---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Authorities - As enacted, expands the areas served by the West Tennessee River Basin Authority to include Perry, Stewart, Houston, and Humphreys counties. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 11."
description: "Water Authorities - As enacted, expands the areas served by the West Tennessee River Basin Authority to include Perry, Stewart, Houston, and Humphreys counties. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 11."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 520"
citation: "Tennessee SB 520 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water Authorities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65d08110-6598-4e09-bfe9-c92478c00557"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0520&ga=114"
source_hash: "265b0ecd59c3f0f6b01d95ca2b877e1f091d5b1482562e51eacde598359f4999"
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 520 (114) — Water Authorities - As enacted, expands the areas served by the West Tennessee River Basin Authority to include Perry, Stewart, Houston, and Humphreys counties. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 11.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0520.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/20/2026 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/15/2026 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/26/2025 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** 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 Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2025-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-14** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-17** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2026-04-09** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-09** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-14** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-04-17** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/20/2026
- **2026-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-04-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/13/2026
- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 966

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65d08110-6598-4e09-bfe9-c92478c00557`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).