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House - Criminal Justice Subcommittee -January 31, 2023
A
B
A
You
ma'am
members,
we
have
a
calendar
today
but
because
this
is
our
first
meeting,
we
are
going
to
go
over
some
organizational
things
that
need
to
be
addressed
before
we
start,
but
before
we
get
into
that,
do
we
have
any
personal
orders?
Anyone
wish
to
be
recognized
on
that
saying
nine
all
right.
We
will
Jump
Right
In
we've
got
several
new
members
on
our
committee.
We
will
forego
the.
A
All
bills
that
will
be
heard
in
this
committee
must
be
placed
on
notice
in
the
member
portal
by
3
30
pm
on
Wednesdays
prior
to
the
requested
hearing
date.
Any
bills
placed
on
notice
after
3
30
PM
in
a
given
week
will
be
calendared
for
the
following
week.
Proposed
amendments
must
be
emailed
to
the
criminal
justice
full
committee,
which
would
be
chairman
Hulsey
by
10
a.m.
On
Monday
the
day
before
the
hearing
you'll
find
a
distribution
list
for
each
Committee.
A
A
A
If
your
amendment
has
not
been
submitted
on
time
that
you
would
roll
it
a
week
so
that
it
can
have
consideration,
Bill
may
be
calendared
three
times
in
the
given
committee,
after
which
time
it
should
be
sent
to
the
special
calendar
to
be
published
with
the
final
calendar
at
the
end
of
the
year,
Bill's
not
heard
due
to
time
constraints
will
be
rolled
to
the
next
available
calendar.
This
role
will
not
count
towards
your
three
calendar
limit
and
any
sponsor
who
wishes
to
take
their
bill
off
notice
should
notify
the
committee
in
writing.
A
Prior
to
the
scheduled
hearing,
bills
passed
by
a
subcommittee
will
automatically
be
placed
on
the
next
available
full
committee
calendar
unless
that
committee
receives
a
written
request
from
the
sponsor
to
set
another
hearing
date
when
there
are
several
members
on
the
list
to
speak
on
an
issue
as
the
chairman
May
impose
a
time
limit
for
comments
by
each
member,
getting
into
testimony
and
testimonial
bills
may
be
allowed
but
may
be
restricted.
We
are
going
to
set
that
time
presently
at
three
minutes
per
Witness.
A
Testimony
must
be
emailed.
If
you
wish
to
testify.
You
must
email
my
office
24
hours
in
advance
prior
to
the
hearing
date,
so
that'll
be
12
p.m.
On
Mondays,
any
handouts
that
want
wish
to
be
distributed
should
be
emailed
to
my
office
for
approval
in
24
hours
in
advance.
Physical
copies
may
not
be
handed
out
in
committee,
and
any
visual
presentations
such
as
PowerPoints
should
be.
They
will
require
48-hour
advance
notice
for
approval.
That
way
we
can
arrange
those
AV
capabilities.
A
All
calendar
information
will
be
made
available
electronically
via
the
member
dashboard.
Mark
calendars
will
also
be
emailed
to
committee
members
beforehand.
Physical
copies
will
not
be
provided
to
the
members
and,
as
always
cell
phones
be
sure
to
silence
those
phones,
while
we're
in
committee
for
those
that
are
in
attendance
in
the
audience,
we
ask
respectfully
that
you
would
do
the
same.
Silence
your
phones,
if
you're
going
to
have
to
use
the
phone.
Please
step
out
of
the
room
to
make
those
calls.
A
A
Thank
you
for
each
and
every
member
that
we
have
on
the
committee
we're
honored
to
have
you
as
well
our
research
analyst,
some
of
our
staff
this
year,
John
Gleason,
our
attorneys
will
be
Michelle,
Fogarty
and
Sean.
Mcmahon
intern
is
Lauren
Stanfield,
where
you
at
Lauren
there
you
go
and
miss
Emily
Hamby
is
my
assistant,
our
sergeant
of
arms,
the
one
and
only
Mr
Tyler
Muniz
Mr
Tyler.
Do
you
have
any
weekly
words
of
wisdom
for
us
today.
C
A
Sorry
I,
tried
and
I
will
say
that
for
those
when
you
come
in
and
testify,
if
you
are
on
the
list
for
Testimony
I
may
accidentally
mispronounce
your
name,
and
that
is
not
something
I'm
trying
to
do
to
be
rude
or
offensive.
It's
it
just
happens.
So
I
apologize
anything
before
we
get
started.
Any
members
wish
to
say
anything:
if
not
we're
going
to
jump
right
into
our
calendar,
House
Bill
3
by
representative
sapicki,
you
are
properly
recognized.
Thank.
D
You
Mr
chairman
the
bill
is,
in
this
proper
form,
a
brief
description
of
the
bill,
because
I
know
you
are
busy
today
and
I
do
have
a
couple
people
that
wish
to
testify
on
this
bill.
