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Votes at a glance: final actions taken on multiple bills during the Tennessee Senate floor session
Summary
Summary of final votes recorded on the floor for bills and resolutions considered during the session, with outcomes and key details.
The Tennessee Senate recorded final actions on multiple bills during the floor session. Below is a concise list of each bill or resolution that received a final vote (third- or final-consideration or concurrence), the outcome, vote tally when recorded, and short notes on amendments or follow-up requirements.
Senate Bill 44 — Passed (22–5) Notes: Optional doula verification for TennCare/MCO reimbursement; Department of Health rulemaking directed (Finance amendment adopted).
Senate Bill 437 — Passed (Ayes 29, Nays 1) Notes: Requires health plans that cover mental-health and substance‑use services to reimburse psychiatric collaborative care model services (Commerce amendment adopted).
Senate Bill 457 — Passed (Aye 28, Nays 0 recorded) Notes: Lowers the blood‑alcohol concentration threshold from 0.20 to 0.15 in specified aggravated vehicular assault/homicide provisions.
House Bill 64 (substitute for Senate Bill 472) — Passed (24–4) Notes: House bill concerning multi-occupancy restroom/changing-area segregation at residential educational programs offering overnight stays (House amendment/substitute adopted); floor debate on impacts to transgender people.
Senate Bill 522 / House Bill 502 — Passed (27–2) Notes: Authorizes TennCare coverage for diagnosis and treatment of Kleistra Syndrome, including genetic testing when medically necessary.
Senate Bill 561 — Passed (29–3) Notes: Authorizes TWRA to administer online boating tests; agency to set proctoring and verification standards.
Senate Bill 827 — Passed (25–5) Notes: Education committee amendment adopted; exempts certain accredited fully online, self‑paced private schools from class size, calendar, and vaccination requirements.
Senate Bill 1377 — Passed (27–3) Notes: Voluntary portable benefits for independent contractors; Commerce & Labor amendment clarifies employer protections.
Senate Bill 196 — Passed (Ayes 32, Nays 0) Notes: Changes to school letter‑grading inclusion thresholds (amendment adopted) — extends college & career readiness indicator inclusion to schools with 20+ graduates.
Senate Bill 916 / House Bill 375 (conform and substitute) — Passed (28–2) Notes: Requires local governments to document fee justifications for development-related fees over $250; enactment moved to 07/01/2026 (committee/house amendments incorporated).
Concurrences on House amendments and other message-calendar items - House Bill 713 (cemetery statute changes): Concurred (Ayes 32–0); House raised monument-installation rate to $0.75 per square inch with CPI escalator. - House amendment to Senate Bill 668 and others: Concurred as recorded on the message calendar (votes recorded in the transcript).
Several measures were rolled or postponed for later consideration (no final floor disposition on this day): - Senate Bill 280 (law‑enforcement civil‑immunity bill) was rolled to Thursday next for further clarification.
Sources: Floor roll calls and clerk tallies as recorded during the Senate floor session. For bills that included amendments adopted on the floor, notes indicate the committee or clerk amendment where the record specifies it.
