Commerce and Labor committee advances multiple bills to calendars; several roll and one pass

The Tennessee Senate Commerce and Labor Committee on March 11, 2025, advanced a package of bills to committee calendars, including measures on real estate continuing education, electronic health records changes, tattoo apprenticeship rules, broadband policy and workers’ compensation updates. Several bills were rolled for further consideration and one was taken off notice at the sponsor’s request.

The committee moved a number of bills with little debate and recorded roll calls before the measures were sent to calendars. Among the bills the committee advanced: Senate Bill 8 86 (real estate continuing education for supervising brokers), Senate Bill 8 90 (electronic health records fixes), Senate Bill 4 97 (tattoo apprenticeship and licensure), Senate Bill 5 56 (broadband regulatory updates), Senate Bill 12 70 (Insurance Modernization Act), Senate Bill 13 09 (workers’ compensation updates) and Senate Bill 10 63 (prior-authorization notification changes). Several of these carried unanimous or near-unanimous yea votes in committee.

Two bills were rolled for further work: Senate Bill 4 02 (medical debt and credit reporting changes) was taken off notice at the sponsor’s request for further committee work; Senate Bill 4…