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Tennessee Senate: Votes at a glance — April 7, 2025
Summary
A roundup of bills taken and final outcomes on the Senate floor April 7, 2025, including measures on child‑custody law, education, public safety, corrections, and other items the chamber passed without extended floor debate.
The Tennessee Senate completed a lengthy floor session on April 7, 2025. Below is a concise list of bills that the Senate acted on during the day, with the outcome recorded on the floor and the floor sponsor or committee explanation when supplied in the transcript.
Votes listed here reflect the floor actions and the clerk’s announcements in the provided transcript excerpt. Where the transcript recorded only a floor declaration of passage without a numeric roll call tally in the excerpt, the listing notes passage and references the transcript blocks that introduce and conclude debate for provenance.
Votes at a glance (selected items recorded in the transcript):
- Senate Bill 943 (child custody reforms; Judiciary Committee amendment adopted) — Passed. Sponsor: Senator Gordon‑Hyer. (Intro: transcript s=1815; Passage declared s=1926.)
- House Bill 660 (conforming technical changes for Irwin Utilities) — Passed. Sponsor: Senator Sutherland. (Intro: s=1948; Passage declared s=2024.)
- Senate Bill 1003 (reading screener / teacher evaluation alternative growth models; Education amendment adopted) — Passed. Sponsor: Senator Hensley/Chairman White (amendment). (Intro: s=2048; Passage declared s=2173.)
- Senate Bill 1004 (abortion exceptions clarifications; Judiciary amendment added definitions/examples) — Passed (covered in separate article). Sponsor: Senator Briggs. (Intro: s=2192; Passage declared s=3033.)
- Senate Bill 1024 (university board private meetings discretion; Education amendment adopted) — Passed. Sponsor: Chairman White. (Intro: s=3066; Passage declared s=3137.)
- Senate Bill 1052 (prospective adoptive parent authority; Judiciary amendment adopted) — Passed. Sponsor: Senator Hale. (Intro: s=3154; Passage declared s=3300.)
- Senate Bill 1115 (private prison reductions and corrections oversight amendment adopted) — Passed. Sponsor: Senator Pote. (Amendment and floor passage recorded s=4985–5091.)
- Senate Bill 1146 (data collection on drugs in mass‑fatal shootings; Health/Welfare amendment rewritten; floor passage) — Passed. Sponsor: Senator Crow. (Intro and amendment s=5132–5553.)
- Senate Bill 212 (public meeting agendas—expanded 48‑hour posting) — Passed as amended. Sponsor: Senator Briggs. (Intro/passage s=5611–5748.)
- Senate Bill 290 (student search guidance; Judiciary amendment) — Passed. Sponsor: Chairman Gordon‑Hyer. (Intro/passage s=5762–5867.)
- Senate Bill 357 (restoration of voter rights and child support compliance language; state and local government amendments) — Tabled to Thursday next in committee per floor (roll to Thursday); action recorded. (Intro/passage motion noted s=5896–6046.)
- Senate Bill 376 / House Bill 1188 (integration of IHRA antisemitism definition and Title VI coordinators) — Passed (covered in separate article). Sponsor: Senator Rose. (Intro/passage s=7399–8139.)
- Senate Bill 428 (non‑opioid medication parity for Medicaid/State employee plans) — Passed. Sponsor: Senator Reeves. (Intro/passage s=6835–6890.)
- House Bill 65 (city manager contracting for athletic facilities) — Passed. Sponsor: Senator Hensley (conforming to House bill). (Intro/passage s=6912–7042.)
- Senate Bill 510 (TCRS opt‑out for part‑time employees — technical and policy amendments) — Passed. Sponsor: Senator Wally. (Intro/passage s=7046–7167.)
- Senate Bill 1069 (automotive auction exemption; referred to Finance by floor request) — Amendment adopted and bill to Finance committee. Sponsor: Senator Pote. (Intro/amendment s=7196–7342.)
- Senate Bill 1282 (retrospective rule review and public‑health code updates) — Passed as amended (Finance/Health provisions). Sponsor: Leader Johnson. (Intro/passage s=8156–8325.)
- Senate Bill 1332 (release‑time employee background check requirements) — Passed (Education amendment requiring background checks). Sponsor: Senator Harshbarger. (Intro/passage s=8352–8447.)
- Senate Bill 1388 (Blind Vendors / Business Enterprise Program changes; Health/Welfare amendment) — Passed. Sponsor: Senator Watson. (Intro/passage s=8462–8692.)
- House Bill 908 (changes to subordinate‑loan index driving certain mortgage rates) — Passed, rollcall recorded in transcript: Ayes 24, Nays 5. Sponsor: Senator Yeager. (Intro/passage s=9026–9671.)
- Senate Bill 16 (student transfer eligibility for athletics; Education amendment adopted, one‑time transfer allowed) — Passed as amended. Sponsor: Senator Lowe. (Intro/passage s=9691–10475.)
Notes on the roll calls and procedures: the transcript includes multiple clerk roll‑call announcements and declarations of passage. Several items were handled by consent calendars or by unanimous or non‑objection actions. Where the transcript excerpt printed a numeric tally (example: House Bill 908 is recorded as Ayes 24, Nays 5), that tally is included above. Where the transcript records only a floor declaration of passage without a numeric roll call in the excerpt, the listing indicates passage and provides the transcript timestamps for the bill’s introduction and floor conclusion.
Items carried to future days or referred: several bills were rolled or referred to finance or future consideration per the clerk’s announcements (for example, multiple items were laid over or assigned to committee calendars).
