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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 916"
citation: "Tennessee SB 916 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water Pollution"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marsh", "Southerland"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f3859ab-d130-4771-b021-17e4de187c98"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0916&GA=111"
source_hash: "58a104b9fda80ee77469ab32cbf88767aaded7553ff48d564414455a7828c061"
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 916 (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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0118.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0107** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0107.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0916.pdf)
## Votes
- 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 — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **7317** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · 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) — **00** (fail) · lower
## 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 Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **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 Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/20/2019
- **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** 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.
- **2019-04-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **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** Pub. Ch. 110
- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 04/11/2019
- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 110
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f3859ab-d130-4771-b021-17e4de187c98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).