---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservation - As enacted, rewrites the Soil Conservation Districts Law to be the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law; makes corresponding changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Section 5-9-106; Section 6-58-104; Title 43, Chapter 14; Title 43, Chapter 34; Title 64 and Title 69, Chapter 6."
description: "Conservation - As enacted, rewrites the Soil Conservation Districts Law to be the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law; makes corresponding changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Section 5-9-106; Section 6-58-104; Title 43, Chapter 14; Title 43, Chapter 34; Title 64 and Title 69, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 764"
citation: "Tennessee HB 764 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86ffcdba-b798-4554-b848-fa603b4622f9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0764&GA=112"
source_hash: "d721ca9bf514b1e6cb85ea6a3be60decf4b71fbb7e5a25816ddb33345f637736"
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 764 (112) — Conservation - As enacted, rewrites the Soil Conservation Districts Law to be the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law; makes corresponding changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Section 5-9-106; Section 6-58-104; Title 43, Chapter 14; Title 43, Chapter 34; Title 64 and Title 69, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0061** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0061.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0096** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0096.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0764.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/1/2021 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/17/2021 Passed (4) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: Roll 30 places 3/18/2021 Failed (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 3/10/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/1/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 3/2/2021 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/22/2021 Passed (3) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee 3/17/2021 Passed (5) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-25** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Energy, Ag., & Nat. Resources Committee 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0096) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0061) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-03-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0096) `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0061) `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 203
- **2021-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/22/2021
- **2021-05-03** Pub. Ch. 203

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86ffcdba-b798-4554-b848-fa603b4622f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).