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Votes and actions: Key bills, referrals and confirmations from Commerce committee
Summary
This roundup lists the committee’s recorded votes, referrals and the confirmation of a utilities commissioner nominee: several bills passed unanimously or by wide margins and were sent to Calendar and Rules or to other committees; one appointment was confirmed 21–0.
The Commerce Full Committee advanced a string of bills on Feb. 26. Notable recorded outcomes in committee were:
- House Bill 2505 (ban on operator-run crypto ATMs): advanced to Calendar and Rules, vote 19–0. - House Bill 1503 (amendment clarifying handoff to Alcoholic Beverage Commission): advanced, vote 18–0. - House Bill 2537 (banking examiner/share-insurance housekeeping): advanced to gov ops/finance, vote 19–0. - House Bill 1705 (E-Verify requirement for state and local employers): advanced, vote 14–4. - House Bill 2159 (unclaimed vehicles): advanced to Calendar and Rules, vote 21–0. - House Bill 2028 (platform delisting notice): advanced to Calendar and Rules, vote 21–0. - House Bill 2123 (private elevator inspection): advanced to finance, vote 20–0. - House Bill 23-82 (reverse mortgage modernization): advanced to Calendar and Rules, vote 19–2. - Confirmation: Robin Morrison to the Tennessee Public Utilities Commission: confirmed 21–0 and referred to Calendar and Rules.
Several additional bills and amendments were amended, rolled for further consideration, or assigned to follow-up committees during the day. Where managers attached amendments, the committee generally treated them as cleanup or technical fixes and recorded unanimous or near-unanimous votes to move bills to the next stage.
