republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-2217.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Pollution - As enacted, repeals the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Public Acts of 2017 that would eliminate the department of environment and conservation's concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) operating permit program on March 1, 2018; makes permit mandatory for certain animal feeding operations that use a liquid waste management system and optional for other animal feeding operations; and makes other revisions. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Chapter 293 of the Public Acts of 2017."
description: "Water Pollution - As enacted, repeals the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Public Acts of 2017 that would eliminate the department of environment and conservation's concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) operating permit program on March 1, 2018; makes permit mandatory for certain animal feeding operations that use a liquid waste management system and optional for other animal feeding operations; and makes other revisions. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Chapter 293 of the Public Acts of 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2217"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2217 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water Pollution"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Hawk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b2da743-fccf-4cd1-9d88-eb56891ecd02"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2217&GA=110"
source_hash: "a55fb4f0f57108cf4fc64877ef241e400fa61de263f91be433e49ab4869e04cd"
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 2217 (110) — Water Pollution - As enacted, repeals the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Public Acts of 2017 that would eliminate the department of environment and conservation's concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) operating permit program on March 1, 2018; makes permit mandatory for certain animal feeding operations that use a liquid waste management system and optional for other animal feeding operations; and makes other revisions. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Chapter 293 of the Public Acts of 2017.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB2217.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **93–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **29–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE ENERGY, AG., AND NAT. RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/15/2018 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Hawk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2018-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/15/2018
- **2018-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2018
- **2018-02-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-02-22** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0679) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-02-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0600)
- **2018-02-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0596)
- **2018-02-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-26** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-02-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-02-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-02-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-07** Pub. Ch. 523
- **2018-03-07** Effective date(s) 02/28/2018
- **2018-03-07** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 523

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b2da743-fccf-4cd1-9d88-eb56891ecd02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).