Members
House,
Bill
3
expends,
expands
the
offenses
of
assault
and
aggravated
assault
against
the
first
responder
or
nurse
to
include
offenses
against
any
health
care
provider
who
is
licensed,
certified
or
otherwise
authorized
or
permitted
by
the
laws
of
of
any
state
to
administer
Health
Care
in
an
ordinary
course
of
business
or
practice
of
a
profession.
Mr
chairman.
A
E
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman
I
I,
want
to
I
was
curious.
Our
other
other
states
that
do
this,
sometimes
with
enhancements
making
other
groups
putting
them
ahead
of
others.
I
understand
there
are
a
lot
of
attacks
on
on
medical
personnel.
Are
there
any
other
states
that
do
this
that
demonstrate
that
enhancing
these
these
punishments
are
effective,
I'm
curious
to
know
not
not
just
do
they
do
them,
but
have
they
been
effective
because
a
lot
of
times
with
enhancements,
we
don't
see
that
there's
a
an
Effectiveness
after
that.
D
To
answer
the
question
directly
is
I
know
there
are
other
states
considering
this
legislation
this
this
year,
I'm
not
aware
of
this
bill
having
being
passed
with
the
enhancements
there
are
enhancements
in
in
First
Responders
that
are
already
there
to
protect
them.
One
of
the
things
that
we're
seeing
right
now
in
our
in
our
health
care
workers
profession
that
assaults.
If
you
work
in
a
health
care
profession,
you
were
more
likely
to
by
20
to
be
assaulted
in
your
job
down
in
Murray
County
at
Murray
Regional.
D
E
Is
there
any
research
to
indicate
like
how
many
of
those
folks
might
have
mental
health
issues
dementia?
You
know
a
lot
of
you
see
more
in
the
health
field
because
of
some
of
the
folks
that
that
they're
dealing
with
and
so
I'm
just
wondering
what
the
research
says
in
research
of
success
based
on
enhancements.
D
Well,
the
enhancements
are
going
to
allow
the
opportunity
for
those
individuals
who
may
not
have
who
are
not
getting
the
treatment
they
have
with
the
enhanced
with
the
enhancement
there
there's
a
mandatory
minimum
of
incarceration.
That
would
give
the
locals
the
ability
to
start
the
process
of
of
intervention
on
either
mental
health,
behavior
health,
drug
addiction,
alcoholism,
things
that
may
be
the
underlying
cause
of
this.
It
might
be
a
way
for
those
to
get
them
channel
into
into
a
program
that
might
help
them
out.
D
One
of
the
major
incidences
we're
seeing
right
now
against
Health
Providers
is:
is
drug
related
and
behavioral.
Health
related
people
in
search
of
the
meds
that
they
were
getting
before
the
problem
is
the
health
care
providers
are
starting
to
say
no.
We
need
to
go
a
different
way
and
people
don't
want
to
hear
that
answer
and
that's
when
the
fights
break
out.
E
A
A
A
If
you
would
come
up
here
to
the
microphone
and
introduce
yourself.
You'll
have
three
minutes
for
Testimony
and
then
at
which
point
we'll
have
a
we'll,
be
keeping
the
clock
up
here
and
we'll,
let
you
know
and
then
we'll
have
Mr
Chandler
Anderson
follow
you
up.
You'll
introduce
yourself.
You'll
have
three
minutes
for
testimony.
Then
we'll
have
questions
from
the
committee,
so
Mr
Halle.
F
F
He
pulled
the
IV
out
of
his
arm
when
I
went
to
bandage
his
arm.
He
lunged
at
me
the
security
guard
laid
on
top
of
him.
He
got
the
gun
out
of
the
security
guards.
Holster
put
it
in
my
stomach
and
attempted
to
pull
the
trigger
while
Robert
was
saying
I'm
going
to
kill
everybody
in
this
room,
and
there
were
six
of
us
in
the
room,
including
two
certified
techs
a
doctor.
So
there
were
people
in
that
room
that
weren't
necessarily
covered
by
the
by
the
the
bill.
F
So
my
testimony
here
is
to
say
that
there
are
many
people
on
our
team
that
work
inside
the
hospitals
that
aren't
necessarily
a
nurse
or
a
licensed
professional
that
aren't
covered
by
the
current
bill.
The
other
thing
I
wanted
to
say
was
that
if
these
same
people
with
these
aggressive
acts
where
they
do
it
on
a
street
corner,
you
know
they
would
be
arrested
on
the
spot,
regardless
if
they
were
drunk
and
I.
F
Think
Miss
Johnson
had
had
a
good
question
about
mental
illness
and
about
alcohol
and
drugs
in
the
system,
but
these
same
people
would
be
arrested
on
the
spot
and
they
would
be
processed.
You
know
and
all
those
things
would
have
been
taken
into
consideration.
It
just
seems
when
you
enter
a
hospital,
you
get
a
free
pass,
you
know,
and
there
are
many
people
putting
their
health
and
well-being
at
risk
are
screeners.
F
F
A
G
Can
you
hear
me
now
Chandler
Anderson
I'm,
a
nurse
practitioner
down
in
Columbia
Tennessee
to
your
point,
Miss
Johnson
I
see
psych
patients
every
day
at
a
local
inpatient,
psych
hospital
this.
