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Votes at a glance: Summary of bills and resolutions acted on during the Senate floor session
Summary
A roundup of final actions taken on bills and resolutions during the floor session, with brief descriptions and recorded vote tallies as stated on the floor.
Below are the bills and resolutions that received final action or recorded outcomes during the Tennessee Senate floor session (summaries are drawn from on-floor explanations and recorded tallies):
- Senate Bill 207 (House Amendment 1): farmland/forestland preservation technical amendments; Senate concurred in House Amendment No. 1. Vote recorded: Ayes 25, Nays 4. Outcome: concurred.
- Senate Bill 416 (House Amendment 1): virtual materials/textbook appeals process; Senate concurred in House Amendment No. 1. Vote recorded: Ayes 33, No nays. Outcome: concurred.
- Senate Bill 468: re-referred to Judiciary (sponsor requested return to committee). Outcome: re-referred.
- Senate Bill 536 (House Amendment 1): private institutions/athletic association opt-out notice provisions; Senate concurred. Vote recorded: Ayes 33, No nays. Outcome: concurred.
- Senate Bill 602 (House Amendment 2): teacher accrued leave compensation eligibility; Senate concurred. Vote recorded: Ayes 33, No nays. Outcome: concurred.
- Senate Bill 773 (House Amendment 2): concurrence recorded. Vote recorded: Ayes 33, No nays. Outcome: concurred.
- Senate Bill 937 (House Amendment 1): state-level changes; Senate concurred. Vote recorded: Ayes 27, Nays 6. Outcome: concurred.
- Senate Bill 1240 (House Amendment 2): sober living homes standards (amendment adds commissioner role); Senate concurred. Vote recorded: Ayes 32, No nays. Outcome: concurred.
- House Joint Resolution 98: urges US Congress action on PACT Act expansion and related investigations; Vote recorded: Ayes 27, Nays 6. Outcome: passed.
- House Joint Resolution 100: urges opioid settlement allocations with at least 25% to overdose reversal initiatives until death rate decreases by 25%; Vote recorded: Ayes 28, Nays 4. Outcome: passed.
- House Bill 69 (voter verification portal and upfront checks for citizenship/felony status): Senate concurred; Vote recorded: Ayes 33, No nays. Outcome: passed.
- House Bill 175 (drone retrieval of wounded deer on private property / TWRA rules): Senate adopted; Vote recorded: Ayes 32, No nays. Outcome: passed.
- House Bill 212 (specialty license plate extensions, Grand Ole Opry extension added in amendment): Senate adopted; Vote recorded: Ayes 32, No nays. Outcome: passed.
- House Bill 371 (court-required cognitive behavioral classes for offenders; fee cap and online availability): Senate passed; recorded tally shown on the floor. Outcome: passed.
- House Bill 1200 (persistent domestic-violence offender registry): Senate passed; Vote recorded: Ayes 32, No nays. Outcome: passed.
- House Bill 487 (court clerk fee increase and education fund; $2 assessment): Senate passed; Vote recorded: Ayes 31, Nays 2. Outcome: passed.
- House Bill 134 (remove Red 40 dye from elementary-school cafeteria foods): Senate passed; Vote recorded: Ayes 33, No nays. Outcome: passed.
- Senate Bill 843 (Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wetland acquisition fund flexibility; allow use for maintenance and law enforcement when balance exceeds threshold): Senate passed as amended; Vote recorded: Ayes 28, Nays 3. Outcome: passed.
- House Bill 9 79 (medical board revisions / anesthesiology assistant licensure and corporate practice of medicine adjustments): Senate passed as amended; Vote recorded on the floor. Outcome: passed.
- House Bill 6 79 / Senate Bill 9 20 (minor access to medical forensic exams): motion to send to Judiciary committee passed on floor vote (bill referred back to committee). Outcome: referred back to Judiciary.
- Numerous other consent calendar items, local bill consent calendars, and resolution calendars were adopted by voice or roll call as recorded on the floor (consent calendars 1, 2, and local consent calendar adopted by constitutional majority). Outcome: adopted as indicated on the record.
This roundup lists the on-floor recorded votes and short descriptions as stated on the Senate floor. For full legislative text, amendment language, and official roll-call records, consult the Senate clerk's official vote records and bill files.
