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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "HB 940"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 940 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Boating", "Boats"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Camper"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-02-04"
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last_action: "2026-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8751ae56-f259-4bc7-b0ba-997150e20167"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0940&ga=114"
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source_hash: "10d62375254c3d6ea226539cd8806e032d787acd41ec3bd1cdf6a3149c4d734c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0217** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0217.pdf)
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2. **Amendment HA0518** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0518.pdf)
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3. **Amendment SA0247** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0247.pdf)
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4. **Amendment SA0440** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0440.pdf)
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5. **Amendment SA0470** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0470.pdf)
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6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0940.pdf)
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## Votes
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- 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) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (3) — **25–0** (pass) · lower
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- 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) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/1/2025 Passed (5) — **9–6** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 3 2/23/2026 Passed — **82–7** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **72–15** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/12/2026 Passed (1) — **27–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Camper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2025-02-06** P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-05** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
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- **2025-03-12** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
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- **2025-03-12** Action Def. in s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/19/2025
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- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/25/2025
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- **2025-03-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-25** Action def. in Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee to 4/1/2025
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- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 4/1/2025
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- **2025-04-01** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2025
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- **2025-04-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
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- **2025-04-09** Placed behind the budget
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- **2025-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025
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- **2025-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025
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- **2025-04-17** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-17** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2025
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- **2025-04-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2025-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
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- **2025-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 15, PNV 3 `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2025-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0518) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0217) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2026-02-12** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 4 `passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0247)
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- **2026-02-12** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0470)
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- **2026-02-12** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0440)
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- **2026-02-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
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- **2026-02-19** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 2/23/2026
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- **2026-02-23** H. concurred in S. am. no. 3 Ayes 82, Nays 7 PNV 0 HB0940
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- **2026-02-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-25** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-02-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-16** Effective date(s) 01/01/2027
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- **2026-03-16** Pub. Ch. 584
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8751ae56-f259-4bc7-b0ba-997150e20167`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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