This
wouldn't
be
something
that
we
would
be
doing
for
those
people
because
we
identify
they
have
an
acute
mental
illness
that
we
know
when
we
go
to
work
every
day.
This
is
possible
but
too
quickly,
as
I
can
tell
you
the
story.
G
Last
year,
I
had
a
call
that
I
never
thought.
I'd
get
from
one
of
my
nurse
practitioners
who
said
I've
been
punched
in
the
face
by
a
patient.
Yes,
I'll
be
right.
There,
so
I
went
to
the
office.
I
only
changed
the
clinics
there
in
Columbia
and
on
the
way
there
I'm
thinking
man
somebody
wanted
drugs.
She
told
them.
No,
they
punched
her.
That's
a
huge
part
of
the
opiate
epidemic.
If
you
talk
to
providers
it's
the
path
of
least
resistance,
it
takes
five
minutes
to
write
a
Percocet
prescription
or
send
it
electronically.
G
It
takes
30
to
argue
with
somebody
about
why
they
don't
need
it
and
then
you're
in
a
room
alone,
where
there's
no
camera.
There's
no
witness
I,
think
my
friend
Randy
Tidwell
who's,
a
NP
in
Portland,
was
beat
down
into
the
floor.
His
face
was
broken
and
the
police
had
to
come.
The
guy
was
arrested,
I
get
to
my
clinic
back
to
the
story
and
I
go
in
I
ask
NP
what
what
happened
and
her
nose
is
bleeding
I
had
to
sew
her
nose
up.
G
She
she
said
I,
honestly,
don't
know
because
all
she
was
upset
about
is
I,
didn't
have
a
CT
scan.
Someone
else
ordered
and
I
told
her,
give
me
24
hours
and
I'll
get
it
and
then
we'll
get
you
referred,
but
any
of
you
that
have
ever
had
to
have
a
medical
referral
to
a
specialist
they
want.
Every
recent
scan
you've
ever
had,
and
ironically
this
np's
husband
worked
for
the
person
we
were
going
to
refer
him
to
so
she
knew
that
this
would
expedite
things
and
the
girl
turned
around
and
punched
her
in
the
face.
G
Now,
thankfully,
due
to
General
Cooper
down
in
the
22nd
Judicial
District
and
Bucky
Roland,
our
Sheriff
she's
spending
30
days
in
jail,
the
good
thing,
though
Miss
Johnson
and
the
good
thing
about
Bucky
rolling
is
he
has
Michael
Fulbright
there
who
helps
make
sure
these
people
get
the
mental
health
assessment.
That
girl
has
some
mental
health
problems.
She
wasn't
having
an
acute
thing
that
day,
but
she
had
some
anger
issues
to
punch
somebody
in
the
face,
because
you
didn't
immediately
get
what
you
wanted
and
that's
where
our
society,
regretfully
has
gone
to.
G
Pas
physician
assistants
aren't
covered
under
the
current
legislation.
Positions
are
certified,
nursing
assistants,
aren't
respiratory
therapists,
aren't
Radiology
people,
aren't
physical
therapists,
occupational
therapists.
That's
why
it's
important
to
expand
that
you
know
we
don't
want
to
create
special
groups
of
people,
but
we're
the
only
people
that
work
intimately
behind
closed
doors
without
a
witness.
You
can't
put
cameras
in
exam
rooms
where
we
may
be
attacked.
You
know,
Randy's
nurse
found
him
down
the
floor
after
he
tried
to
fight
back.
You
know
we're
all
getting
older
and
don't
can't
do
that
anymore.
So.
A
G
Once
it's
a
legal
matter,
HIPAA
no
longer
provides
any
protection
because
then
it's
a
it's
a
flow
of
events
and
so
HIPAA
the
office
of
civil
rights.
We
actually
contacted
them
when
this
occurred.
Hipaa
kind
of
goes
out
the
window
with
that,
because
it's
now
a
legal
issue
I
mean
the
attorneys
may
speak
to
that
too,
but
it
kind
of
goes
out
the
window.
A
I
I
A
You
any
other
questions
or
comments
for
our
sponsor
sing.
No
we're
now
voting
to
send
House
Bill
3
on
the
full
criminal.
All
those
in
favor
say
aye,
those
opposed
the
eyes
Prevail
you
move
on
to
full
criminal.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Committee
item
number
two
House
Bill
77
by
leader,
Lamberth,
saying
you
are
properly
recognized.
J
Famous
chairman,
this
deals
with
a
relatively
nuanced
issue
dealing
with
ignition
Analog
Devices.
They
currently
have
GPS
units
on
them,
but
it
is
not
something
that
is
that
there
are
rules
and
procedures
for
the
Department
was
going
to
do
this
a
couple
of
years
ago,
through
Rule
and
quite
frankly,
I
felt
like
it
was
more
appropriate
that
it
come
to
a
statutory
change
and
that's
what
this
does.
It
makes
it
very
clear:
they
cannot
use
these
GPS
devices
to
track
anyone.
