Summary
There are three joint committees of the Tennessee General Assembly.
The Tennessee Senate has nine standing committees. The Tennessee House has 16 standing committees.
Joint
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Joint Committees
Senate Committees
- Commerce and Labor
- Responsible for legislation concerning commerce and insurance.
- Education
- Responsible for legislation concerning schools and secondary education.
- Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Responsible for legislation concerning energy; forestry; natural resources; conservation, game and fish, mines and minerals.
- Finance, Ways and Means
- Responsible for all measures relating to taxes and the raising of revenue.
- Government Operations
- Responsible for legislation concerning the creation of new departments, commissions, boards, agencies or councils of state government.
- Health and Welfare
- Responsible for public or private hospitals; health offices and their administration; institutions and services.
- Judiciary
- Responsible for civil laws; criminal laws; judicial proceedings; apportionment of elected officials and governing bodies.
- State & Local Government
- Responsible for forms of local government; utility districts; assistance to local and municipal governments; matters dealing with revenue and taxation levied by local governments.
- Transportation and Safety
- Responsible for highways, roads and bridges; railroads; air, bus and vehicular transportation; rules and regulations for highway, railroad, and air use.
Select Committees
- Rules
- Responsible for recommending modification of the Senate Rules to the Senate.
House Committees
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
- Calendar and Rules
- Civil Justice
- Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee
- Civil Justice Subcommittee
- Commerce
- Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
- Business and Utilities Subcommittee
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Education Administration
- Higher Education Subcommittee
- K-12 Subcommittee
- Education Instruction
- Education Instruction Subcommittee
- Finance, Ways, and Means
- Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
- Appropriations Subcommittee
- Government Operations
- Health
- Health Subcommittee
- Insurance
- Insurance Subcommittee
- Local Government
- Cities and Counties Subcommittee
- Election and Campaign Finance Subcommittee
- Property and Planning Subcommittee
- Naming and Designating
- State Government
- Corrections Subcommittee
- Departments and Agencies Subcommittee
- Public Service Subcommittee
- Transportation
- Transportation Subcommittee
