Calendar and Rules Committee advances more than 20 bills to Feb. 24 calendars; many placed on consent

The House Calendar and Rules Committee completed its review of a multi-item agenda and advanced more than 20 bills to the House calendars for Monday, Feb. 24. Most measures were placed on the consent calendar or regular calendar; a few were rolled to a later calendar or reconsidered and then placed on consent.

Votes at a glance (as recorded in committee):

- House Bill 0102 — moved to consent calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0105 — moved to consent calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0107 — moved to consent calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0108 — motion recorded to “roll this to the Hill” (committee language); outcome: rolled/continued. - House bill number referenced as 50121 (committee record ambiguous) — placed on consent calendar (committee recorded a motion and placement). - House Bill 60300 — placed on the regular calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0382 — placed on the regular calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0383 — placed on the consent calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0331 — placed on the consent calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 57 — placed on the consent calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 618 — placed on the consent calendar for Monday, Feb. 24 (see separate article for discussion). - House Bill 136 — motion to roll to the next available calendar; later reconsidered in committee and placed on the consent calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - HJR0035 (resolution) — placed on the consent calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0187 — placed on the consent calendar for Monday, Feb. 24 (see separate article for discussion). - House Bill 0422 — placed on the consent calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0422 (discussion about naming oversight) — members noted TWRA commission oversight may apply; sponsor to provide follow-up if needed. - House Bill 072 — placed on the regular calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0326 — placed on the regular calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0325 — placed on the regular calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0056 — placed on the regular calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0191 — placed on the regular calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0297 — placed on the regular calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0321 — placed on the regular calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 1035 — placed on the consent calendar for Monday, Feb. 24. - House Bill 0108 (revisited) — committee revisited earlier action on this bill and, after a motion, placed it on the consent calendar for Monday, Feb. 24.

Many items were handled by the committee through the “question called” procedure; committee dialogue and recorded verbal “ayes” indicate motions passed without roll-call recorded in the transcript. When members asked procedural questions about how items are placed on consent versus regular calendars, Leader Lambert explained that the chair’s office typically reviews calendars and places bills expected to have broad support on consent; any member can remove a bill from consent on the House floor.

Where committee discussion raised outstanding issues, members either rolled items to a later calendar or asked staff to follow up. For example, members asked whether the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s commission would retain naming oversight under House Bill 0422; Representative Marsh said she believed the TWRA commission would have to approve naming decisions and offered to follow up with more information.

The transcript records the committee’s actions as procedural placements and motions; it does not include bill text, fiscal notes, or detailed roll-call tallies for individual bills. All items listed above appeared in the committee record with the outcomes shown and will appear on the House calendars on Monday, Feb. 24 unless removed on the floor.