republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-857.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Boats, Boating - As enacted, requires a marina, livery, or other rental operation to provide motorboat orientation to a renter before hiring, leasing, or renting a motorboat to the renter. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9."
description: "Boats, Boating - As enacted, requires a marina, livery, or other rental operation to provide motorboat orientation to a renter before hiring, leasing, or renting a motorboat to the renter. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 857"
citation: "Tennessee SB 857 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boats", "Boating"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Crowe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2a4116c-f2b7-4a8a-a8fb-25aee176957d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0857&GA=111"
source_hash: "cc5b7c804c4e23f6e95fa43c8e9992596941a6b4f11cda130fc42e93cce033e4"
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 857 (111) — Boats, Boating - As enacted, requires a marina, livery, or other rental operation to provide motorboat orientation to a renter before hiring, leasing, or renting a motorboat to the renter. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0207.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0219.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0263.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0857.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/3/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **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 3/19/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0219)
- **2019-04-15** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0263)
- **2019-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0207) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 267
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 267

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2a4116c-f2b7-4a8a-a8fb-25aee176957d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).