For the General Assembly to meet its target adjournment date, it will probably be necessary for House subcommittees to begin closing in a couple of weeks. Otherwise, there will not be enough time for legislation to work its way through the committee system and to the floor before the budget is taken up.
The Senate and House are again meeting only two days this week, saving more days for the end of session. Not meeting in full session in the House also creates more time for budget hearings in the Finance, Ways and Means Committee. The Senate and House now have five "extra" days beyond an April 30 target adjournment date, assuming each body meets three days each week beginning next week. Thre…
Neither the Senate nor the House is meeting in session on February 8. This will save each chamber a legislative day that can be used later in the wind-up to session.
The Senate and House meet today. It is the 47th Legislative Day for each body. The Tennessee Constitution limits the General Assembly to 90 legislative days over a two-year period. There is no limitation on the division of legislative days between the two years. Committee meeting days on which the full body does not meet (Tuesdays for most of the session) do not count against the total. Un…
House Bill 2301, the “Influence Disclosure Act,” introduced by Rep. Fitzhugh, would require the sponsor of any bill that is model legislation prepared by an “organization of elected or appointed state government officials...or staff” to file a form at the time of introduction stating that the bill is model legislation and naming the organization that prepared it. This would include any model le…