This article lists formal committee actions recorded during the April 21 Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee meeting. Each entry includes the item, the committee’s action and available vote information. Where the committee attached a finance amendment, that is noted.

Votes and committee actions recorded in the meeting (selected items as discussed in committee):

- House Joint Resolution 51 (HJR51) — designating July 2025 as a month of prayer and fasting: recommended for passage to the calendar (vote recorded in transcript as ayes, with one member "not voting").

- House Joint Resolution 147 (HJR147) — supporting regulation or ban on sale of kratom: recommended for passage to the calendar (committee recorded 9 ayes, 1 present not voting).

- Senate Bill 445 (SB445) — public defender authorization to self‑fund five assistant public defenders (as amended by judiciary): recommended for passage to the calendar (10 ayes).

- Senate Bill 289 (SB289) — James Dustin Samples Act extension (extend coverage to law enforcement officers and emergency responders): recommended for passage to the calendar (10 ayes).

- Senate Bill 646 (SB646) — allocation to counties for hurricane loan interest/fees (as amended): finance amendment adopted; recommended for passage to the calendar (10 ayes).

- Senate Bill 654 (SB654) — continuation of Alzheimer’s and dementia respite care pilot program (as amended): finance amendment adopted; recommended for passage to the calendar (recorded as ayes in committee).

- Senate Bill 782 (SB782) — extend assessor deadline for hurricane‑damaged property identification to April 15, 2025 (as amended): recommended for passage to the calendar (10 ayes).

- Senate Bill 720 (SB720) — Board of Groundwater Management reconstitution (as amended): recommended for passage to the calendar (10 ayes).

- Senate Bill 186 (SB186) — jail reimbursement for housing state inmates (as amended by finance): finance amendment adopted; recommended for passage to the calendar (10 ayes). See separate article for details.

- Senate Bill 477 (SB477) — sponsor asked to roll to first calendar of 2026 (no floor action in committee during this meeting).

- Senate Bill 925 (SB925) — broadband equipment sales tax exemption extension (finance amendment adopted): recommended for passage to the calendar (committee recorded ayes).

- Senate Bill 229 (SB229) — Ethics and Campaign Finance changes (finance amendment adopted which deleted a lobbyist privilege tax earmark): recommended for passage to the calendar (vote recorded 8 ayes, 2 noes).

- Senate Bill 1233 (SB1233) and multiple criminal‑justice bills (e.g., Senate Bill 944 / 12‑33 in transcript) — finance amendments adopted as described and recommended for passage (votes recorded in transcript where shown).

- Senate Bill 4‑50 (SB450) — Child Advocacy Centers funding (finance amendment adopted; fiscal note funded in budget): recommended for passage to the calendar (11 ayes). See separate article for details.

- Senate Bill 144 (SB144) — dedicate sales and use taxes on tires (and as amended, vehicle sales taxes were removed from the final amendment) to a recurring transportation highway fund; finance amendment adopted; recommended for passage to the calendar (11 ayes).

- Senate Bill 7‑84 (SB784) — community investment tax credit calculation change for low‑income housing (amendment changed effective date to 01/01/2026): amendment adopted; bill recommended for passage to the calendar (ayes recorded).

- Senate Bill 13‑90 (SB1390) — PACE program expansion (allow additional PACE programs outside East Tennessee): recommended for passage to the calendar (11 ayes).

- A comprehensive finance amendment (drafting code 79‑69) to standardize agency notification and, in some cases, committee approval for federal aid: amendment adopted; committee recorded 9 ayes, 2 nays. See separate article for details.

Notes on procedural outcomes: several bills that created statutory frameworks but required appropriations were referred to the general subcommittee or held for budget action (for example, the African American Cultural and Historical Grant Fund bill). A small number of bills were rolled to the first calendar of 2026 at sponsor request. Items with finance amendments are noted above.

Ending: Members advanced many bills to the calendar and adopted a number of finance amendments; several items with budget implications were sent to subcommittee or held pending appropriation.