# Tennessee HB 0894: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 69, relative to the board of ground water management.

Tennessee HB 0894, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 69, relative to the board of ground water management., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-27 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 0894
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 69, relative to the board of ground water management.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2025-05-27, Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Boards and Commissions
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 9 (203 yes, 20 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Tennessee groundwater board gets new membership: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the law reorganizes Tennessee’s Board of Ground Water Management and extends its scheduled termination to June 30, 2027. The five-member board includes three voting members, each licensed in Tennessee as both a well driller and pump installer. Each must have five consecutive…
- New oversight for well drilling licenses: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, well driller and installer applicants must undergo board review before receiving a Tennessee license. The board reviews applications, gives the approved test, and interviews each applicant without other applicants present. It recommends whether the environment commissioner s…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-22 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2025 | pass | 33 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-21 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 | pass | 81 | 11 |   |
| 2025-04-17 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 11 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-17 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 27 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-17 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 19 | 8 |   |
| 2025-04-07 | House | HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE | pass | 11 | 1 |   |
| 2025-04-01 | House | HOUSE AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-19 | House | HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (36)

- 2025-05-27: Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- 2025-05-27: Pub. Ch. 507
- 2025-05-21: Signed by Governor.
- 2025-05-09: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House)
- 2025-05-08: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-28: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House)
- 2025-04-22: Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House)
- 2025-04-21: Passed H., as am., Ayes 81, Nays 11, PNV 0 (House)
- 2025-04-21: H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0318) (House)
- 2025-04-21: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0239) (House)
- 2025-04-17: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-17: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-17: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee (House)
- 2025-04-17: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2025-04-16: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-14: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-14: Placed behind the budget (House)
- 2025-04-09: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-08: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-04-07: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2025-04-02: Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/7/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-01: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee (House)
- 2025-03-26: Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 4/1/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-25: Action def. in Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee to 4/1/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-19: Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/25/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-19: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee (House)
- 2025-03-17: Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/19/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-12: Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-03-12: Ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee - Government Operations for Review (House)
- 2025-02-06: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. (House)
- 2025-02-05: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2025-02-04: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- HA0318 (Substitute), 2025-04-21: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0318.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0507.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0720.pdf)
- HA0239: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0239.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0894.pdf)
- SA0245: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0245.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0318 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0318.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0507.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0720.pdf)
- [HA0239 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0239.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0894.pdf)
- [SA0245 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0245.pdf)

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- [HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0162-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0894-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).