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Tennessee House approves consent calendar, refuses to recede on education amendment and recesses until Jan. 15
Summary
The Tennessee House approved its consent calendar on third and final consideration (91 ayes, no nays), recorded objections to several consent items, moved to refuse a Senate amendment to an education bill, referred HDR 7 45 to the criminal justice subcommittee and recessed until 9 a.m. Jan. 15, 2026.
The Tennessee House of Representatives on Jan. 14 approved its consent calendar on third and final consideration, the chamber recorded 91 ayes and no nays, and moved to refuse a Senate amendment to an education bill before adjourning into recess until Jan. 15, 2026.
Representative Shirley Moody moved ‘‘passage of the consent calendar on 3rd and final consideration in keeping with rule 50,’’ and the clerk announced the result: ‘‘Ayes 91, no nays.’’ Several items on the consent calendar were noted as objected to by committee chairmen, and Chairman Clemens sought to add members as co-prime sponsors for one item.
The action bundled a sequence of routine measures; passage on third consideration advances those measures toward final enactment or further floor action. Clerk Lambert introduced other procedural business earlier in the session, including the introduction of House Bill 54 for first consideration.
On the message calendar, the clerk read that Senate Bill 714 relative to education had been the subject of interchamber disagreement: the Senate ‘‘non-concurred’’ in House Amendment Number 2. Chairman White moved that the House ‘‘refuse to receive’’ the adopted amendment number 2. The clerk later explained that because the House refused to recede from its previous action, the next procedural option would be to move for a conference committee to resolve the differences between the chambers.
Clerk Lambert moved to suspend the rules to refer HDR 7 45 to the criminal justice subcommittee; the presiding officer put the motion with the objection noted and it was ordered. Finally, House Leader Cochran moved that ‘‘the house stand in recess until 9AM on Thursday, 01/15/2026,’’ and the chamber recessed without further business.
The session opened with the chaplain’s prayer, which included a request for the family of Rogersville Mayor Jim Sales, who the chaplain said passed away the previous day. The House is scheduled to reconvene at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026.
