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Tennessee House passes consent calendar; attempt to send HB 622 to education committee fails
Summary
The Tennessee House of Representatives approved its consent calendar, advancing multiple measures on third reading, while a separate motion to have House Bill 622 heard by the Education Committee this week was objected to and did not pass. The chamber also agreed to stand in recess until 9 a.m. Thursday.
The Tennessee House of Representatives on Wednesday passed its consent calendar and later recessed the floor until 9 a.m. Thursday, while a separate motion to send House Bill 622 to the Education Committee for hearing this week was objected to and failed.
The consent calendar—a bundle of noncontroversial measures placed together for a single vote—was approved on third and final consideration after Chair Louder moved for passage “in keeping with Rule 50,” and the clerk reported that no objections had been filed. “Having received a constitutional majority, I declare the consent calendar passed,” the speaker said after the clerk announced the vote result.
The consent-calendared items were advanced without roll-call detail read into the record, a common practice for routine measures the…
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