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Vice Chairman Wright described the bill as a permissive measure enabling remote participation for members dealing with \"a family or medical emergency,\" military service, or inability to attend due to inclement weather. He said the bill places strict limits: a member may participate remotely no more than twice per year; no more than 20% of the membership may be remote at one meeting; the legislative body must provide real‑time audio or video access to the public; a clear audio or video recording must be made available as soon as practical and no later than two business days after the meeting; and the legislative body must adopt a policy under the bill's guidelines by a two‑thirds vote.

The committee adopted Amendment 4344, which Vice Chairman Wright said \"puts on the correct sunshine date.\" The amendment was adopted without recorded objection.

Deborah Fisher, executive director of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, testified in opposition. She voiced several concerns: that hybrid meetings can make it hard for the public to identify who is speaking or to hear remote participants; that \"family emergency\" is a broad exception that could be abused (she gave the hypothetical of a member stepping away for a child activity); and that the bill weakens an existing statutory agenda requirement by replacing a mandatory agenda with language that \"strongly urges\" providing an agenda for meetings using remote participation. Fisher urged stricter safeguards to preserve public access and audibility.

The clerk reported 4 ayes and 3 nos; the chair declared the ayes prevail and the bill moved to the next available State and Local Government calendar.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Cities & Counties Subcommittee\tMar 5, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Vice Chairman Wright presented House Bill 152 on March 5, 2025; the Cities & Counties Subcommittee approved the amended bill on a 4-3 vote.","taxTitle","Cities & Counties, House of Representatives, Committees, Legislative, Tennessee","taxId",79852,"location","Tennessee","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6297630,"Panel approves expanded TIF/PILOT use for affordable housing; open‑government group warns about removing public hearings",104,212000,316000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2509175-15a0be4dee3d3b2e990673196837c19c&start=212&end=316","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2509175-15a0be4dee3d3b2e990673196837c19c/thumbnail_212000.jpg","/articles/6297630/Tennessee/Panel-approves-expanded-TIFPILOT-use-for-affordable-housing-opengovernment-group-warns-about-removing-public-hearings","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6297630-0e39d08ac201812446b9240584abd5cc/orig.mp4?Expires=1775636811&Signature=Rp4Qpn0prLzbbFs2bycPFKPDW90JdDunNO9-vEu9BmrILqbwLO3OAFICuljAQdHplKsVVBQkCRZIQdeN3xf2H7nd72xkGKvnFlb9~Yw84N1IK30YC8IkpCWlEEWNfqOnqoKXcJjaymnkQ8r47YaXzXAZgW5WNXMWWjq~ts2pkISMnkURxTelINxupHiXbPoxBbWVZ7OYHjVmrxWdec2aaMkiC0~vc1GLgPnBgy5ovN0qOTzmOahetwY7f3ErbWKOJjfChiCGGXnO9anuzQfqVBW4iTu6zQZTrOfEYHTqC9GN7BsZmwO5pzE2N~h1AxHBbeNoOZzQDpJEZkT5dyXldA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","House Bill 1306, presented in committee on March 5, 2025 by Leader Cochran, would expand local industrial development tools — including tax increment financing (TIF) and payment‑in‑lieu‑of‑tax (PILOT) programs — to more broadly support the construction of affordable and workforce housing. The Cities & Counties Subcommittee voted 7-0 to move the bill to the next available State and Local Government calendar.

Leader Cochran described the bill as a means \"to incentivize the supply of affordable housing by amending the language for industrial development projects,\" allowing local governments to more broadly use TIF and PILOT programs as tools to increase housing supply amid population growth.

Deborah Fisher, executive director of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, testified as a public speaker and asked the committee to retain public‑hearing requirements when an Economic Impact Plan for a TIF is amended. Fisher warned that some amendments can be substantive — for example changing a TIF's geographic boundary or reallocating the share of local taxes used to pay bonds — and that eliminating a public hearing could cut the public out of major post‑approval changes. She cited a prior Chattanooga example where a stadium project expanded a TIF boundary after costs increased.

In response, Leader Cochran pointed to language in the bill stating that governing bodies required to approve an economic impact plan \"may approve amendments\" and that amendments would be considered at a public meeting, allowing public comment. Representative Dixie asked whether the committee could get a list of Brownfield redevelopment projects affected by the bill; Cochran said that list could be provided, likely through the Department of Economic and Community Development.

