Tennessee House Calendar Committee advances slate of House bills to Tuesday’s calendar

The Tennessee House Calendar and Rules Committee advanced a slate of House bills to the chamber’s Tuesday regular calendar during its April 20 meeting, moving each measure by voice vote, the committee’s chair announced.

The committee convened and the clerk called the roll before members considered the calendar. A committee member welcomed Professor Jose Vargas from the gallery, saying, "my brother, my teacher, my best friend, my colleague, Professor Jose Vargas is in the audience," and asked members to make him feel welcome.

The chair then called each calendar item and the committee placed the listed measures on Tuesday’s regular calendar by voice approval. Bills moved to the calendar included House Bill 1991, HB2476, HB1268, HB0753, HB2309, HB1881, HB1759, HB1979, HB0902, HB2358, HB1690, HB1720, HB2038 and HB2091. On several items members noted a second, and on others the chair said "questions called" before asking for the voice vote.

The transcript records the committee using voice votes — members responded to prompts such as "All in favor say 'I'" and the chair announced "hearing none" when no opposition was heard. The committee did not record roll-call vote tallies or individual member votes in the provided transcript; the clerk’s roll call earlier in the meeting established a quorum.

With the slate moved to the regular calendar, the chair closed the calendar business and the committee adjourned.

The committee is scheduled to reconvene for the next docketed meeting; the items moved to Tuesday's regular calendar will next be considered by the full House on that scheduled floor calendar.