republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-742.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mining and Quarrying - As enacted, rewrites the Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 50; Title 59; Title 60; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Chapter 839 of the Public Acts of 2018."
description: "Mining and Quarrying - As enacted, rewrites the Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 50; Title 59; Title 60; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Chapter 839 of the Public Acts of 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 742"
citation: "Tennessee SB 742 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mining and Quarrying"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be9e35eb-4c2c-4b6d-96a7-6c635ee09068"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0742&GA=112"
source_hash: "d620f5e495bae8223e0a791799dc90ca262c6ca0b29c559d8eff5240473fc523"
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 742 (112) — Mining and Quarrying - As enacted, rewrites the Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 50; Title 59; Title 60; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Chapter 839 of the Public Acts of 2018.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0255** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0255.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0443** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0443.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0444** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0444.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0196** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0196.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0742.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/31/2021 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **66–25** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 3/30/2021 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY STEWART PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Failed — **27–63** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/7/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/21/2021 Passed — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/12/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021 4/28/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/27/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** P2C held on desk.
- **2021-01-27** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0196)
- **2021-04-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 66, Nays 25, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0443) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0255) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 05/26/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 548
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 548

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be9e35eb-4c2c-4b6d-96a7-6c635ee09068`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).