House adopts special-session rules after debate over 24-hour amendment deadline

Jan 27, 2025

The Tennessee House approved the ad hoc rules package for the special session after a floor debate about a 24-hour amendment filing deadline and whether expedited procedures would limit public notice and debate. The measure passed 71–22.

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The Tennessee House voted to adopt the ad hoc committee’s rules for the 1st extraordinary session of the 114th General Assembly after more than an hour of floor debate over amendment deadlines and expedited procedures. The clerk recorded a roll-call result of "I, 71, 22 nays," and the report was declared adopted.

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