Tennessee Senate Bill SB0930

Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 2/5/25

Caption

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 11; Title 66; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 4; Title 68 and Title 69, relative to water.

Summary

SB0930 makes a narrow change to Tennessee’s water-related notice procedure in Tennessee Code Annotated § 69-3-303. The bill extends the deadline for a required action or response from three business days to five business days. Based on the cited code section and the bill caption, the amendment appears to concern water regulation and related administrative processes, rather than creating a new program or regulatory scheme. The bill takes effect July 1, 2025. Its practical effect is to give affected parties two additional business days to comply with or respond to the requirement in § 69-3-303, which may ease timing pressures for regulated entities, agencies, or other stakeholders involved in water-related matters. Because the bill only changes a deadline, it is a limited procedural amendment rather than a broad policy overhaul.

Impact

SB0930 amends Tennessee Code Annotated § 69-3-303 by changing a statutory deadline from three business days to five business days. This directly affects the administration of the water-related provision in Title 69 and may alter compliance timing for parties subject to that section, including regulated entities, permit holders, or agencies administering water law requirements. No other statutes are changed by the bill text provided.

Sentiment

There is no committee transcript or recorded vote information available for SB0930 in the materials provided, so no direct legislative debate can be summarized. Based on the bill’s limited scope, the measure appears procedural and likely noncontroversial on its face, with the main observable effect being a modest extension of a statutory deadline. The absence of recorded opposition or discussion suggests no documented controversy in the available record.

Contention

No specific points of contention are documented in the provided transcripts or voting history. The only substantive policy choice in the bill is whether the deadline in § 69-3-303 should remain at three business days or be extended to five business days. Any disagreement would likely center on whether the additional time improves fairness and administrability or instead slows water-related enforcement or response timelines, but no participant views are available in the record provided.