Tennessee House of Representatives 112th House Local Government Committee, 24 Mar 2021

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House Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee - March 24, 2021 - House Hearing Room 2

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Inside talking.

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I, don't know if you got a bill in here.

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Welcome members and guests good morning today is Wednesday March 24 2001. I hereby call the subcommittee on elections and campaign Finance to order I'm Madam Secretary. Please take the role.

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Representative holzclaw representative love representative Manus, representative Shaw, representative Williams, representative Wright, chairman Crawford, chairman Rudd,.

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Chairman rod, do you have a quorum.

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And representative love has entered the building, the room I'd say: are there any? uh Are there any personal orders before we begin or any updates information or announcements? Seeing none? Today we have um six bills on the calendar. Let's begin. The first is uh HB 1157 by representative Stewart. He has requested that to be road to the hill of today's calendar, uh HB 1158, but representative Stewart. He has requested that uh to be rode two weeks, seeing no objections, we'll roll that two weeks, um HB 1324 by representative Hardaway.

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He is not present.

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uh Adam excuse me well, it would be automatically but um Ripper. Let's see, item four is HB 1447 by representative Miller. He has requested that to roll to the last calendar is that of the of the committee of the committee. Seeing no objections.

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Item number five is HB 1486, but representative towns and he is in the building.

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I have first and second.

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Excuse me that is 1486 racer! Yes, okay, if you don't mind my sermon, 1486 I'd like to roll it one week, please.

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One week, yes, sir any.

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Objections seeing none uh 1486 will be Road by one week.

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Next up is item number six uh HB 1487 by representative towns.

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Chairman motion on a.

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Second, thank you once again, uh Mr chairman members 1487.. What this basically does is this bill is simply hopefully bringing us in a little bit more into uh the 21st century, as it relates to using the technology my commission down there. Let's talk to me about uh being able to contact members or citizens with tax they already mail, something out as well as phone calls. Okay, it's just simply a lot.

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There's no cost to it, but if they have your tax information, they can text you and tell you have a problem uh with your stuff and give you an opportunity to do it. We're doing it pretty much throughout the system now just being able to use the technology and it allows for a phone call as well, but they already mail stuff. As you go now, which is costly, the text is not and the phone call it's not. So that's essentially what it does. Ladies and gentlemen,.

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It's good any um any questions.

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I only uh I see not only a question I had that concerned me slightly is if we text or phone somebody, we don't know if they've moved, but if we mail to somebody like they'd, moved to a different Precinct or a different County or just across town, maybe they're in a different District. If we've mailed to their address, it's going to come back or they're going to respond, but then the text message we have no way of verifying if they still live there.

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That's something that somewhat concerned me other than also some of the rural counties may not have tax capability.

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um You know they don't have a lot of budget, but uh but the address thing is is somewhat concerning well and.

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uh If there was some problems that we you know that we figured out, we I would say we would have to address them, but what they're thinking is that it? uh You know it saves them money and it's quicker, but you know I would be the first chairman if we find out there are some problems to try to. You know plug that that Gap and I'm sure you've worked with me to try to get that done. You.

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Don't think representative love and you're next.

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Thank you, Mr chairman to the sponsor uh looking at your legislation. uh It appears as though it allows the election commission to determine the best method.

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It's an option: that's exactly right! They'll, not mandate to do that. That's a that's, a critical part that did not mean leave out, but you're, absolutely right, sir. Okay.

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So if they don't have the provisions text, they can.

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Choose other call.

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Yes, sir, it's up to them all right.

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Thank you, a couple more errors in the equivalent to you know to the side exactly representative.

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Sean you were next thank.

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You Mr chairman uh I was thinking with the technology that we have now on cell phones, so you can pretty much text in a way. Even when you don't have Broadband, uh you can text to my knowledge I'm, not for sure about that. But since it's an option I, don't guess it would really matter. That's all I have.

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Thank you, sir representative love.

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Thank you, Mr, chairman and again to the sponsor. This does not eliminate the commission's ability to also use other methods just adds to another.

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Excellent point: it does not no they're called itself enhancing and I think it enhances as well all.

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Right thanks, sir appreciate you bringing.

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This, yes, sir, any further questions who called the we've had a question on the bill.

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Oh uh seeing uh I'm seeing no disagreement, we will go ahead and proceed to vote on the question we are now voting on HB 1487, all those in favor say: aye opposed, nay, nay, Nays, Prevail, Bill fails.

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And that puts us back um at the the let's see trying to see if who's here um HB um 1157 was bottom of the calendar. We also uh have Hardaway representative Hardaway, HB 1324., neither representative Stewart or Hardaway or end the building or in the in the room.

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We can take a short recess to try to find them and we will reconvene shortly.

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Oh yeah, they um um Stewart's uh uh uh Mr host claw uh chairman host claw HB 1158 was Road two weeks and um uh representative Miller was uh road to the last calendar of the committee foreign.

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Recess, we'll reconvene shortly try.

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We are back in session. We could not find the the sponsors on um with no objections. um It.

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The HB 1324 by Hardaway and HB 14 47. Well, if that was already been um 11, excuse me 1157 by Stuart. We will row that to the next available calendar, which will be uh next week's calendar if.

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You just want some time: I can discuss some bills that I'm thinking about bringing to the committee.

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You just we need to. We need to proceed any yes, sir.

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I'm in more calendars, uh do we have do you know yet.

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Probably we were discussing that uh this morning, uh depending on the load right now, it looks like probably our last counter will probably be declared for the week of the 14th, be Wednesday the 14th of next month, I guess about two and a half weeks.

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If the calendar is real light, we can close it earlier, but as of right now, that's the plan calendar had been officially announced, we'll have to uh have to roll these to the next available calendar with no objections.

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Those bills are road to next week's calendar and we are hereby adjourned.