republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-178.md

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Bill	Sewage - As enacted, prohibits the commissioner of environment and conservation from denying a permit for a septic system solely because a public sewer system is accessible in certain circumstances; requires that for residential real estate sales involving property consisting of one to four residential units, the potential future obligation to connect to the public sewer system must be disclosed by the seller to the purchaser in the same manner as, and subject to the same remedies, as other known defects. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 4.	Sewage - As enacted, prohibits the commissioner of environment and conservation from denying a permit for a septic system solely because a public sewer system is accessible in certain circumstances; requires that for residential real estate sales involving property consisting of one to four residential units, the potential future obligation to connect to the public sewer system must be disclosed by the seller to the purchaser in the same manner as, and subject to the same remedies, as other known defects. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 4.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 178	Tennessee SB 178 (111)	bill	Sewage	enacted	Gardenhire Hazlewood	3	36	6	2019-01-28	2019-04-15	openstates	ocd-bill/a32501b4-f6f6-4bfc-8dd0-5d075cc2ee49	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0178&GA=111	3c7a133d576cdb3cd872431335150d6820f02c14ffd5a497311b74a7ecde38b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 178 (111) — Sewage - As enacted, prohibits the commissioner of environment and conservation from denying a permit for a septic system solely because a public sewer system is accessible in certain circumstances; requires that for residential real estate sales involving property consisting of one to four residential units, the potential future obligation to connect to the public sewer system must be disclosed by the seller to the purchaser in the same manner as, and subject to the same remedies, as other known defects. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 4.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0079 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0050 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 0 2/27/2019 Passed — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/4/2019 Passed — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 3/5/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019 3/21/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2019 Passed — 91–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gardenhire — primary (person)
• Hazlewood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-28 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-30 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-01-31 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
• 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 Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/13/2019
• 2019-02-06 Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/12/2019
• 2019-02-12 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
• 2019-02-13 Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 2/27/2019
• 2019-02-20 Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
• 2019-02-27 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 0
• 2019-02-27 Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
• 2019-03-01 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/4/2019
• 2019-03-04 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-03-04 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0050)
• 2019-03-05 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-03-05 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-06 Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-07 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-03-13 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
• 2019-03-21 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
• 2019-03-25 Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 3, PNV 4 passage
• 2019-03-25 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0079) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-03-25 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-03-25 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-03-26 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-03-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-01 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-02 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-04-09 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-04-15 Pub. Ch. 116
• 2019-04-15 Effective date(s) 04/09/2019
• 2019-04-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 116

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a32501b4-f6f6-4bfc-8dd0-5d075cc2ee49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).