4:46 → 6:54(2m 8s)
Chair opens the committee session, takes roll and confirms a quorum; explains committee practice on handling bills with uncertain fiscal impacts and previews the planned order of business for the day (liquor omnibus, ABIGame/Abigame bill, education freedom scholarships, calendar items, then lottery and sports wagering testimony).
Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee (March 31, 2026) considered a package of bills including a liquor-by-the-drink omnibus, creation of a council to study ibogaine clinical trials (HOPE Treatment Act), expansion of the Education Freedom Scholarship program, and heard budget briefings from the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation and the Tennessee Sports Wagering Council. Committee recommended several bills for passage to the calendar and paused budget decisions for further review.
