Tennessee House adopts adjournment resolution, passes consent calendar and schedules joint convention

The Tennessee House of Representatives adopted House Joint Resolution 37 to adjourn the organizational portion of the 114th General Assembly and to set the date to convene the 2025 regular session, passed the consent calendar on final consideration and recessed to prepare for a joint convention to elect constitutional officers.

House leaders placed the adjournment resolution and consent calendar at the top of the organizational session. Leader Lambert moved adoption of House Joint Resolution 37, and the speaker put the question on the resolution; the speaker declared the resolution adopted after the voice vote. Jeremy Zachary moved passage of the consent calendar on final consideration under House Rule 50; Miss Clark recorded the vote as 96 in favor and zero opposed, which the speaker said constituted a constitutional majority and declared the calendar passed.

Several members moved to withdraw specific bills from committee or the house. Representative Hemmer successfully moved to withdraw the item identified in the transcript as "HAR 6" from committee and the house without objection. Hemmer also moved, and the house ordered without objection, the withdrawal of House Bill 82 from committee and the house. Representative Barrett moved to withdraw House Bill 137; that motion was ordered without objection. Representative Howe moved to withdraw House Bill 74; that motion encountered objection and the transcript records the objection (outcome: objection noted).

Pursuant to SJR 14, Leader Cochran moved that the House stand in a brief recess to prepare for a joint convention to elect constitutional officers, and also moved that after the convention the House recess until 9 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. The speaker announced "Without objection, the house stands in recess till 9AM on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025." The House recessed to prepare for the joint convention.

Votes and formal outcomes recorded during the session were procedural in nature: adoption of HJR 37 (adjournment of the organizational session) (adopted), passage of the consent calendar (96–0 recorded), multiple successful withdrawals from committee/house (as noted), and at least one withdrawal motion that drew an objection (House Bill 74). No substantive policy debate or amendments to bills' text are recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.

The session included routine roll call announcements and brief welcoming remarks. The House was recorded at 96 members present for the consent calendar vote and later at 97 members present during subsequent roll call. The schedule set the House to reconvene at 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, following the joint convention to elect constitutional officers.

Votes at a glance: - House Joint Resolution 37 (adoption to provide for adjournment of the organizational session and convening of the 2025 regular session): adopted (voice vote; speaker declared ayes have it). Mover: Leader Lambert. Second: not specified. - Consent calendar (final consideration under Rule 50): passed. Recorded vote: 96 yes, 0 no. Mover: Jeremy Zachary. - Withdrawal motions (ordered without objection unless noted): "HAR 6" withdrawn (mover: Rep. Hemmer); House Bill 82 withdrawn (mover: Rep. Hemmer); House Bill 137 withdrawn (mover: Rep. Barrett). House Bill 74 withdrawal: objected (mover: Rep. Howe; objection noted). - Recess/joint convention: House recessed to prepare for joint convention and to reconvene at 9 a.m. Jan. 16, 2025, pursuant to SJR 14. Mover: Leader Cochran. Speaker: declared recess without objection.

Because the provided transcript segment records procedural and organizational actions, it contains no recorded floor debate on bill text, policy hearings, or committee reports to summarize. The recorded actions are primarily procedural steps required to complete the House's organizational duties and set the schedule for the upcoming regular session.