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Votes at a glance: selected House floor actions April 15, 2025
Summary
A roundup of selected bills considered and recorded on the Tennessee House floor during Tuesday’s session, including final tallies and brief descriptions of each item.
Selected recorded actions on the Tennessee House floor for April 15, 2025 — brief summaries and final recorded votes based on the House transcript.
- Senate Bill 158 (elementary recess/physical activity): increased recommended recess from 15 to 40 minutes daily for elementary students; final floor vote recorded as passed (rollcall recorded as 95 yeas, no nays). Sponsor argued it will improve classroom behavior and academic outcomes.
- Senate Bill 713 (military recruiter access to schools): requires school districts to provide monthly cafeteria access for military recruiters and periodic presentations; final recorded vote passed (recorded as 93 yeas, no nays).
- Senate Bill 870 (teacher evaluation advisory committee/landscape analysis): directs the Department of Education to convene a teacher evaluation advisory committee and conduct a landscape analysis of evaluation practices; final vote recorded passed (recorded as 87 yeas, 2 nays, 86 present reported in transcript contexts).
- Senate Bill 245 (Tennessee District Attorney General’s Conference privileges and closed meetings): extends certain confidentiality protections for legal counsel and permits appointment of pro tem in civil proceedings (expanded from criminal only); floor debate included questions on retroactivity; final recorded vote passed (recorded as 73 yeas, 21 nays at passage in transcript).
- Senate Bill 252 (criminal injuries compensation changes): requires state treasurer to compare the program’s maximum award limit to the national average and publish certain determinations by specified dates; passed (recorded as 93 yeas, 19 nays in floor record).
- Senate Bill 464 (pretrial release/bond minimum): set a 10% floor of face value for bonds in criminal cases; final passage recorded (71–20–3 recorded in transcript context; the clerk recorded 71 yeas, 20 nays, 3 present on some votes; transcript indicates bill passed).
- Senate Bill 1237 (bail bonds reporting): requires quarterly reporting and creates an audit process to surface overextended bondsmen and ensure payment of statutory $12 fees; passed (final recorded vote noted as unanimous by clerk in transcript contexts, recorded as passed).
- Senate Bill 359 (health professional self-prescribing/peer supervision): clarifies conditions under which prescribers may treat themselves or immediate family and allows board actions including private orders involving peer supervision; passed (transcript recorded as adopted on final vote).
- Senate Bill 345/others on family and adoption, foreclosure notices, and juvenile/court provisions: several family-law and court-related bills were considered and passed; where recorded, vote tallies are included in the official transcript.
This roundup lists selected items with outcomes recorded on the House floor transcript. Many bills were passed with committee amendments; a number of sponsor-proposed floor amendments were tabled or withdrawn. For full roll-call details consult the House Clerk’s official vote sheets.
