Calendar & Rules Committee suspends 25‑bill limit and advances dozens of bills to Monday and Thursday calendars
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Summary
The Tennessee House Calendar and Rules Committee voted to suspend its 25‑bill daily limit for upcoming Monday and Thursday calendars, removed several items from the consent calendar after an objection, and rolled multiple bills to the final calendar, with one recorded opposition to a motion to roll selected items.
The Tennessee House Calendar and Rules Committee met to set the chamber's Monday and Thursday calendars, suspending its usual 25‑bill daily limit and advancing many bills for floor consideration.
Chair (the presiding committee member) opened the session, the clerk read the roll and confirmed a quorum, and the committee proceeded first with the consent calendar. Representative Clemons objected to several items and asked that items 1, 7, 21 and 31 be removed from consent, saying, "We respectfully request that numbers 1 7 21 and 31 be removed from the consent counter, or we object to those." The chair acknowledged the objection and those items were taken off consent and set aside for separate handling.
Deputy Speaker Zachary moved that a set of bills (including item 1/HB 1034; item 9/HB 1259; item 51/HB 2327; item 73/HB 2174; and item 75/HB 398, among others he listed) be rolled to the final calendar. The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote with one member recorded as opposed; the transcript does not identify the opposing member by name.
The committee also voted, without recorded opposition, to suspend the committee's standard 25‑bill limit for the Monday and Thursday calendars, a procedural move intended to allow additional bills to be placed on those calendars in the coming week.
After those decisions the committee worked through long sequences of bills by voice vote, placing dozens of measures on Monday's and Thursday's regular calendars. Examples of bills the committee addressed on the record include HB 0590, HB 1644, HB 2215, HB 1805 (rolled), HB 2167 (rolled), HB 2499 (rolled), HB 2283, HB 1271, HB 1822, HB 1551, HB 1834, HJR017, HB 0569, HB 1970, HB 1971 (posted), HB 2078, HB 2429, HB 2495, HB 1747, HB 1760, HB 1762, HB 0819, HB 1986, HB 1477, HB 2364, HB 1648, HB 1827, HB 1909, HB 1471, SJR0657, HB 2149, HB 2411, HB 2178, HB 1503, HB 1628, HB 2527 and HB 2547 among many others. Under a brief period of alternate presiding, Vice Chairman McCalmon handled parts of the Thursday calendar and members continued to place measures on that day's schedule as well.
The committee returned to the consent calendar later to place previously bumped items (including HB 1529 and HB 2517) on Monday's consent calendar by motion. The meeting concluded with the chair adjourning the committee.
Why it matters: Calendar and Rules controls when bills reach the full House. Suspending the 25‑bill limit and rolling bills to the final calendar expands the number of measures the House may consider on the floor in the coming days, shaping the legislative agenda and the timing of floor debates.
What to watch next: These calendar moves set up many bills for floor consideration on Monday and Thursday; members or outside groups may file further objections or requests before those floor calendars are taken up.