Senate Judiciary Committee advances TBI request and a package of bills, including child‑advocacy funding and RICO expansion; most measures cleared for calendar/

Summary

The committee forwarded the TBI budget request to Finance and approved or advanced a number of bills to calendar or finance, including a child‑advocacy funding measure, RICO expansion to include animal fighting, revisions to foster‑care and adoption access, and criminal‑law changes. Vote tallies are listed below.

The Senate Judiciary Committee met to hear agency testimony and to consider a package of bills. Committee members voted to forward the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s FY25–26 request to the Finance Committee, then took action on multiple bills — placing several on the calendar and referring others to Finance. The committee recorded roll‑call tallies for each item and forwarded measures as summarized below.

Votes at a glance

- Consent calendar (includes Senate bills 12‑90 and 13‑14 on the consent list): Committee roll call: 8 ayes; outcome: consent calendar approved; Senate Bill 12‑90 to Calendar; Senate Bill 13‑14 to Finance.

- TBI FY25–26 request (agency presentation): Motion to approve and refer to Finance; roll call: 8 ayes; outcome: referred to Finance.

- Senate Bill 12‑66 (Department of Children’s Services, foster care extension changes, sponsor: Senator Rose): roll call: 8 ayes; outcome: referred to Finance.

- Senate Bill 12‑67 (adoption records, sponsor: Senator Hale): roll call: 9 ayes; outcome: referred to Calendar.

- Senate Bill 9‑16 (adds animal fighting to state RICO provisions, sponsor: Senator Hill): roll call: 7 ayes, 2 nos; outcome: referred to Calendar.

- Senate Bill 48 (opioid abatement settlement allocations; amendment added to include additional companies and…

Senate Judiciary Committee advances TBI request and a package of bills, including child‑advocacy funding and RICO expansion; most measures cleared for calendar/

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