Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to establish a process by which management of a public property may submit formal complaints regarding the conduct or performance of a blind individual who has been licensed to operate a vending facility on such public property through the business enterprise program for the blind; makes other changes relative to such programs for disabled individuals. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 4.
HB 1066 requires Tennessee's Department of Human Services to establish a formal process for public property managers to submit complaints about blind vendors operating vending facilities through the Business Enterprise Program for the Blind. If three complaints are filed about the same vendor at a specific location within six months, the department must assign a new manager to that location. The bill directly affects blind individuals licensed to operate vending facilities on public property and the state entities managing those properties. It does not change program eligibility or licensing rules but creates a clear threshold for replacing vendors based on repeated complaints.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2025
Last action May 13, 2025
Floor votes · House Mar 26, 2025
How they voted
22–0
Passed
Total votes 22
Mar 26, 2025
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
R
Republican17
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/3/2025
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Mar 26, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (22-0)
house
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/26/2025
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/18/2025
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Committee
Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kevin Vaughan
RRepublican
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