Votes at a glance: key bills passed on the Senate floor (session summary)
April 21, 2026 | 2026 Legislature TN, Tennessee
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The Tennessee Senate moved and passed multiple bills during the day’s session. The floor adopted a mix of policy, administrative and ceremonial measures. Key outcomes and short descriptions follow.
- House Bill 22-51 — Passed (third and final): Pilot program allowing counties to appoint magistrates with felony‑plea authority removed by floor amendment; sponsors described judicial oversight and a limited pilot to relieve caseloads.
- Senate Bill 16-72 — Passed (third and final): Establishes a framework for allocating excess Tourism Development Zone revenue; places administration with the comptroller, creates a joint capital tourism board, and authorizes $300 million in TDZ funds for East Bank Authority projects tied to a proposed stadium (details to be set by statute and administrative action).
- Senate Bill 18-47 — Passed (third and final): Expands circumstances in which deadly force may be used to protect property when lesser means would expose persons to risk of death or serious bodily injury; generated intensive debate about scope and possible unintended consequences.
- House Bill 20-29 — Passed (third and final): Modernizes the dietitian practice act to align regulation with training and competency.
- House Bill 15-50 (Senate Bill 17-16) — Passed (third and final): Updates school health law to allow additional epinephrine dispensing methods beyond auto‑injectors.
- House Bill 25-42 (Senate Bill 18-74) — Passed (third and final): Cleanup to unemployment 'suitable work' language and adjudication alignment.
- House Bill 24-08 — Passed (third and final): Requires reporting by companies making high volumes of AI‑voice or recorded solicitations to the Tennessee Public Utilities Commission; establishes fines for very high volumes.
- House Bill 26-14 — Passed (third and final): Recognizes the Rhododendron Festival and related designations.
Multiple other bills were read, amended or held for later consideration; several committee amendments were withdrawn on the floor. Where the transcript recorded the roll call, the Chair declared measures passed when the constitutional majority was present; the Clerk read a mix of voice and recorded tallies. Specific recorded tallies given on the floor included numerous clear results (for example, several measures recorded as "Ayes, 31; No nays"), while a handful of roll‑call tallies were presented in shorthand on the transcript and are noted in the provenance below.
The Senate adjourned and will reconvene at 09:30 AM Wednesday next.
- House Bill 22-51 — Passed (third and final): Pilot program allowing counties to appoint magistrates with felony‑plea authority removed by floor amendment; sponsors described judicial oversight and a limited pilot to relieve caseloads.
- Senate Bill 16-72 — Passed (third and final): Establishes a framework for allocating excess Tourism Development Zone revenue; places administration with the comptroller, creates a joint capital tourism board, and authorizes $300 million in TDZ funds for East Bank Authority projects tied to a proposed stadium (details to be set by statute and administrative action).
- Senate Bill 18-47 — Passed (third and final): Expands circumstances in which deadly force may be used to protect property when lesser means would expose persons to risk of death or serious bodily injury; generated intensive debate about scope and possible unintended consequences.
- House Bill 20-29 — Passed (third and final): Modernizes the dietitian practice act to align regulation with training and competency.
- House Bill 15-50 (Senate Bill 17-16) — Passed (third and final): Updates school health law to allow additional epinephrine dispensing methods beyond auto‑injectors.
- House Bill 25-42 (Senate Bill 18-74) — Passed (third and final): Cleanup to unemployment 'suitable work' language and adjudication alignment.
- House Bill 24-08 — Passed (third and final): Requires reporting by companies making high volumes of AI‑voice or recorded solicitations to the Tennessee Public Utilities Commission; establishes fines for very high volumes.
- House Bill 26-14 — Passed (third and final): Recognizes the Rhododendron Festival and related designations.
Multiple other bills were read, amended or held for later consideration; several committee amendments were withdrawn on the floor. Where the transcript recorded the roll call, the Chair declared measures passed when the constitutional majority was present; the Clerk read a mix of voice and recorded tallies. Specific recorded tallies given on the floor included numerous clear results (for example, several measures recorded as "Ayes, 31; No nays"), while a handful of roll‑call tallies were presented in shorthand on the transcript and are noted in the provenance below.
The Senate adjourned and will reconvene at 09:30 AM Wednesday next.
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