republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-819.md

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Bill	Water Pollution - As enacted, revises provisions governing the enforcement of the Water Quality Control Act; clarifies that the department of environment and conservation is the sole state agency authorized to conduct investigations under the Act and that other state agencies may assist the department in satisfying its duties under the Act. - Amends TCA Title 69 and Title 70.	Water Pollution - As enacted, revises provisions governing the enforcement of the Water Quality Control Act; clarifies that the department of environment and conservation is the sole state agency authorized to conduct investigations under the Act and that other state agencies may assist the department in satisfying its duties under the Act. - Amends TCA Title 69 and Title 70.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 819	Tennessee SB 819 (110)	bill	Water Pollution	enacted	Halford Southerland	1	38	3	2017-02-08	2017-04-19	openstates	ocd-bill/407124c8-ae10-4ed2-8435-86113b337034	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0819&GA=110	abb966bc21ce826a836f1ca46db3269e4a36a1de22fdda83702736924abf93ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 819 (110) — Water Pollution - As enacted, revises provisions governing the enforcement of the Water Quality Control Act; clarifies that the department of environment and conservation is the sole state agency authorized to conduct investigations under the Act and that other state agencies may assist the department in satisfying its duties under the Act. - Amends TCA Title 69 and Title 70.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2017 Passed (1) — 90–0 (pass) · 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 3/13/2017 Passed — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Halford — primary (person)
• Southerland — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-08 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-09 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2017-02-13 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
• 2017-02-13 P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
• 2017-03-01 Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
• 2017-03-01 Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/8/2017
• 2017-03-07 Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/13/2017
• 2017-03-08 Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/14/2017
• 2017-03-08 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-10 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-03-13 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2017-03-14 Action def. in Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to 3/21/2017
• 2017-03-15 Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/21/2017
• 2017-03-17 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/20/2017
• 2017-03-20 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-03-20 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-03-20 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0107)
• 2017-03-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2017-03-21 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-23 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2017-03-29 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
• 2017-03-30 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017
• 2017-04-06 Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-04-06 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0126) amendment-withdrawal
• 2017-04-06 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2017-04-06 Comp. SB subst.
• 2017-04-07 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2017-04-10 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-04-10 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-04-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2017-04-17 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-04-19 Pub. Ch. 148
• 2017-04-19 Effective date(s) 04/17/2017
• 2017-04-19 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 148

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/407124c8-ae10-4ed2-8435-86113b337034. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).