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Finance, Ways and Means committee advances eight bills to calendar and rules
Summary
The Tennessee House Finance, Ways and Means Committee advanced eight bills to the full calendar and rules committee on March 25, 2025; each measure passed the committee by unanimous voice vote and will proceed to next legislative consideration.
The Finance, Ways and Means Committee advanced eight bills to the calendar and rules committee during its March 25, 2025, meeting, with each measure approved by unanimous committee vote.
Most bills drew brief descriptions from their sponsors and little floor debate before the committee clerk recorded voice votes. Each item was reported out of committee to the next stage: calendar and rules.
Votes at a glance
- House Bill 760 (sponsor: Chairman Darby): Allows schools to keep an emergency stock of inhalers for students experiencing asthma attacks. Committee vote: 22 ayes, 0 nos. Motion outcome: advanced to calendar and rules.
- House Bill 530 (sponsor: Chairman Eldridge; amendment by Chairman Williams): As amended, the bill addresses voter education online testing; an amendment caps a fee at $15 (replacing the previous $10 cap). Committee vote: 23 ayes, 0 nos. Motion outcome: advanced to calendar and rules.
- House Bill 1060 (sponsor: Chairman Howe): Allows county clerks to raise the voluntary fee for selling TWRA hunting and fishing licenses to $3 to cover clerks' costs after the TWRA shifted retail to a third-party vendor. Committee vote: 22 ayes, 0 nos. Motion outcome: advanced to calendar and rules.
- House Bill 329 (sponsor: Chairman Martin): Permits Tennessee banks to enter into multiple-employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) with the North Carolina Banking Association to form a risk pool for health-care costs. Committee vote: 23 ayes, 0 nos. Motion outcome: advanced to calendar and rules.
- House Bill 20 (sponsor: Rep. Reidy): Designates the State Guard as a separate entity within the Military Department for budgetary purposes. Committee vote: 23 ayes, 0 nos. Motion outcome: advanced to calendar and rules.
- House Bill 683 (sponsor: Leader Lambert; amendment adopted): Establishes an enhanced armed-guard licensure option in Tennessee and applies exemption language for current law-enforcement officers. Committee vote: 23 ayes, 0 nos. Motion outcome: advanced to calendar and rules.
- House Bill 117 (sponsor: Leader Lambert; amended): Removes the sunset from the Retail Accountability Program (GRAMMA) and tightens language on required subsidies. Committee vote: 24 ayes, 0 nos. Motion outcome: advanced to calendar and rules.
- House Bill 561 (sponsor: Rep. Capley): Authorizes certain utility systems to borrow in anticipation of revenues and issue negotiable notes to provide emergency cash flow, with a deadline for payment and oversight by the treasury. Committee vote: 24 ayes, 0 nos. Motion outcome: advanced to calendar and rules.
Procedure and context
Committee members moved each bill with a motion and second; the clerk opened the board and recorded voice votes. Several bills were accompanied by short sponsor remarks explaining purpose and scope; no bills were tabled, amended beyond the recorded amendment descriptions, or rejected at this meeting.
The committee's action sends the eight measures to the calendar and rules committee for scheduling and further consideration by the full House. No final floor passage occurred in this committee meeting.
Ending
All vote tallies and the committee outcomes recorded at the meeting are reflected above. Members and staff indicated no additional business on these agenda items during the session.
