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Tennessee House opens extraordinary session, schedules redistricting and finance hearings and recesses
Summary
The Tennessee House opened an extraordinary session, referred multiple bills to committees including Congressional Redistricting and Finance, heard a parliamentary inquiry on rules for filing unlawful bills, and recessed until 9:00 a.m. on 05/07/2026.
The Speaker opened the extraordinary session, saying, "I hereby declare the house of representatives of the 1 and 14th general assembly of state of Tennessee now in extraordinary session." The chamber observed a prayer from Representative Kumar and recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
During procedural business the House moved several measures to committee and set committee hearing times for the following day. The Clerk announced that the Congressional Redistricting Committee will meet at 1:00 p.m. in House Hearing Room 1, followed by Finance and Calendar & Rules in the same room. The session recessed by unanimous consent: "Without objection, the house stands in recess till 9AM on Thursday, 05/07/2026," the Speaker said.
