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Floor roundup: Key votes and actions from the Senate floor session
Summary
Today’s Senate floor session adopted a range of measures — from ceremonial resolutions to policy bills — including passage of bills on judicial appeals, consumer protections, school nutrition dyes and victim-service clarifications; recorded vote tallies are listed below.
The Tennessee Senate's floor session included ceremonial recognition, reports and a full calendar of bills. Among the measures passed on third consideration were bills affecting appellate procedure, consumer protection, school nutrition, education athletics, and victim-service processes.
Votes and key outcomes on items discussed on the floor include:
- Senate Bill 15-97 (''April's Law'') — Passed on third reading, recorded tally: Ayes 30, Nays 1. The bill clarifies next-of-kin status to allow surviving parents an additional route to seek review of suicide determinations.
- Senate Bill 17-31 — Passed on third reading, recorded tally: Ayes 26, Nays 6. The bill expands the state's right to immediate appeals in specified threshold matters (sovereign immunity, qualified immunity, and certain motions to dismiss).
- Senate Bill 17-35 — Passed on third reading, recorded tally: Ayes 25, Nays 5. Among other changes, it addresses ticket-resale disclosures and aspects of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act.
- Senate Bill 17-73 — Passed as amended; floor recorded an affirmative vote (majority) extending Safe Haven locations and clarifying staffing/transfer rules for surrendered newborns.
- Senate Bill 18-22 — Passed on final consideration; recorded tally noted in transcript as Ayes 26 (Nays noted in transcript). The bill permits certain small private-school students to participate in zoned public-school athletics when conditions are met.
- Senate Bill 24-23 — Passed on third reading, recorded tally: Ayes 27, Nays 3. The bill bans designated petroleum-based synthetic dyes from school nutrition program items for contracts entered on or after 08/01/2027, grandfathering existing contracts.
- House Bill 679 — Passed on third reading, recorded tally: Ayes 31, Nays 1. The bill clarifies parental-consent rules for a narrow circumstance involving forensic evidence kits for minors.
Several additional bills and committee reports were taken up, committee deadlines and meetings were announced, and the Senate adjourned until the next scheduled floor session.
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