Committee advances measures on voting access, campaign platforms and housing; several bills pass, some fail
The Senate State and Local Government Committee met in Nashville and voted on a broad slate of committee-member bills, advancing measures on restoring voting rights, creating an African American cultural grant fund, restricting certain online political donation practices and capping local lodging taxes while rejecting several contested measures, including a local-government/developer limitations bill.
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The Senate State and Local Government Committee met in Nashville on May 1, 2025, and considered a long calendar of committee-member bills, moving several to the full Senate calendar or other committees and rejecting others. The most consequential debates touched on restoring voting rights for people exiting the justice system, a new grant fund for African American historic sites, local-government/developer agreements, rules for online political donation platforms and pilot programs affecting jail voting.
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