It
is
merely
geotagged
at
the
time
that
a
breathalyzed
sample
is
taken.
A
A
J
Later
Lambert
famous
chairman
and
members
of
the
committee,
this
is
another
bill
that
makes
some
minor
changes
in
our
statutory
framework
and
dealing
with
DUI
thirds
or
subsequent.
This
would
require,
unless
the
judge
feels
like
there's
a
reason
not
to
a
transdermal
monitoring
device
that
senses,
whether
or
not
someone's
been
drinking
alcohol.
By
the
time
they
get
a
third
offense
DUI,
obviously,
there's
a
heightened
risk.
J
It
also
in
the
first
part
of
this
actually
reduces
the
time
before
someone
would
be
eligible
to
be
able
to
go
off
to
inpatient
treatment
right
now,
that's
at
25
days
on
a
DUI
second
offense.
The
trick
is
on
a
DUI
second
offense.
The
mandatory
minimum
is
45
days.
Most
of
your
treatment
facilities
are
28
days
in
length,
so
this
reduces
it
down
to
17
days
so
that
someone
actually
has
an
incentive
to
go
ahead
and
go
off
to
treatment,
because
now,
if
they
do
it,
they
stay
in
for
an
additional
week.
A
Seeing
now
we're
now
voting
to
send
House
Bill
144
on
the
full
criminal,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye
those
opposed
the
eyes
Prevail.
Let
me
move
on
to
full
criminal
damage.
Chairman
members
of
the
committee
item
number
four
house
bill:
nine
by
representative
Todd
you're,
properly
recognized.
You
do
have
an
amendment
on
this
bill
here
coded
3058,
that's
correct,
sir.
You
wish
to
proceed
with
that
amendment.
I
do
sir!
It
makes
the
bill.
K
You
Mr
chairman
Amendment,
one
does
make
the
bill
has
amended
house
bill.
Nine,
clears
up
confusion
in
the
law
and
clarifies
that
adult
oriented
performances
may
only
be
held
in
age,
restricted
venues
and
may
never
be
held
on
publicly
owned
property
under
current
law.
Businesses
that
predominantly
provide
adult-oriented
entertainment
must
be
licensed
and
age
restricted
to
prevent
children
from
entrance.
K
This
bill
simply
clarifies
that
if
this
type
of
adult
oriented
entertainment
occurs
in
locations
that
are
not
required
to
be
regulated
under
the
current
adult
entertainment
law,
because
the
adult
entertainment
is
not
a
predominant
business
like
a
restaurant,
for
example,
then
that
business
must
ensure
that
the
performance
is
age
restricted
and
children
are
not
allowed
to
view
the
performance.
The
bill
only
applies
to
performances
that
are
considered
harmful
to
minors
under
the
state's
obscenity
laws,
which
are
those
performances
that
are
overtly
sexual
in
nature
and
quote
appeal
to
a
prurient
interest.
First.
K
K
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman.
There
is
some
confusion
in
the
law
about
what
performances
are
actually
covered
and
I
dealt
with
this
in
my
own
Community
this
past
year,
and
this
is
just
simply
to
clarify
exactly
what
is
intended
in
the
law
that
we've
had
for
many
decades,
but
makes
it
very
clear
to
the
public
what
is
crossing
the
line
as
harmful
to
minors.
E
I
I'm
I'm
not
sure
that
it
is
clear,
I
know.
One
thing:
that's
noted
in
the
bill
is
Go-go
dancing
and
I
kind
of
had
to
go
back
to
Nancy
Sinatra
and
her
video
of
These
boots
are
made
for
walking,
which
is
go,
go
dancing
and
I
I,
don't
see
how
that's
harmful
to
Children
I
I'm.
Is
it
just
harmful
to
Children?
If
someone
is
not
is
wearing
clothes,
not
aligned
that
some
people
think
aren't
aligned
with
their
sex?
Is
that
what's
what
makes
it
wrong
I'm
trying
to
understand
what
it
is?
K
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman
I
mean
the
bill
States
very
clearly
what
is
included.
We
already
have
in
law,
the
go-go
dancers
and
strippers
and
strip
clubs,
but
it
there
are
certain
things
that
are
not
included,
and
this
just
make
sure
that
it's
very
very
clear
that
if
you're
doing
something
that's
going
to
be
harmful
to
minors,
which
has
already
been
established
in
law,
then
it
must
be
age,
restricted.
E
So
would
you
Men
in
Tights
to
fall
under
this
I
I
I'm
I'm
curious?
Why
maybe
dancing,
but
there's
nothing
sexual
in
nature
to
to
to
these
things.
I
don't
know
if
you've
been
to
drag,
shows.
I
have
I've
seen
things
in
the
community
and
I
I
just
haven't
seen
what
people
are
saying
or
happening,
I'm
curious.
How
many
drag
shows
you've
been
to
and
I'm
curious?
E
This
seems
like
a
bill
that
is
directed
at
at
a
particular
Community
I.
