The State and Local Government Committee considered a heavy calendar and moved multiple bills to subsequent committees. Below are items that received a recorded committee vote or procedural placement in the March session.

Votes and outcomes (at a glance)

- House Bill 604 (Alcoholic Beverage Commission investigatory authority on overserving): amended and advanced to Calendar and Rules (clerk recorded 17 ayes, 0 nays, 2 present-not-voting). Sponsor said the bill would strengthen ABC’s ability to investigate overservice in fatal crashes.

- House Bill 1326 (vesting rights on submission of development plan; conditional use permits administratively): advanced to Finance (16 ayes, 4 nays).

- House Bill 917 (State Building Commission advertising waiver clarification): advanced to Calendar and Rules (recorded 19 ayes).

- House Bill 324 (prohibit governor from infringing Tennessee constitutional rights during an emergency): advanced to Calendar and Rules (15 ayes, 4 nays).

- House Bill 801 (reinstating roof-covering choices for commercial buildings): amended and advanced to Calendar and Rules (18 ayes, 0 nays, 1 present-not-voting).

- House Bill 876 (state-employee tuition fee waiver clarification, including General Assembly staff): advanced to Calendar and Rules (21 ayes).

- House Bill 1173 (add GSA procurement paths for local governments; fairgrounds buildings): advanced to Calendar and Rules (21 ayes, 0 nays).

- House Bill 1306 (affordable housing incentives; tax increment mechanics): advanced to Finance, Ways and Means (22 ayes, 0 nays).

- House Bill 876 and several local acts (HB1412, HB1414, HB437, HB1414 etc.) — routine local and technical measures — were generally advanced to Calendar and Rules or Finance per the clerk tallies recorded in the hearing.

Procedural notes: The committee rolled several items (for example, HB653, HB1415, HB5548 were rolled one week) and removed others from notice during the opening housekeeping. When amendments were offered on multiple bills, the committee generally agreed to place drafting codes and vote to attach amendments before hearing sponsor explanations.

Why it matters: The committee cleared a broad set of bills, including election changes, local technical corrections, housing incentives, and regulatory changes affecting alcohol enforcement and building procurement. Many measures will now receive fiscal and legal review in Finance, Ways and Means or Calendar and Rules.

What’s next: Bills moved to calendar or to Finance, Ways and Means will appear on subsequent committee dockets for detailed fiscal, legal and implementation review.