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FW&M Appropriations hearing: presenters gave appropriation requests; committee did not take votes
Summary
Across the hearing senators presented dozens of one-time and recurring appropriation requests—major items included airport repairs, children's hospitals, museum expansion, and multiple local grants—but Chair Stevens reiterated no votes would be taken and the committee adjourned without action.
During the hour-long session, members presented a wide variety of amendments and appropriation requests covering statewide and district priorities. Notable items included a $77,000,000 DOT appropriation for general-aviation airport repairs, a $4,000,000 final gap ask for Muse Knoxville's expansion, a $1,300,000 proposal for a children's psychiatric walk-in center, multiple arts and cultural grants, and numerous local community and public-safety infrastructure requests.
Chairman Stevens opened the session and repeatedly noted that no votes would be taken during this meeting; presenters ranged across higher education, mental-health capacity, workforce training, veterans or military-family behavioral health, community centers, food-bank support and disaster-recovery reimbursements. The hearing concluded with a motion to adjourn and no formal committee actions recorded in the transcript.
