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Finance, Ways and Means advances implementation, bond and 18 bills; votes at a glance
Summary
After the budget discussion, the committee returned from recess and advanced a packet of bills — including the Budget Implementation Act, a bond authorization bill and 16 additional measures — forwarding them to calendar and rules. The committee recorded votes on each item as listed below.
After a morning of fiscal debate, the Finance, Ways and Means Committee reconvened and advanced a package of bills to calendar and rules, including the Budget Implementation Act (House Bill 14‑08), a bond authorization bill (House Bill 14‑07) and a slate of local and policy measures. Many items were considered with little extended debate; the clerk recorded roll call results for each vote.
Votes at a glance (committee action: advance to calendar and rules unless noted):
- House Bill 14‑08 (Budget Implementation Act / BIMP): amendment language adopted; moved to calendar and rules — committee recorded 27 ayes, 0 nays. (See discussion about moving tire tax earmarking to a separate bill.) - House Bill 14‑07 (Bond bill): bond authorizations adopted, including an added $25 million general‑obligation authorization for the MTSU Murphy Center; moved to calendar and rules — 26 ayes, 0 nays. - House Bill 6‑20 (pilot: convenient voting centers, Hamblin County): moved to calendar and rules — 23 ayes, 0 nays. - House Bill 3‑81 (Premier Resort omnibus): moved to calendar and rules — 17 ayes, 3 nays, 5 present not voting. - House Bill 11‑25 (teacher protections, amended): moved to calendar and rules — 26 ayes, 0 nays. - House Bill 11‑28 (post certification for constables): moved — 26 ayes, 0 nays. - House Bill 4‑87 (county clerk $2 fee for courthouse security and training): moved — 26 ayes, 0 nays. - House Bill 4‑91 (accept opioid abatement settlement funds): moved — 26 ayes, 0 nays. - House Bill 12‑04 (DUI evidence and suspension changes): moved — 22 ayes, 0 nays, 4 present not voting. - House Bill 13‑73 (school turnaround pilot extension): moved — 23 ayes, 2 nays, 1 present not voting. - House Bill 6‑36 (permissive county–city infrastructure partnerships, residential/commercial update): amended and moved — 25 ayes, 0 nays. - House Bill 9‑77 (bridge statute for public safety retirement participation): moved — 25 ayes, 0 nays. - House Bill 13‑25 (Tennessee Farmland Preservation Fund): moved — 23 ayes, 1 nay. - House Bill 9‑23 (DEI prohibition): moved — 20 ayes, 7 nays (separate full article covers this debate). - House Bill 7‑83 (sober living pilot and local authority guardrails): moved — 25 ayes, 0 nays. - House Bill 8‑16 (driver points cap at 4 points): moved — 24 ayes, 0 nays, 1 present not voting. - House Bill 152 (permissive electronic participation for local legislative bodies): moved — 24 ayes, 0 nays. - House Bill 6‑27 (definitions and 8% lodging tax cap; grandfathering existing arrangements): moved — 26 ayes, 0 nays. - House Bill 9‑79 (allow certain physicians to be employed by hospitals under statutory size limits): moved — 23 ayes, 3 nays.
Many of the measures were described briefly by sponsors and advanced without extended debate; several carried amendments the committee placed on the bills before voting. Committee clerks recorded results on each roll call as listed above.
Next steps: All advanced bills will appear on the House calendar for potential floor debate; some — notably budget‑related measures — may be subject to further amendment on the floor.
Sources: Committee roll calls and on‑record descriptions.
