/31/2025 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/26/2025 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/10/2025 Passed — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025 Passed — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-28** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/31/2025
- **2025-03-31** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0220) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-08** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/10/2025
- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-10** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0220) `passage`
- **2025-04-14** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 233

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91ebe6cf-1666-476a-b53c-f7cd858c282f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).