Think
it's
going
to
have
a
lot
of
unintended
consequences
when
you
think
about
people
who
might
be
I
think,
for
example,
in
in
Knoxville
we
have
outdoor
concerts
a
lot
of
times.
You
know
people
dancing
and
a
lot
of
goth
music.
The
guys
wear
skirts
things
like
that.
I
mean
what
is
this?
How
is
this
going
to
affect
our
community?
This
seems
a
bill
directed
specifically
at
hate
and
I,
haven't
seen
any
evidence
of
a
singly,
a
single
damaged
child.
L
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman
I'm,
curious
I,
don't
recall
any
time
in
history
here
in
the
legislature
where
we've
included
the
words
or
similar
entertainers
in
a
definition
in
the
law.
Could
there
be
anything
more
vague
than
or
similar
entertainers?
Can
we
remove
that
language
or
something
because
that
would
include
what
the
lady
mentioned
I
would
think,
and
you
know
I've
expressed
this
to
you
in
a
private
conversation.
My
concern
like,
for
example,
Tendencies
on
Miley
Cyrus
at
Bridgestone,
Arena
I've,
seen
her
there
in
the
past
myself.
Would
that
cross
the
line?
L
A
Campbell,
if
I
made
that
that
is
in
his
language,
that
is
already
referenced,
that
is
already
in
the
code
that
or
similar
entertainers,
and
we
can
go
out
of
session
to
hear
from
legal.
If
that
would
be
something
that
you
want
to
hear
from.
Yes,
please
we'll
go
out
of
session
and
hear
from
Legal
Services.
M
N
M
A
A
L
Thank
you
just
in
final
follow-up.
As
a
as
a
promoter
of
entertainment,
myself,
the
word
similar
entertainers
and
the
possibility,
if
that
is
applying
to
any
venue
inside
or
or
a
public
performance,
if
we're
having
a
professional
wrestling
show
at
a
County
Fair
and
some
promotion
decides
to
have
a
bra
and
panties
match.
K
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Again,
we
go
back
to
the
definition
in
section
one,
adult
Cabaret
entertainment
means
adult
oriented
performances,
adult
oriented
performances
that
are
harmful
to
minors.
That's
very
key
here,
that's
defined
in
3917-901
and
that
features
go-go
dancers,
erotic,
dance,
exotic,
dancer,
strippers,
male
or
female
impersonators
or
similar
entertainers.
So
that
first
part
defines
exactly
what
category
those
would
have
to
be
in
to
be
a
violation.
N
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman
I,
just
want
to
kind
of
ask
the
same
question.
I
just
asked
legal
to
you
and
just
kind
of
ask
is
this:
is
this
going
to
be
just
shows
performances
on
public
property,
or
are
we
also
stepping
in
to
say
a
restaurant
that
would
to
have
some
sort
of
whether
it
be
for
fee
or
not
or
a
performance
venue
that
normally
maybe
hosts
Broadway
shows
things
of
that
nature?
Does
this?
Does
this
come
into
play?.
K
H
A
You
thank
you,
leader,
Lambert
questions
been
called
on
the
amendment,
any
objection,
seeing
no
we're
now
voting
on
adopting
Amendment
3058
on
the
house
bill.
Nine,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
those
opposed
no
the
eyes
Prevail
we
adopt.
We
are
now
in
house
bill
nine
as
amended.
We
do
have
several
that
have
signed
up
for
Testimony.
A
O
A
O
All
right,
I
will
do
the
best.
I
can
I'm
still
recovering
from
the
infamous
crud,
so
yeah
like
it
always
sticks
with
you
long
after
the
virus
is
gone.
I'm,
Stephen,
Puckett,
I'm
from
Hendersonville
Tennessee
I,
am
speaking
in
opposition
to
this
legislation,
because
I
am
concerned
about
the
subjectivity
of
the
way
this
legislation
is
written.
O
O
O
A
P
P
P
I
have
been
very
blessed
to
do
what
I
do
and
I
am
surrounded
by
people
that
I
love
all
the
time
and
I
think
I'm
surrounded
by
some
of
those
folks,
In
This
Very
Room,
when
I
met
with
my
state
senator
Mr
Podi,
who
I
wish
was
in
the
room
right
now
we
had
a
very
constructive
meeting
and
I
was
told.
Well
that
doesn't
happen
very
often
with
a
conservative
gentleman
like
Mr
Podi
we've
met
for
over
half
an
hour.
I
was
proud
of
that.
P
I
was
proud
to
share
that,
and
he
told
me
you
know
you
should
probably
testify
when
this
comes
up
in
front
of
the
committee
and
I'm
here
to
say
that
I'm,
following
the
advice
of
my
elected
representative,
whether
or
not
I
elect
voted
for
him,
but
he
said,
don't
be
emotional
State
the
facts
and
we've
heard
some
facts,
but
I'm
an
emotional
person
and
I
can't
leave
emotion.
Out
of
this.
P
P
P
A
Q
My
legal
name
is
Ellen
vessels,
but
as
a
non-binary
trans
person,
my
common
use
name
is
actually
hella
skeleton,
I'm
an
actor
and
a
drag
performer
in
Canyon
County
last
year,
my
friends
and
I
did
this
play.
