republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-2229.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Pollution - As enacted, specifies that compliance with a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the Water Quality Control Act will be deemed compliance for purposes of the provisions of the Act in regard to certain requirements and procedures. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1."
description: "Water Pollution - As enacted, specifies that compliance with a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the Water Quality Control Act will be deemed compliance for purposes of the provisions of the Act in regard to certain requirements and procedures. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2229"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2229 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water Pollution"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lollar", "Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8db5903-c94a-41d2-92b9-4f7579a62d5e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2229&GA=110"
source_hash: "cc0e19cf3e3582d213ccbaced1cb0b3c100a9b4c1eb3643d8d2f9c3fbe52ac95"
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 2229 (110) — Water Pollution - As enacted, specifies that compliance with a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the Water Quality Control Act will be deemed compliance for purposes of the provisions of the Act in regard to certain requirements and procedures. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.

## 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/SB2229.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **93–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE ENERGY, AG., AND NAT. RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2018 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lollar — primary (person)
- Southerland — 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** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-02-28** Reset on Final cal. of Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Senate Reset on calendar 3/22/18
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0741)
- **2018-03-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Reset on cal. for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1000) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 845
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 845

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8db5903-c94a-41d2-92b9-4f7579a62d5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).