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Senate roundup: consent calendars passed and multiple bills concurred or adopted on third reading
Summary
On a largely procedural day, the Tennessee Senate approved multiple consent calendars and concurred on numerous House amendments; several bills were advanced with brief floor explanations or technical changes.
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Senate moved a large set of items on consent calendars and on the message calendar, taking final action on multiple bills with limited floor debate.
What passed by consent and concurrence
- Consent Calendar No. 1 (memorializing/congratulatory resolutions): passed unanimously by voice vote and recorded as Ayes 33 for the roll call noted on the floor. - Consent Calendar No. 2 (general bills): passed; roll call on the floor recorded Ayes 33. - Local bill consent calendar: passed; roll call on the floor recorded Ayes 32.
Selected bills on the message calendar (final action on concurrence or third reading)
- Senate Bill 207 (farmland preservation; House Amendment 1): Sponsor explained the amendment broadens the bill to farmers and forest landowners and clarifies easement rules; the Senate concurred on floor consideration and the clerk recorded a constitutional-majority concurrence. - Senate Bill 416 (textbook/virtual materials approval process; House Amendment 1): Senate concurred; the amendment arranged a permanent virtual materials approval process by January 27. - Senate Bill 536 (higher-education competitive-exception opt-outs; House Amendment 1): Senate concurred. - Senate Bill 602 (teacher accrued-leave compensation to estates; House Amendment 2): Senate concurred. - Senate Bill 737, 937, 1240, and others listed on the calendar were taken up and the Senate recorded concurrence by constitutional-majority votes where noted.
Other notable floor votes and actions
- House Joint Resolution 98 (urging Congress on PACT Act expansion): passed (Ayes 27, Nays 6). - House Joint Resolution 100 (urging opioid-abatement allocation guidelines): passed (Ayes 28, Nays 4). - House Bill 691/House Bill 69 (voter-registration eligibility verification process): the Senate substituted and passed the measure on the floor (Ayes 33 recorded). - House Bill 175 (allowing TWRA rules for drone retrieval of wounded deer on private property): passed (Ayes 32 recorded). - House Bill 371/House Bill 300 and multiple other bills: adopted after committee amendments or as amended on the floor with recorded roll-call results in the transcript.
What to watch next
Several measures were sent to committees for follow-up (for example, the forensic-exam bill for minors was referred back to Judiciary). The Senate also suspended several rules to allow additional calendars and memorializing resolutions to be placed for the next day.
Ending note: Most items on the day's agenda proceeded with either unanimous consent, brief sponsor explanation, or recorded concurrence to House amendments. The session included a number of contested floor debates on high-profile topics, which are covered in separate articles.
