republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/sb-880.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, generally prohibits a governmental agency from adopting a rule or establishing numeric criteria or numeric limitations applicable to a contaminant, pollutant, hazardous substance, solid waste, or hazardous waste that relates to drinking water, water pollution control, hazardous substances, contaminated site remediation, air quality, or solid or hazardous waste handling unless certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5."
description: "Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, generally prohibits a governmental agency from adopting a rule or establishing numeric criteria or numeric limitations applicable to a contaminant, pollutant, hazardous substance, solid waste, or hazardous waste that relates to drinking water, water pollution control, hazardous substances, contaminated site remediation, air quality, or solid or hazardous waste handling unless certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 880"
citation: "Tennessee SB 880 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure (UAPA)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a38bb046-0537-4ae5-b0bb-3374b7684524"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0880&ga=114"
source_hash: "13c9661d91e3d90e5efc13839672b2019df0a13a5de8c1a3bda83c0ba2e7a64b"
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 880 (114) — Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, generally prohibits a governmental agency from adopting a rule or establishing numeric criteria or numeric limitations applicable to a contaminant, pollutant, hazardous substance, solid waste, or hazardous waste that relates to drinking water, water pollution control, hazardous substances, contaminated site remediation, air quality, or solid or hazardous waste handling unless certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0228** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0228.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0251** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0251.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0880.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/3/2025 Passed (1) — **24–5** (pass) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee 2/26/2025 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025 Passed (2) — **62–27** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **74–22** (pass) · lower
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/26/2025 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/26/2025
- **2025-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2025-03-13** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2025
- **2025-04-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0251)
- **2025-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 74, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0228) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 228

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a38bb046-0537-4ae5-b0bb-3374b7684524`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).