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Tennessee House advances two batches of bills, passes consent calendar; recess set for Feb. 12
Summary
The Tennessee House of Representatives on Feb. 11, 2025, introduced and advanced multiple bills in bulk, approved the consent calendar by unanimous voice, and recessed until 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 12, 2025.
The Tennessee House of Representatives advanced two large sets of bills and approved its consent calendar during a floor session on Feb. 11, 2025, then recessed until 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.
Members moved in bulk to introduce and advance measures. Representative Blair Lambreth moved that House bills 1,120 through 1,400 be introduced and passed on first consideration; the motion was adopted “without objection,” and the bills were introduced and passed on first consideration. A separate motion to pass House bills 945 through 1,119 on second consideration and to hold them on the desk or refer them to the appropriate standing committee also was made and carried without objection.
Chair Lady Moody moved passage of the consent calendar on third and final consideration under House Rule 50. The clerk reported the vote as 89 ayes and no nays, and the consent calendar passed. Representative Jones of Davidson read into the record the names of 15 enslaved men to be honored by a House joint resolution that was listed on the consent calendar; the resolution’s listing and any placement on the calendar were handled as part of the consent vote.
Clerical and scheduling items announced during the session included a finance budget hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday (the clerk indicated a recess until that time), an insurance committee time change to 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, and a Tennessee Department of Transportation legislative breakfast Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. in the Comptroller’s Volunteer Conference Room. Leader Cochran moved that the House stand in recess until 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025; that motion was approved “without objection,” and the chamber recessed.
The actions taken on the floor were procedural: introducing and advancing bill batches, approving the consent calendar, and scheduling committee and floor business. No individual roll-call tallies for the introduced bill batches or the second-consideration package were recorded on the floor transcript beyond the consent calendar vote count.
