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type: "Bill"
title: "Water Pollution - As enacted, requires the department of environment and conservation to exempt from compensatory mitigation an amount of wetland equal in size to the area for which mitigation would not be required if the permit applicant qualified for coverage under a general permit, if the only factor that disqualifies an applicant for an aquatic resource alteration permit for wetland impacts from having the activities for which a permit is sought covered under a general permit is the size of the wetland that the permit will apply to. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3."
description: "Water Pollution - As enacted, requires the department of environment and conservation to exempt from compensatory mitigation an amount of wetland equal in size to the area for which mitigation would not be required if the permit applicant qualified for coverage under a general permit, if the only factor that disqualifies an applicant for an aquatic resource alteration permit for wetland impacts from having the activities for which a permit is sought covered under a general permit is the size of the wetland that the permit will apply to. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 629"
citation: "Tennessee SB 629 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water Pollution"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e144348-7829-4d35-974d-3447836d8f02"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0629&GA=113"
source_hash: "c4ddea0a05fd793334027c89b7662bcb2d35f57dde0bde997c37a32edc327f7d"
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 629 (113) — Water Pollution - As enacted, requires the department of environment and conservation to exempt from compensatory mitigation an amount of wetland equal in size to the area for which mitigation would not be required if the permit applicant qualified for coverage under a general permit, if the only factor that disqualifies an applicant for an aquatic resource alteration permit for wetland impacts from having the activities for which a permit is sought covered under a general permit is the size of the wetland that the permit will apply to. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0147** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0147.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0134** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0134.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0629.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/8/2023 Passed (2) — **72** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/16/2023 Passed (1) — **276** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2023 Passed (1) — **7314** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Taylor — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/8/2023
- **2023-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2023-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2023
- **2023-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-16** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0134)
- **2023-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-03-30** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 14, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0147) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-03-30** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Effective date(s) 01/01/2024
- **2023-04-25** Pub. Ch. 170
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e144348-7829-4d35-974d-3447836d8f02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).