The clerk recorded 7 ayes and 0 nos; the chair declared the bill moved to the next available State and Local Government calendar.","Leader Cochran presented House Bill 1306 on March 5, 2025; the Cities & Counties Subcommittee voted 7-0 to move the bill to the next available State and Local Government calendar.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6297631,"Subcommittee advances bill adding prostate, breast and pancreatic cancers to Barry Brady Act",72,82000,154000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2509175-15a0be4dee3d3b2e990673196837c19c&start=82&end=154","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2509175-15a0be4dee3d3b2e990673196837c19c/thumbnail_82000.jpg","/articles/6297631/Tennessee/Subcommittee-advances-bill-adding-prostate-breast-and-pancreatic-cancers-to-Barry-Brady-Act","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6297631-92bd89459de1554d8f5ffb2346141380/orig.mp4?Expires=1775636811&Signature=ZdiHOPm2GQ1J8OKiBIZmfvhtCl2U9HHCoQyYX1m5t6Sqjl01GDZ1yvmcbUQYr4GrLhdANZwFJ~k~bWt6~W0RRUVdCIsBHVIwdpCF12Gs2~J~A631PLi0d8E2qbr6skIKJW2~nRFK23w5emNUkns8UXNb1sx~DuVn-eyIrz307AGWZPPQF~eniv5v7wLnUepD7TOlsunZVtCREwuU~aGdtPXfMpff7PwaSN7EIiu0mWKZufD0-fZ1jNr7J~NjqrHJgmOMsCouigrRyGJRrD6~vaso3w4SYY0LVWqZavkgDeVO-EDZrOdMpi4ZhZB0m913s4g80uYrr4f-gDcyYDqG-A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","House Bill 482, sponsored by Chairman Hicks, advanced out of the Cities & Counties Subcommittee on March 5, 2025, by a 7-0 vote to the next available State and Local Government calendar. The bill would add prostate, breast and pancreatic cancers to the list of cancers covered by the Barry Brady Act.

Chairman Hicks, presenting the bill, said: \"This legislation, House Bill 482, adds prostate, breast, and pancreatic cancers to the list of cancers included in the Barry Brady Act.\" The bill follows the 2019 Barry Brady Act, which creates a presumption that certain cancers and related conditions suffered by full‑time firefighters are work‑related for purposes of workers' compensation. The original act included non‑Hodgkin's lymphoma, colon cancer, skin cancer and multiple myeloma.

The measure drew no recorded questions before the roll call. The clerk reported 7 ayes and 0 nos; the subcommittee recorded that \"the ayes prevail\" and moved the bill to the next available calendar for State and Local Government.

After the vote, a committee member asked firefighters in the audience to stand and be recognized. The member noted Captain Don Dallenbach of the Hendersonville Fire Department, who had recently died of pancreatic cancer after more than 30 years of service.

The bill will now await scheduling on the committee's calendar for further consideration by the full State and Local Government committee.","The Cities & Counties Subcommittee voted unanimously to move House Bill 482 to the next available State and Local Government calendar. The bill would add prostate, breast and pancreatic cancers to the list covered under the Barry Brady Act, which creates a presumption for certain firefighter cancers in workers' compensation.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6297627,"Subcommittee advances bill changing vesting of development rights, offers optional administrative path for conditional use permits",353,540000,893000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2509175-15a0be4dee3d3b2e990673196837c19c&start=540&end=893","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2509175-15a0be4dee3d3b2e990673196837c19c/thumbnail_540000.jpg","/articles/6297627/Tennessee/Subcommittee-advances-bill-changing-vesting-of-development-rights-offers-optional-administrative-path-for-conditional-use-permits","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6297627-f9f67cba96da56876bba7e79cc3d81c1/orig.mp4?Expires=1775636812&Signature=PEO5w8gCAmw1L1MWoX0ugX7ITeKCINrJFGct-BjjcL~fUwihXLosIh-qpQwa8Nvfy2SyH1g5zX48b580XDwSgpitJBfu4HBugpDlik-t3RBrKWkdY0Z7MS7YvztcDqNQFcxwIQi5Q0xvg5Dk2S-6CNxlbuSncgXOgnJiJoT4HzE40zDYJLVIURPkgtcMvdFeAf2brqUvERdFOLODn6oGAr2oDJX2AigM9BloBoiGLHL~ZO5GYHFGQDDoFFy8Z3wlGiwSZ9hdeA87ptuGTsaNucDxKHaTQ4V~FuG-mRv0BN7d8RgXOgJANGx1NUza80Fa0HNkRQN8Wj4y7-RwkHVQDA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","On March 5, 2025, the Cities & Counties Subcommittee advanced House Bill 1326 to the next available State and Local Government calendar by a recorded 5-2 vote. Chairman Vaughn presented the bill, which would change the legal timing of vesting for development rights and permit a permissive administrative route for conditional use permits.

Chairman Vaughn said the bill would \"move that 3 year period back from approval to submission,\" explaining the change is intended to prevent a jurisdiction from altering land‑use rules after an applicant has submitted a complete permit application and before the permit is decided. The sponsor said the change is prospective only and would apply to actions after July 1, 2025.

Committee members debated the practical implications. Representative Mitchell described a local example in which a planned unit development (PUD) sat dormant and local rules changed in the interim; he asked whether the bill would reach back to revive older vesting. Chairman Vaughn answered it would not apply retroactively and reiterated the effective date. Another committee member and a presenting lawyer noted that jurisdictions vary in what constitutes a \"complete\" application and that moving the vesting clock to submission could shorten the effective entitlement period if application processing takes time.

The bill also permits — but does not require — municipalities to adopt an administrative approval process for conditional use permits, rather than treating those permits as a de novo or discretionary public hearing process; the sponsor said the change is optional for local governments.

The clerk reported 5 ayes and 2 nos; the chair declared the ayes prevail and moved the bill to the next available State and Local Government calendar.","House Bill 1326 would shift the start of vesting rights from permit approval to application submission and allow municipalities to adopt an administrative process for conditional use permits. The Cities & Counties Subcommittee voted 5-2 to move the bill to the next calendar.","actionData","errors"]

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