republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-259.md

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Bill	Water Pollution - As enacted, specifies that an alternatives analysis required by rule of the department of environment and conservation as part of the process of obtaining a discharge permit for a transportation project does not need to include alternative road locations but must include other measures to avoid and minimize impacts to resource values. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.	Water Pollution - As enacted, specifies that an alternatives analysis required by rule of the department of environment and conservation as part of the process of obtaining a discharge permit for a transportation project does not need to include alternative road locations but must include other measures to avoid and minimize impacts to resource values. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 259	Tennessee HB 259 (111)	bill	Water Pollution	enacted	Marsh Southerland	3	36	6	2019-01-29	2019-04-15	openstates	ocd-bill/13cdd270-7575-4d66-a5b9-7a65935191ce	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0259&GA=111	a4ce833d963989351bfd5815d024ea61645cebf7fd7b09df6c6b18d4ec540f26	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 259 (111) — Water Pollution - As enacted, specifies that an alternatives analysis required by rule of the department of environment and conservation as part of the process of obtaining a discharge permit for a transportation project does not need to include alternative road locations but must include other measures to avoid and minimize impacts to resource values. - 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. Amendment HA0118 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0107 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 3/12/2019 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — 73–17 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/13/2019 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Marsh — primary (person)
• Southerland — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-29 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-01-31 P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
• 2019-02-20 Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
• 2019-02-20 Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
• 2019-02-26 Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/12/2019
• 2019-02-27 Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-12 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-13 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-03-15 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
• 2019-03-18 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-03-18 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0107)
• 2019-03-19 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-03-20 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-21 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
• 2019-03-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
• 2019-04-01 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-04-01 Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 17, PNV 1 passage
• 2019-04-01 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0118) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-04-01 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-02 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-02 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-04-03 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-04-03 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-04-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 110
• 2019-04-15 Pub. Ch. 110
• 2019-04-15 Effective date(s) 04/11/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13cdd270-7575-4d66-a5b9-7a65935191ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).