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Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 1139: Water - As enacted, clarifies that if a point-of-entry treatment device is installed in a facility solely to soften hard water and, because of the installation of such a device, the house, building, or complex of buildings meets the definition of a public water system under the Tennessee Safe Drinking Water Act of 1983, then the facility constitutes a consecutive system, and is required to monitor the influent and finished water for hardness, alkalinity, and pH on a quarterly basis, and sodium on an annual basis, and report the results to the department of environment and conservation within 15 days of the end of the reporting period. - Amends TCA Title 68.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1139 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Water - As enacted, clarifies that if a point-of-entry treatment device is installed in a facility solely to soften hard water and, because of the installation of such a device, the house, building, or complex of buildings meets the definition of a public water system under the Tennessee Safe Drinking Water Act of 1983, then the facility constitutes a consecutive system, and is required to monitor the influent and finished water for hardness, alkalinity, and pH on a quarterly basis, and sodium on an annual basis, and report the results to the department of environment and conservation within 15 days of the end of the reporting period. - Amends TCA Title 68. Primary sponsor: Clark Boyd (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 29, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 233.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Clark BoydPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse46

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 233
  2. Sponsor(s) Added.
  3. Comp. SB subst.
  4. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025
  5. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/3/2025
  6. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
  7. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
  8. Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 4/1/2025
  9. Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/26/2025
  10. Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
  11. Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
  12. P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source