It's
called
I
am
my
own
wife.
It's
the
true
story
of
Charlotte
Von
malsdorf.
She
was
a
trans
woman
who
survived
the
Nazi
and
communist
regimes
in
Germany
at
age.
16
she
faced
an
SS
firing
squad
and
they
wanted
to
shoot
me.
I
looked
down,
I
didn't
want
to
see
them
shoot.
Q
I
thought
I'll,
wait
until
I
feel
it.
But
when
I
looked
to
the
ground,
I
saw
the
boots
of
a
commander.
Are
you
a
boy
or
a
girl
and
I
thought
if
they
shoot
me?
What's
the
difference
between
a
boy
and
a
girl,
because
dead
is
dead,
she
survived
the
Nazis
and
later
the
Communists
took
over
and
they
and
then
came
the
wall
and
for
us
in
East
Berlin
it
was
finished
gay
life.
We
were
not
supposed
to
exist,
persona
non
grata,
so
I
thought
to
give
homosexual
men
and
women
a
community
in
this
house.
Q
She
bought
every
single
item
in
a
gay
restaurant
that
was
going
to
be
bulldozed
by
the
Communists
and
hid
it
in
her
basement
and
ran
an
underground
gay
cabaret
for
30
years
under
the
watchful
eyes
of
the
Stasi.
Why
am
I
bringing
up
this
play
because
we
want
to
do
this
play
at
Tennessee
Tech
next
year,
a
public
institution?
And
if
this
bill
passes,
that
will
be
a
crime.
Q
Our
cast
includes
trans
women,
playing
trans
women,
characters,
trans
masculine
non-binary
people
playing
CIS,
Men,
characters,
a
CIS
man
playing
male
and
female
characters,
and
even
an
intersex
actor
playing
a
lesbian
who
may
have
been
a
trans
man.
I
know
that
a
lot
of
y'all
don't
really
understand
the
words
that
I'm
saying
right
now
and
that's
why
you
should
really,
at
the
very
least,
table
this
bill
so
that
you
can
learn
more
about
our
community
before
you
pass
bills
that
Target
us
I.
Q
Don't
think
that
I
deserve
to
be
locked
up
because
I'm,
a
person
who
sometimes
looks
like
a
boy
and
sometimes
looks
like
a
girl
and
I
think
I
should
deserve
to
be
cast
in
the
part.
That's
right!
For
me,
regardless
of
the
gender
of
that
role,
another
reason
I'm
bringing
up
this
play.
The
parallels
are
really
obvious.
We
have
a
government,
that's
trying
to
restrict
our
rights.
We
have
extremist
hate
groups
on
our
door
and
coming
into
our
nightclubs
and
shooting
us
dead.
Q
Q
Are
you
a
boy
or
a
girl,
but
the
main
reason
that
I
wanted
to
bring
up
this
play
is
because
not
one,
but
two
repressive
regimes
tried
to
silence
charlottesdorf
and
she's
still
with
us
here
today,
while
y'all
are
building
a
culture,
that's
predicated
on
punishing
people
who
are
different
from
you.
My
community
has
been
perfecting
self-love
into
an
art
form
and
that
art
form
is
drag.
We've
been
building
a
culture
based
on
love
on
resilience
and
on
protecting
one
another,
and
the
more
that
you
attack
us
and
the
more
you
push
us
underground.
Q
R
Go
all
right.
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Jeannie
Alexander
I
am
a
reverend
a
former
attorney
and
ethics
Professor
I'm
with
Earth
fire
Abby
in
Old,
Hickory,
Tennessee
and
I
promise
you
hell
and
I
did
not
compare
notes
before
this
morning,
I'm
here,
because
House
Bill
9
is
I,
think
an
incredibly
dangerous
bill.
I'm
thinking
about
Representatives
Johnson's
about
unintended
consequences
and
I
am
here
because
I
think
that
there
are
intended
consequences.
R
R
R
This
is
not
just
a
bill
about
performance.
None
of
these
bills
should
be
viewed
in
isolation
but
examined
as
a
whole
as
an
effort
to
criminalize
and
disappear
people,
people
who
are
family
members,
our
loved
ones
ourselves.
What
is
performance
is
it
preaching?
Is
it
public
speaking?
Is
it
being
in
a
play
and
what
is
period
interest
if
you
legislate
that
some
people
are
obscene
by
their
very
existence,
so
that
everything
they
do
in
public
then
relates
to
a
period
interest?
R
These
bills
have
gone
beyond
trying
to
silence
voices.
They
are
trying
to
erase
lives.
We
have
been
here
before
and
we
know
how
this
ends:
May
of
1933
in
Weimar
Germany,
the
first
large
Nazi
book
burning
of
over
20
000
volumes
took
place
at
the
hirschfeld
institute
for
the
science
of
sexuality,
the
first
Institute
for
gender
affirming
care.
The
first
targets
are
always
small
groups
of
unprotected
and
unjustly
vilified
minorities.
