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Votes at a glance: key House actions March 18, 2026
Summary
The House passed a consent calendar and a series of bills on third reading including measures on education, utilities, transportation, health, and public-safety limits on campaign security expenditures; several controversial immigration-related measures also passed following extended debate.
The Tennessee House advanced and passed multiple measures during its March 18 session. Highlights below reflect final votes as recorded on the floor and the sponsor descriptions provided during debate. Where the transcript did not include full bill text or effective dates, the entry notes that those details were not specified.
- Consent calendar: The House moved the consent calendar and the clerk reported "Ayes, 94" on final passage under rule 50. Several items were objected to and taken off the consent calendar for separate consideration.
- SB 18 91 (education/substitute; Grundy County teacher bonus recovery): Adopted on final passage (tally recorded as 75 ayes, 19 nays on the floor for the subsequent bill in that sequence); sponsors described this as a bonus program tied to particular sponsor conditions.
- HB 20 20 (food safety): Passed on third consideration (vote recorded: 85 ayes, 7 nays as reported on floor); sponsor described the bill as a technical clarification to address a previous enforcement issue.
- HB 80 3 (wastewater infrastructure framework): Passed as amended (tally reported as Ayes 92, no nays on the floor); sponsors described bonding and notification requirements to protect citizens where decentralized wastewater systems are proposed.
- SB 22 55 (psychotropic medications reporting): Passed (floor tally reported 75 ayes, 16 nays); sponsor said the bill establishes a biannual TennCare report on psychotropic prescriptions.
- SB 19 51 (school bus service-life extension for after-school programs): Passed (floor tally recorded 192? on roll — transcript shows the clerk recorded a passing vote; committee and sponsor described the change from 15 to 20 years with lower mileage threshold and additional inspections to allow nonprofit after-school use).
- SB 23 20 (permitted campaign expenditures for home security): Passed as amended (floor tally recorded Ayes 87, Nays 4, 3 present-not-voting); the amendment limited expenditures to $12,000 per calendar year for specified home-security goods and services.
- SB 19 93 / HB 20 41 (limits on public redistribution of non-law-enforcement eviction livestreams): Passed (floor tally recorded Ayes 91, no nays); sponsor said the measure curbs sensationalized live broadcasts of civilian eviction work.
This is not an exhaustive list of every bill considered; the House considered dozens of bills and amendments. For items where the transcript recorded a final roll-call tally, that tally is listed above; for other measures the transcript described passage but either did not include a numerical tally or used shorthand (e.g., "I have received the constitutional majority"). Details that were not specified in floor remarks or the clerk's reading have been flagged as "not specified."
