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Senate passes consent calendar, advances multiple bills for committee referral
Summary
The Tennessee Senate approved a consent calendar with no recorded nays and, under motions by Leader Johnson, passed lists of senate bills for first and second consideration and referred multiple measures to standing committees or held them on the clerk’s desk.
Leader Johnson moved the senate to pass specified ranges of bills under senate rules and the state constitution, and the presiding officer said the motion carried. The leader also announced that lists of senate bills were passed on second consideration and would be referred to their designated standing committees or held on the clerk’s desk for further action.
The chamber approved a consent calendar of memorializing and congratulatory resolutions without objection; the Clerk reported no nays. Several memorials and recognitions were spread on the members’ desks and members were added as sponsors when requested.
In procedural remarks preceding the motions, Leader Johnson told members and staff they would be notified about potential inclement weather and that the safety of visitors to the capitol was ‘paramount.’ The motion to suspend rules to place SJR543 (a drinking awareness month resolution) on tomorrow’s consent calendar was made and faced no objection.
No roll-call tallies for the individual bill ranges were recorded in the transcript beyond the consent calendar announcement; the Clerk reported the consent calendar passed with no nays. The Clerk also noted that Senate Bill 714 by Senator Taylor was returned from the House and that the House refused to receive House amendment number 2 on that bill.
The senate adjourned until 8:30 a.m. Thursday next.
