Republican Governor Bill Lee also called the special session to pass bills related to recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene. Those bills also passed.

Lawmakers passed seven bills through 17 committee hearings in a span of a day. Final votes set for Thursday on vouchers and immigration.

The Tennessee House voted to provide school vouchers to families in all 95 Tennessee counties. It passed in both chambers but not exactly on party lines.

Tennessee’s Republican-dominant Statehouse has begun considering Gov. Bill Lee’s push for more school voucher access statewide and efforts to help President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration agend

The Senate sponsor defended the voucher proposal against critics who said it favors affluent families: “It shouldn’t be based on income. It should be universal.”