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Votes at a glance: Tennessee House clears a batch of bills, including health, criminal and administrative changes
Summary
The House passed a number of bills on third consideration covering subjects from athletic-training scope to privacy, TennCare coverage for a rare genetic disorder, and organized retail crime. Several measures were amended in committee before floor passage.
During its March 12 session the Tennessee House passed a series of bills on third and final consideration. Many passed with committee amendments adopted on the floor. Below is a concise summary of each measure the chamber disposed of during the regular calendar.
- House Bill 23 (definition of "district"): Sponsor Representative Davis said the bill clarifies statutory terminology so that terms such as ward, precinct or district are understood uniformly. A committee amendment rewrote the bill. Final recorded vote: 71 yeas, 23 nays. Outcome: passed.
- House Bill 62 (athletic trainers; dry needling): Chairman Supiki moved the bill, and committee language set minimum competency requirements for dry needling, including at least 24 hours of dry-needling-specific instruction and 50 additional hours. Sponsor said the change was requested by university athletic programs. Final recorded vote: 93 yeas, 2 nays. Outcome: passed.
- Senate Bill 19 (conforming changes related to investigations/nepotism cleanup; substituted for HB 96): Representative Davis said the measure is cleanup language adjusting conjunctions in the statute to separate investigative…
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