R
Trans
people
queer
people
what's
happening
here
today
is
what
fascism
looks
like
Cookeville.
A
week
ago,
protesters
outside
of
a
drag
show
were
flying
a
Nazi
flag
and
assured
us
that
if
people
would
not
get
behind
the
American
flag
to
get
rid
of
those
of
us
defending
that
show
that
they
would
get
behind
the
Nazi
flag
again
remember:
every
law
passed
in
Nazi
Germany
was
passed
legally.
R
S
Yes,
sir,
thank
you
Mr
chairman,
my
name
is
David
Taylor
I'm
co-owner
of
four
businesses
in
Nashville
that
are
welcoming
to
everyone,
but
cater
predominantly
to
the
lgbtq
plus
Community.
My
businesses
alone
have
contributed
more
than
13
million
dollars
to
the
state
and
form
of
sales
and
liquor
taxes.
Since
we
open
and
each
year
more
than
200
people
make
all
are
part
of
their
living
from
our
businesses,
including
13
full-time
and
more
than
60
guest
drag
performers
with
a
total
payroll
of
three
million
dollars
annually
and
we're
just
one
of
many.
S
Such
businesses
in
our
state,
we're
proud
of
our
performers.
Seven
have
been
cast
on
the
national
television
show
RuPaul's
Drag
Race,
with
two
placing
in
the
top
three
of
their
Seasons.
Our
shows
are
fun,
Lively,
campy,
theatrical,
clever,
dramatic
and
joyous,
but
never
of
a
prurient
nature,
and
our
performers
are
certainly
not
adult
Cabaret
performers.
We
know
this
because
we
have
a
Tennessee
liquor
license
and
are
bound
by
Tennessee
liquor
laws.
S
These
laws
are
aggressively
enforced
by
the
alcoholic
beverage
commission
and
prohibit
nudity,
as
well
as
simulated
sexual
acts
and
other
lewd
behaviors
and
are
more
than
20
years
in
business.
We've
not
received
a
citation
for
one
of
our
drag
performers.
In
short,
the
Tennessee
ABC
has
never
viewed
our
performers
as
Cabaret
or
adult
performers,
with
two
decades
of
monitoring
our
shows
and
operations
as
proof.
S
Another
business
of
ours
offers
a
downtown
bus
tour
hosted
by
drag
performers
and
it's
frustrating
to
us
that
a
fully
costumed
drag
queen
seen
through
a
bus
window.
Lip
syncing,
Tina
Turner,
might
be
charged
under
this
bill,
especially
since
not
one
of
our
performers
on
this
bus
has
ever
shown
more
skin
than
a
Titans
cheerleader
on
a
Sunday
afternoon.
S
This
bill
places
male
or
female
impersonation
in
the
categories
of
strippers,
and
if
you
look
at
this
law,
you'll
see
go-go
dancers,
exotic
dancers,
strippers.
All
of
those
relate
to
behavior,
male
or
female.
Impersonation
relates
to
your
choice
of
clothing
and
and
that's
a
huge
difference
and
I
hope
that
you'll
note
that
and
who
else
might
be
included,
it's
been
noted.
S
Is
it
the
group
of
birthday
girls
in
Memphis
that
decides
to
dress
like
Elvis
for
the
night
and
dance
on
the
street
or
Mega
star
Harry
Styles,
as
he
performs
in
Knoxville
in
address,
are
our
theaters
and
TPAC
when
they
want
to
perform
hairspray,
Chicago
or
Mrs
Doubtfire
included?
Can
they
be
arrested
and
charged,
and
what
about
Halloween
can
my?
Can
my
daughter
walk
down
this
public
Street
as
Batman
and
if
impersonators
are
labeled,
adult
Cabaret
performers?
S
What
impact
does
that
have
on
my
liquor,
my
liquor
license
and
my
ability
to
operate
as
I
have
for
the
past
20
years,
so
many
of
our
state's
hotels
and
restaurants
also
offer
popular
drag
branches
as
tourist
draws.
They
happen
in
every
one
of
our
major
cities,
and
there
are
at
least
10
in
Nashville
alone.
Are
their
performers
subject
to
arrest
and
fines
if
a
miner
walks
by
and
sees
a
performance,
even
if
it's
just
a
Dolly,
Parton
impersonator
doing
nine
to
five
in
his
inaugural
address?
S
Just
a
few
days
ago,
Governor
Lee
asked
for
return
to
Civility
and
I
applaud
that
sentiment,
I
believe
in
being
civil
and
welcoming
to
all
tennesseans.
But
legislation
like
this
isn't
about
civility
or
even
protecting
our
children.
It's
about
curtailing
business
and
the
free
expression
of
our
citizens,
with
a
giant
can
of
worms
regarding
interpretation
and
enforcement
and
I.
Ask
you
to
oppose
this
bill.
A
E
P
P
P
When
did
I
first
hear
that
word
as
an
adult
was
dehumanized
was
when
Nazis
decided
that
certain
people
weren't
worthy
of
Life,
they
were
less
than
humans,
so
they
eradicated
them
and
attempted
to
eradicate
them
and
sponge
them
out.
