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Votes at a glance: Finance, Ways and Means committee advances 9 bills, rolls 1 for further work
Summary
The committee advanced nine bills to calendar and rules and rolled one bill for one week during its April 1 meeting. The table below lists each bill, a brief description, and the committee outcome and recorded tally where available.
The House Finance, Ways and Means Committee considered 10 bills on April 1. The committee recorded roll-call tallies for most measures and advanced nine to calendar and rules; one bill was rolled one week for additional work.
Votes at a glance (committee action):
- House Bill 4-37 (Chairman Darby): Allows Henry County — under specified conditions — to rescind prior adoption of the county sheriff's civil service act of 1974 by a two-thirds vote of the county legislative body. Committee action: moved to calendar and rules. Clerk tally: 25 ayes, 0 nos.
- House Bill 11-29 (Chairman Farmer): Sponsor described the bill as providing protections for borrow pits (suppliers of aggregate material) used to aid rebuilding after Hurricane Helene. Committee action: moved to calendar and rules. Clerk tally: 27 ayes, 0 nos.
- House Bill 13-30 (Chairman Laffer): "Less Is More" licensing reforms package with two committee amendments adopted (drafting codes 6499 and 6815 were considered); committee adopted provisions including prohibiting online lottery sales (amendment) and other licensure reforms. Committee action: moved to calendar and rules. Clerk tally: 24 ayes, 2 nos.
- House Bill 13-09 (Chairman Martin): Administration bill for the West Tennessee Mega Site Authority permitting the authority to retain interest income from water/wastewater operations (technical fiscal/operations change). Committee action: moved to calendar and rules. Clerk tally: 27 ayes, 0 nos.
- House Bill 9-74 (Chairman McCallman): Exemption to authorize a single, weekend antique-auto auction event at the Nashville Superspeedway (expected large attendance and national broadcast). Committee action: moved to calendar and rules. Clerk tally: 28 ayes, 0 nos.
- House Bill 6-76 (Representative Stinnett): Requires that teachers at the Tennessee School for the Blind, Tennessee School for the Deaf and Alvin C. York Institute receive pay and benefits comparable to the LEAs where they are located. Committee action: moved to calendar and rules. Clerk tally: 28 ayes, 0 noes.
- House Bill 6-24 (Representative Hicks): Increases permissive postage fees for mailing license plates (from $5 to $7) and for mailing decals (from $2 to $3); permissive for counties. Committee action: moved to calendar and rules. Clerk tally: 28 ayes, 0 noes.
- House Bill 13-76 (Leader Lambert): (See separate article) Wholesale-tax and regulatory changes for hemp-derived products; committee action: moved to calendar and rules. Clerk tally: 27 ayes, 0 nos.
- House Bill 9-68 (Chairman Hawk): Vape-product registry and user fee to fund enforcement; committee action: rolled one week for further drafting and stakeholder discussion (no recorded roll-call on substantive bill in committee).
- House Bill 13-28 (Chairman Hulsey): Makes permanent a pilot program that provides offender-notification services to victims (program run by Tennessee Sheriffs' Association), previously scheduled to expire; committee action: moved to calendar and rules. Clerk tally: 24 ayes, 0 nos.
Ending: The committee recorded generally lopsided committee votes in favor of advancing the listed bills to the chamber calendar. House Bill 9-68 (vape registry) was rolled for one week to allow additional stakeholder negotiation and drafting work.
