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TN HB 543

died on adjournment

Sewage - As enacted, prohibits a municipal sewer system or utility district that has operated a sewerage system outside of the corporate boundaries of the city or town for 25 years or more from ceasing operation of the sewerage system outside the corporate boundaries so long as the sewerage system maintains sufficient capacity; requires a utility system that provides wastewater service to provide a connection to the owner of real property for wastewater service when the utility system meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 35; Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221.

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Quick answers

Did TN HB 543 pass?

No. TN HB 543 died when the 114S1 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-15): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 461

What is TN HB 543 about?

TN HB 543 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Sewage - As enacted, prohibits a municipal sewer system or utility district that has operated a sewerage system outside of the corporate boundaries of the city or town for 25 years or more from ceasing operation of the sewerage system outside the corporate boundaries so long as the sewerage system maintains sufficient capacity; requires a utility system that provides wastewater service to provide a connection to the owner of real property for wastewater service when the utility system meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 35; Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221.”.

Who sponsors TN HB 543?

Vaughan is the primary sponsor of TN HB 543.

Introduced
2025-02-03
Latest action
2025-05-15 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 461
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Vaughanprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-29

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2025-02-03

    Intro., P1C.

    introduction

  3. 2025-02-05

    Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-02-05

    P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-05

    Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/12/2025

  6. 2025-03-12

    Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/19/2025

  7. 2025-03-12

    Action Def. in s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/19/2025

  8. 2025-03-19

    Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  9. 2025-03-19

    Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/26/2025

  10. 2025-03-26

    Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 4/1/2025

  11. 2025-03-26

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-04-01

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-04-01

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-04-02

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2025

  15. 2025-04-09

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  16. 2025-04-09

    Placed behind the budget

  17. 2025-04-16

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025

  18. 2025-04-17

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025

  19. 2025-04-17

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025

  20. 2025-04-17

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2025-04-17

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2025-04-21

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  23. 2025-04-21

    Comp. SB subst.

  24. 2025-05-15

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 461

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 3/26/2025 Passed (5)

    2025-03-26 · pass · 9-0

  • HOUSE AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/1/2025 Passed (4)

    2025-04-01 · pass · 14-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Jones J: not voting

  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (2)

    2025-04-17 · pass · 27-0

  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (3)

    2025-04-17 · pass · 11-0

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 (1)

    2025-04-21 · fail · 0-0

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