republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/hb-612.md

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Bill	Water Pollution - As enacted, expands from wetlands to all areas that an aquatic resource alteration permit may apply to the areas for which the department of environment and conservation is required to exempt from compensatory mitigation an amount of area 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 from having the activities for which a permit is sought covered under a general permit is the size of the area that the permit will apply to. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3.	Water Pollution - As enacted, expands from wetlands to all areas that an aquatic resource alteration permit may apply to the areas for which the department of environment and conservation is required to exempt from compensatory mitigation an amount of area 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 from having the activities for which a permit is sought covered under a general permit is the size of the area that the permit will apply to. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	114	HB 612	Tennessee HB 612 (114)	bill	Water Pollution	enacted	Vaughan	3	27	5	2025-01-30	2025-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/29076557-9545-4b96-8d36-9c620f9e6717	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0612&ga=114	09ae70b7cfca177acdc05552e9b57731609ec75437ae8305f0724e81126b3122	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 612 (114) — Water Pollution - As enacted, expands from wetlands to all areas that an aquatic resource alteration permit may apply to the areas for which the department of environment and conservation is required to exempt from compensatory mitigation an amount of area 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 from having the activities for which a permit is sought covered under a general permit is the size of the area 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 HA0224 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0246 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2025 4/3/2025 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2025 Passed — 14–1 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 3/26/2025 Passed (3) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/14/2025 Passed (1) — 26–6 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — 74–20 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vaughan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-30 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-02-03 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2025-02-05 Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-02-05 P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-12 Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
• 2025-03-19 Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
• 2025-03-19 Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/26/2025
• 2025-03-26 Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 4/1/2025
• 2025-03-26 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2025-04-01 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-02 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/3/2025
• 2025-04-03 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2025
• 2025-04-10 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2025-04-10 Passed H., as am., Ayes 74, Nays 20, PNV 0 passage
• 2025-04-10 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-04-10 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0224) amendment-passage
• 2025-04-14 Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 6 passage
• 2025-04-14 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0246)
• 2025-04-14 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2025-04-14 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2025-04-15 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2025-04-15 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2025-04-17 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2025-04-21 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-05-08 Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
• 2025-05-08 Pub. Ch. 342

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29076557-9545-4b96-8d36-9c620f9e6717. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).