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Votes at a glance: Business & Utilities Subcommittee actions
Summary
The subcommittee handled several bills and took votes to advance multiple measures to full Commerce, rolled a few items and passed continuing-education and definitions changes for real estate and manufactured housing.
The Business & Utilities Subcommittee recorded several formal actions during the meeting.
Votes and dispositions
- House Bill 781 (sponsor: Representative Martin): Advance to full Commerce — recorded vote: 10 ayes, 0 nays. Description: disclosure requirements for wholesale real estate transactions (nature of equitable interest, intent to market, effective date of assignment disclosed at least three business days before assignment).
- House Bill 373 (sponsor: Representative Shaw): Advance to full Commerce — recorded vote: 10 ayes, 0 nays. Description: amendment adopted; bill concerns licensing for tattoo artists moving to Tennessee (allows apprenticeships under Tennessee license conditions; automatic licensure after two years if standards met).
- House Bill 974 (sponsor: Representative McAlmon): Advance to full Commerce — recorded vote: 10 ayes, 0 nays. Description: creates exception allowing a specific antique auto auction event at Nashville Superspeedway (sponsor estimated attendance and tax revenue; event televised nationally).
- House Bill 700 (sponsor: Representative Burkhart): Advance to full Commerce — recorded vote: 8 ayes, 1 nay (recorded). Description: removes continuing-education exemption for principal brokers licensed before Jan. 1, 2005 who supervise affiliate brokers; principal brokers will be subject to continuing education requirements.
- House Bill 1142 (sponsor: Chairman Boyd): Advance to full Commerce — recorded vote: 10 ayes, 0 nays. Description: updates Tennessee definition of manufactured homes to mirror Title 42 of the U.S. Code.
Rolled or deferred items
- House Bill 1309 (House Bill 13 09) was rolled one week on the committee's motion.
- House Bill 972 and House Bill 470 were rolled one week at the committee's opening housekeeping announcements.
Notes
- Where roll calls listed only tallies in the transcript, this summary reports the recorded tallies as announced by the clerk; specific aye/no votes by member name were not provided in the transcript for most items.
