Votes at a glance: Finance committee advances multiple bills to the calendar
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Summary
The Senate Finance Committee on April 20 recommended a broad package of bills to the calendar, adopting finance amendments where noted. Key items advanced include bills on alcohol regulation (SB 20‑19), party affiliation (SB 777), commercial development district deadlines (SB 2453), boat‑titling (SB 1808, rolled), body‑cam record exemptions (SB 1820), sentencing (SB 1633), opioid allocations (SB 2533), education identification rules (SB 2385), municipal autopsy costs (SB 2388), workforce housing pilot (SB 2410), insurance verification (SB 1667), and CBID county authority (SB 2442).
The Senate Finance Committee moved a large set of bills to the calendar on April 20, 2026. Most items were advanced after adopting finance committee amendments; a handful were rolled to the next calendar for fiscal‑note or amendment uploads.
Notable outcomes from the hearing and votes:
- SB 20‑19 (Briggs): Finance amendment adopted; bill recommended for passage; amendment expands uses of ABC training revenues and allows golf courses with appropriate licenses to apply to sell monitored alcohol on course. (Discussion with ABC representative Aaron Rumage.)
- SB 777 (Lowe): Finance amendment adopted to set a 30‑day pre‑primary declaration window; committee recommended the bill for passage after extended debate on implementation and access.
- SB 2453 (Bailey): Deadline extensions for commercial development district eligibility were adopted and recommended.
- SB 1808 (Hatcher): Boat‑titling proposal was discussed at length; sponsor agreed to roll the item to tomorrow's calendar to resolve fiscal‑note questions.
- SB 1820 (Hatcher): Amendment adopted to protect certain in‑facility camera footage from public records disclosure; bill recommended.
- SB 1633 (Hatcher): Consecutive sentencing for offenses against multiple minor victims adopted and recommended.
- SB 2533 (Hale): Opioid abatement fund allocation amendments adopted to align with House language and clarify TennCare/TAMO consultation; bill recommended.
- SB 2385 (Hensley): Amendment adopted directing a TISA review of how economically disadvantaged students are identified, including Medicaid data; bill recommended.
- SB 2388 (Hensley): Municipal autopsy cost language and an increase in probation supervision fee from $45 to $60 were adopted; bill recommended.
- SB 2410 (Powers): A $20 million one‑time nonrecurring appropriation was approved in legislative intent for a THDA pilot to support workforce housing; bill recommended.
- SB 1667 (Powers): Proof‑of‑insurance pilot at initial registration, increased insurer reporting, and higher fines were discussed and adopted in amendment; bill recommended despite debate about caps on noneconomic damages.
- SB 2442 (Powers): Counties permitted to use the 1990s CBID framework for central business improvement districts; amendment adopted and bill recommended.
Several other bills were taken up and recommended; items that were not fully in the system or needed fiscal‑note clarifications were rolled to the next calendar.