I.
Don't
want
that
to
happen
to
this
young
person
who
reached
out
to
me
in
fear
of
their
life
because
they
felt
that
language
like
this
was
dehumanizing.
P
A
P
I
S
Yeah,
yes,
sir,
we
do
we
don't
allow
miners
in
in
our
establishments
or
on
our
bus.
We
we
are
concerned
about
the
the
way
the
law
is
in
terms
of
someone
seeing
a
performer
from
the
street
again,
a
fully
costume,
fully
clothed
performer
and
and
and
would
they
be
charged,
but
it
also,
as
many
of
the
others
have
said,
vague
enough
I.
Think
many
of
you
have
said
when
you
all
were
questioning
the
bill.
S
It's
it's
vague
enough
to
really
not
be
sure
why
it's
there
and
you
know
and
and
how
it
might
apply.
You
know
what
are
the
unintended
consequences
of
the
bill,
but
and
and
if,
if
male
and
female
impersonation
is
deemed
to
be
an
adult
Cabaret,
you
know
who's
the
Arbiter
of
that
I
mean
at
what
point.
Do
you
come
in
and
say
no
that
you
know
that
performer
is
doing
Beyonce,
that's
okay,
that
performer
is
doing
a
little
Kim.
That's
not!
S
Okay,
even
though
you
know
we,
you
know,
would
we
be
required
to
have
an
adult
license
for
a
bar,
that's
been
operating
for
20
years
and
paying
taxes,
and
that
type
of
thing
it
just
gets
really
cloudy
and
muddy
and
and
I'm,
not
sure
you
know,
since
they're,
because
of
our
ABC
liquor,
license
we're
Bound
by
very
strict
anybody
that
has
a
liquor
license.
Every
hotel
that
has
a
Drag
Brunch
is
bound
by
the
same
liquor
license
that
prohibit.
S
You
know
the
type
of
lewd
behavior
that
no
one
really
wants
to
see
children
exposed
to,
and
so
whether
it's
a
G-rated
performance
at
the
Bobby
Hotel
downtown
or
if
it's
you
know
a
a
different
type
of
performance.
Whatever
type
of
performance
is,
you
know,
you
can't
have
the
types
of
behavior
that
are
described
in
this
bill
and
have
a
liquor
license,
and
so
that's
why
it
it's
it's
to
me
cloudy,
redundant
and
not
necessary.
S
A
K
I
appreciate
the
public
coming
in
and
and
testifying
expressing
their
opinion.
That's
what
our
constitution
directs
them
to
do.
They're
supposed
to
instruct
their
representatives
and
I
truly
appreciate
that,
but
I
would
also
want
the
public
to
know
that
not
one
of
these
people
was
under
oath.
Not
one
of
them
was
bound
to
tell
the
truth.
These
are
opinions
and
you
guys
have
them
too.
So,
just
that's
for
the
more
the
public
benefit
than
anything
else.
K
Mr
chairman.
Several
comments
have
been
made
about
the
section
of
code
harmful
to
minors.
I
do
not
have
that
in
front
of
me
of
what
30
or
excuse
me
751.
Excuse
me,
39
17
901
actually
says
if
we
wanted
to
have
legal,
read
that
so
that
it's
clear
to
everyone
exactly
what
we're
referring
to
here,
because
a
lot
of
misconceptions
have
been
mentioned
here
this
morning
this
afternoon
and
I
certainly
don't
want
any
kind
of
cloud
to
hang
over
this
committee
or
this
bill
that
are
misconceptions.
This
is
very
clear.
K
M
Michelle
Fogerty
Legal,
Services,
TCA,
3917-901,
subdivision
6
defines
harmful
to
minors
as
meaning
that
quality
of
any
description
or
representation
in
whatever
form
of
nudity
sexual
excitement.
Sexual
conduct,
excess
violence
or
sadomasochistic
abuse
when
they,
when
they
matter
or
performance,
would
be
found
by
the
average
person
applying
contemporary
Community
standards
to
appeal
predominantly
to
the
prurient.
E
M
H
K
K
T
You
Mr
chairman,
just
a
comment
instead
of
a
question
listening
to
the
testimony
that
we've
heared
today
just
makes
you
sick
at
your
stomach,
but
I
just
want
to
say
to
you,
representative,
Todd
I
appreciate
you
standing
up
for
the
rights
of
our
children,
trying
to
take
care
of
our
children
and
trying
to
keep
them
safe.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
Here
we
go
any
other
Representatives
wish
to
speak,
seeing
none
we're
now
going
to
be
voting
on
sending
House
Bill
9
as
amended
on
the
full
criminal.
All
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
as
opposed
the
ice
developed.
The
bill
moves
on.
If
you
wish
to
be
recorded
as
a
no,
please
see
the
clerk
members
that
brings
us
to
the
end
of
our
calendar.
Are
there
anything
else
we
need
to
discuss,
seeing
none?
We
will
stand
adjourned
until
next
week.