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Votes at a glance: committee advances bills on cancer presumption, fee transparency, retirement rules and more
Summary
A State and Local Government Committee meeting advanced several bills with little extended debate. The following is a concise list of bills taken up in the session, the committee vote and the committee's immediate disposition.
The committee handled more than 40 bills Wednesday. Below are selected items that moved through the committee with their vote tallies and next steps as recorded by the clerk.
Votes at a glance
- House Bill 482 (Barry Brady Act expansion): Adds prostate, breast and pancreatic cancers to cancers covered under the Barry Brady Act presumption for firefighters. Committee vote announced: "Mister chair, you have 22 members present. You have a quorum." Later roll call: "22 I, 0 nay." Outcome: moved to finance.
- House Bill 375 (fee transparency; amendment 5088 placed): Amended to require documentation when a fee of $250 or more is charged, make records available on request and subject fees to annual audit. Committee vote announced: "21 aye, 0 nay, and 1 present not voting." Outcome: moved to calendar and rules.
- House Bill 313 (TCRS temporary reemployment rules): Consolidates temporary reemployment provisions for Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System; two tracks for reemployment described in bill text. Vote: "23 aye, 0 nay." Outcome: moved to calendar and rules.
- House Bill 802 (liability coverage for soil and water conservation district workers using federal surplus vehicles): Vote: "23 aye, 0 nay." Outcome: moved to finance, ways and means.
- House Bill 535 (TCRS housekeeping): Technical updates to align state code with federal rules; vote: "23 aye, 0 nay." Outcome: moved to calendar and rules.
- House Bill 731 (open meetings for CEDEP committee): Declares a Tennessee Department of Health advisory body open to the public and tightens posting and recording requirements; recorded vote: "20 I, 3 nay." Outcome: moved to calendar and rules.
- House Bill 213 (foreign agricultural land reporting): Requires entities that already report foreign agricultural land holdings to USDA to also report to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture; vote: "20 aye, 3 nay." Outcome: moved to government operations.
- House Bill 20 (Tennessee State Guard funding line item): Creates a recurring line item to support Tennessee State Guard training and activation costs; vote on committee motion: "21 aye, 1 nay, and 1 present not voting." Outcome: moved to finance, ways and means.
- House Bill 37 (parity for non-opioid pain medications across state insurance programs): Extends prior TennCare changes to state employee insurance programs; vote: "23 ayes, 0 nay." Outcome: moved to finance, ways and means.
- House Bill 66 (extend public records exception for local government employee residential information): Vote: "22 aye, 0 nay." Outcome: moved to government operations.
- House Bill 357 (Rescue Squad Recognition Act): Requires rescue squads to be recognized by the State Fire Marshal to operate; vote announced: "22 I, 1 nay." Outcome: moved to government operations.
This list is not exhaustive; the committee considered several other bills that were either rolled (delayed), amended or passed with little discussion. For bills that moved without detailed debate, committee records show the sponsor gave a brief explanation and the committee proceeded to a vote.
For details on any specific bill, the committee minutes and the clerk's roll-call record are the official record.
