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Committee advances package of bills on funding, veterans benefits, law enforcement certification and divestment; roll calls recorded
Summary
Multiple bills moved out of committee with mostly unanimous or lopsided votes. Highlights include increases in state matching for human resources agencies, a National Guard TRICARE reimbursement program, rules for resort-area special deputies, and a divestment requirement for retirement funds targeting majority‑Chinese-owned entities.
A Tennessee House committee advanced a package of bills during the session. Several items received brief sponsor explanations followed by roll-call votes; the clerk announced tallies for each vote as recorded below.
House Bill 98 (Chairman Hicks) — The committee voted 23-0 to send House Bill 98 to finance, ways and means. The bill increases the maximum state matching funds for human resources agencies from $150,000 to $370,000 and allows local governments to provide additional funding.
House Bill 479 (Chairman Hicks) — The committee voted 23-0 to move House Bill 479 to finance, ways and means. The bill enacts the Tennessee National Guard Service Members Medical Readiness Act and establishes a TRICARE premium reimbursement program for eligible Tennessee National Guard members, with program policies to be set by the adjutant general.
House Bill 1095 (Chairman Doggett) — The committee voted 22-0 to advance House Bill 1095 to calendar and rules. The bill applies to private special deputies employed or compensated by resort-area management companies and requires those deputies to be POST-certified and to attend the annual in-service training required of other certified law enforcement officers; sponsors said the measure applies to two resort towns in the state.
House Bill 1341 (Chairman Farmer) — The committee voted 21-0 to send House Bill 1341 to calendar and rules. The bill, brought by the Secretary of State’s office, creates a secretary‑of‑state complaint process to address fraudulent business filings (for example, an LLC filed in another party’s name) and to reverse fraudulent transactions without forcing victims to pursue court petitions and filings.
House Bill 805 (Chairman Grills) — The committee voted to advance House Bill 805 to calendar and rules, 17-1 with two present nonvoting. The bill would require the state retirement system and local pension funds to divest from entities known to be majority owned by Chinese interests.
House Bill 346 (Chairman Balsall) — The committee voted 17-2 with one present nonvoting to advance House Bill 346 to finance, ways and means. The bill would authorize placement of a plaque to honor former member John Deberry and, with amendment language included, would specify text for the plaque.
House Bill 23 (Representative Davis) — The committee voted 17-2 to advance House Bill 23 to calendar and rules. The bill clarifies the statutory definition of a “district” so terms like ward, precinct or region are treated consistently for statutory purposes.
Several bills were rolled to future calendars or taken off notice as requested by sponsors; the committee chair announced that remaining bills on the agenda would be rolled to next week’s calendar.
Vote tallies above were announced by the clerk at the meeting and were recorded on the committee board for each bill.
