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Votes at a glance: actions from the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
Summary
Summary of committee outcomes on multiple bills taken up during the session, including which bills advanced, which were rolled and which failed.
The Senate Judiciary Committee considered a series of bills during the hearing and took the following actions.
Key outcomes recorded in committee:
- SB 1004 (human-life exceptions) — Amended (Amendment 4937) and advanced to the Senate calendar (9 ayes). - SB 770 (local CBD/hemp oversight) — Amended (technical) and referred to the Finance Committee (9 ayes). - SB 28 (communications definition changes) — Passed out of committee and sent to the calendar (7 ayes, 2 no). - SB 1015 (foster‑care rights; amendment 6325) — Amendment adopted; forwarded to the calendar (9 ayes). - SB 30 — Rolled at sponsor’s request to next week (no action taken). - SB 475 (parole-eligibility changes) — Defeated in committee (3 yes, 5 no, 1 present). - SB 1170 (criminal responsibility / separate acts) — Rolled for one week to allow sponsor and stakeholders to refine language. - SB 924 (additional ADAs/public defenders/criminal investigators for judicial districts with prisons) — Passed and sent to Finance (9 ayes). - SB 1052 (Senate Bill 10 52; adoption/parental-consent and prospective adoptive-parent provisions) — Amended and reported to calendar (6 ayes, 1 no, 1 present not voting recorded in roll). - SB 1245 (professional bondsmen oversight) — Amendment adopted and sponsor agreed to roll to next week for final order. - SB 1065 (constable training; amendment 4266) — Amendment adopted; bill passed to Finance (9 ayes). - SB 222 (Tennessee Victims Act — grant program for law-enforcement and DAs) — Amendment adopted; reported to Finance (9 ayes). - SB 444 (Juvenile Justice Review Commission) — Passed to calendar (9 ayes). - SB 560 (prohibition on removal of children on basis of economic disadvantage; amended) — Amendment adopted; reported to calendar (9 ayes). - SB 943 (custody and child-safety changes; amendment 5313) — Amendment adopted; reported to calendar (9 ayes). - SB 944 (mental-health evaluations for certain offenders prior to sentencing; amendment 6206) — Amendment adopted and reported to Finance (9 ayes). - SB 1411 (assault against educational employee; amendment adopted; committee agreed to a committee roll to refine details).
Notes: This summary lists committee actions recorded in the hearing transcript for bills that had motions and roll calls or were explicitly rolled. Numbers and short descriptions are taken from sponsor remarks, witness testimony and recorded roll calls in the committee record. For bills where the committee adopted an amendment and stated a next step (calendar or finance), that next step is recorded above.
Ending: Items that were rolled or assigned to finance may return to the Judiciary Committee or proceed to the floor depending on subsequent scheduling and any amendments agreed to by sponsors and stakeholders.
