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Bill Boats, Boating - As enacted, generally increases from 12 to 14, the age that a person must be to lawfully operate a personal watercraft upon the waters of Tennessee without being under the direct supervision of an adult, except that persons 12 and 13 may continue to operate a personal watercraft upon the waters of Tennessee without being under the direct supervision of an adult on Monday through Friday, excepting legal holidays. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9. Boats, Boating - As enacted, generally increases from 12 to 14, the age that a person must be to lawfully operate a personal watercraft upon the waters of Tennessee without being under the direct supervision of an adult, except that persons 12 and 13 may continue to operate a personal watercraft upon the waters of Tennessee without being under the direct supervision of an adult on Monday through Friday, excepting legal holidays. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 HB 940 Tennessee HB 940 (114)
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Tennessee HB 940 (114) — Boats, Boating - As enacted, generally increases from 12 to 14, the age that a person must be to lawfully operate a personal watercraft upon the waters of Tennessee without being under the direct supervision of an adult, except that persons 12 and 13 may continue to operate a personal watercraft upon the waters of Tennessee without being under the direct supervision of an adult on Monday through Friday, excepting legal holidays. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0217 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment HA0518 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment SA0247 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Amendment SA0440 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Amendment SA0470 (committee substitute) — source
  6. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 3/19/2025 Passed (6) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (3) — 250 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (4) — 120 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/1/2025 Passed (5) — 96 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 3 2/23/2026 Passed — 827 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — 7215 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/12/2026 Passed (1) — 274 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Camper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-04 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2025-02-05 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2025-02-06 P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-03-05 Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
  • 2025-03-12 Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
  • 2025-03-12 Action Def. in s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/19/2025
  • 2025-03-19 Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/25/2025
  • 2025-03-19 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-03-25 Action def. in Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee to 4/1/2025
  • 2025-03-26 Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 4/1/2025
  • 2025-04-01 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-04-01 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-02 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2025
  • 2025-04-09 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
  • 2025-04-09 Placed behind the budget
  • 2025-04-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025
  • 2025-04-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025
  • 2025-04-17 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-17 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2025
  • 2025-04-17 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-04-22 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2025-04-22 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2025-04-22 Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 15, PNV 3 passage
  • 2025-04-22 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-04-22 H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0518) amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-22 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0217) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2026-02-12 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 4 passage
  • 2026-02-12 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0247)
  • 2026-02-12 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0470)
  • 2026-02-12 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0440)
  • 2026-02-12 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2026-02-19 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 2/23/2026
  • 2026-02-23 H. concurred in S. am. no. 3 Ayes 82, Nays 7 PNV 0 HB0940
  • 2026-02-25 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2026-02-25 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-26 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-02-26 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-06 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-03-16 Effective date(s) 01/01/2027
  • 2026-03-16 Pub. Ch. 584

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8751ae56-f259-4bc7-b0ba-997150e20167. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).