Commerce & Labor: committee actions and votes (selected items)

At a glance — select formal votes recorded during the March 11, 2025 Senate Commerce & Labor Committee meeting (motions listed as recorded in the committee transcript):

Consent calendar (appointment) - Motion: Approve consent calendar (confirmation of John High to the Tennessee Public Utilities Commission and related item). - Mover/Second: Moved and seconded on the record (clerk minutes). - Vote: 7–0 in favor (clerk recorded “7 ayes”).

Senate Bill 569 (pharmacy practice act cleanup) - Motion: Move SB 569 to committee on calendar. - Mover: Senator Sarah Reeves; Second: Chair (recorded on floor). - Vote: 7–0 in favor (final clerk tally: “7 ayes”).

Tennessee Public Utility Commission budget - Motion: Move PUC FY25–26 budget to the Finance Committee. - Mover: Chairman Bailey; Second: Vice Chair Taylor (as stated in transcript). - Vote: 8–0 in favor (clerk recorded “8 ayes”).

TennCare FY25–26 budget - Motion: Move TennCare budget to Health Committee. - Mover: Chairman Bailey; Second: Vice Chair Taylor. - Vote: 8–0 in favor.

Department of Labor & Workforce Development budget - Motion: Move Department of Labor and Workforce Development budget to Finance Committee. - Mover: Chairman Bailey; Second: Vice Chair Taylor (committee procedure). - Vote: 8–0 in favor.

Selected bills (committee roll calls) - SB 453 (charitable solicitation materials filing): Moved and seconded; Vote: 8–0 in favor. - SB 454 (charitable solicitation technical cleanup): Moved and seconded; Vote: 8–0 in favor. - SB 442 (registered agent resignation notice form): Moved and seconded; Vote: 7–1 (Senator Taylor recorded a “no”). - SB 318 (genome mapping restrictions; amended): Moved and seconded; Vote: 8–0 in favor (referred to Health). - SB 286 (MEWA for banks): Moved and seconded; Vote: recorded as 7–0 in favor by clerk. - SB 694 (industrial loan and thrift companies adjustments): Moved and seconded; Vote: 8–0 in favor. - SB 696 (property & casualty insurer investment limit modernization): Moved and seconded; Vote: 8–0 in favor. - SB 1068 (towing reform; amended): Amendment adopted; bill advanced to committee on calendar (final recorded tally: unanimous in committee for advancement). - SB 1079 (condo deposit/escrow change; amended): Amendment adopted; Vote: 8–0 in favor to move to calendar. - SB 559 (self‑storage updates): Moved and seconded; Vote: 8–0 in favor. - SB 763 (vape‑product regulation, amended): Amendment adopted; final committee vote to advance to Finance: 7–1 (Senator Sutherland recorded as opposed).

Notes on procedure and record: Where the transcript does not list a named mover or second for a specific motion, the committee followed standard procedure with the chair or designated member making the motion and another member (often vice chair) seconding; the clerk took roll calls and recorded tallies in the transcript. For bills that had substantive debate, the committee transcript and testimony are the primary record for quoted claims and policy positions.

Ending: Committee members indicated deadlines for filing substantive amendments and for placing bills on notice as the session advances.