Votes at a glance: Tennessee House approves constitutional amendments, education and infrastructure bills and dozens of measures

The Tennessee House completed final action on a wide set of bills and joint resolutions during a floor session that included constitutional amendments to be placed on the 2026 ballot, changes to environmental permitting, veterans’ and guard‑member benefits, and a string of administrative and programmatic measures.

The list below summarizes items taken up on the floor (motion to concur / passage on third reading), the vote tally as recorded on the transcript, and a short description drawn from sponsors’ floor explanations. Where the House recorded a roll‑call tally the clerk’s announced numbers are shown. For constitutional amendments that require voter approval, the House declared concurrence to send each proposed amendment to the November 2026 ballot.

Votes at a glance (selection from the floor diary):

- SJR 25 (constitutional amendment on bail): Approved by the House to proceed to the ballot (clerk tally recorded on floor: 84 yeas, 10 nays, 1 present-not-voting on the roll block announced). Sponsor said the amendment would let judges deny bail for particularly serious violent crimes; it will be placed before voters in the November 2026 gubernatorial election.

- SJR 1 (constitutional amendment to prohibit a statewide property tax): House declared concurrence; clerk announced 89 yeas, 6 nays (two‑thirds threshold met for referral to ballot). Sponsor said the amendment would prevent the legislature from authorizing a statewide property tax and preserve local property taxation.

- SJR 9 (Marshy’s Law — victims’ rights): House concurred; clerk announced 93 yeas, no nays.…