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

SB 1725: Boats, Boating - As enacted, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of mooring a recreational vessel for more than 14 consecutive days at any one place along the water's edge of a reservoir or at any place within one mile of the water's edge; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9.

Enacted 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

SB 1725 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 15, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Boats, Boating - As enacted, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of mooring a recreational vessel for more than 14 consecutive days at any one place along the water's edge of a reservoir or at any place within one mile of the water's edge; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9. Primary sponsor: Tom Hatcher (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2026): Pub. Ch. 696.

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

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tom HatcherPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2

“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. Pub. Ch. 696
  2. Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
  3. Signed by Governor.
  4. Signed by H. Speaker
  5. Transmitted to Governor for action.
  6. Enrolled and ready for signatures
  7. Signed by Senate Speaker
  8. Subst. for comp. HB.
  9. Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0778)
  10. Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 15, PNV 7
  11. Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  12. Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0695)

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

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