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

HB 771: Boats, Boating - As introduced, requires a person to purchase a permit in order to operate a vessel on the intrastate waters of this state that is exempt from being numbered for identification in this state due only to the vessel having a valid number awarded to it pursuant to a federally approved numbering system of another state. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9.

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 771 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Boats, Boating - As introduced, requires a person to purchase a permit in order to operate a vessel on the intrastate waters of this state that is exempt from being numbered for identification in this state due only to the vessel having a valid number awarded to it pursuant to a federally approved numbering system of another state. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9. Primary sponsor: Powers. Most recent recorded action (March 26, 2025): Failed in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
PowersPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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. Failed in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
  2. Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/26/2025
  3. Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
  4. Action Def. in s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/19/2025
  5. Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
  6. Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
  7. Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
  8. P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee - Government Operations for Review
  9. Intro., P1C.
  10. Filed for introduction

Sources

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