Tennessee House of Representatives 112th House Naming Committee, 9 Mar 2021

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House Naming & Designating Committee - March 9, 2021 - House Hearing Room 2

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How to detect a quorum clerk? Will you take the roll? Please.

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Representatives, bird cassida cooper, doggett, eldridge, grills, johnson knox, leatherwood mitchell, rudd, sexton, cheryl, travis warner here weaver here vice chairman byrd, chairman wendell,.

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Thank you, any announcements or personal orders before we get started. You're recognized.

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Thank you, mr chairman. uh Today is my son's 10th birthday perfect and uh last year I announced on the floor that it was his 10th birthday. He was her 9th birthday. He was got in trouble at school and I found out moments after I had raised my hand to speak, and so he was grounded at the time I made the announcement. He could not see the uh see the birthday wishes because he was grounded from the tv and electronics and everything I'm happy to report.

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As of committee time, when I walked in, I checked with my wife, he is not grounded today, so he will be able to see this birthday announcement. So if you all would help me uh wish him a happy birthday today. Thank you.

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Happy birthday: what's his name.

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Yes, sir happy.

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Birthday cole, if you're watching at home, thank.

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Okay, any more announcements. If none we're gonna go to the first bill house joint resolution uh 100 the birthday father is recognized.

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Yeah well, thank you.

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Thank you, mr chairman and committee.

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We have recently a boat ramp that was built there in the in the county in giles county, where I live in a little small community, known as wales, wales, community, a community of some rich history when the railroad ran through. But since uh those times that community has kind of fallen, uh it's been absorbed by some other other cities and in areas, but uh it's gonna be we're asking to name this. After a man named james per year, a very interesting gentleman that worked there, a military veteran world war ii veteran.

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He was a postmaster in that area, a well-known well-respected member of the community, a noted author overall fantastic gentleman and to name this boat ramp in his honor. uh The committee was formed of members of that community and throughout the county uh resolution was done, and so they came to me this year asking that we named this boat ramp and I've spoken with twra and and they are okay with all this.

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We've got a motion. Second, any questions comments, question call for all in favor, aye all opposed no bill goes to calvin rules.

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Chairman holtzclaw you're recognized on house bill, 355.

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In a second, a motion by chairman casada.

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Thank you, chairman committee members. Basically uh I don't like chewing my cabbage twice if you know what that means, but we passed this bill last year, house bill 355 in the house and the senate failed to take it up. So we're just rehashing some stuff, but basically all this does is it will honor and recognize tennessee's. True, first people in a.

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Nutshell got a motion. Second, any questions for the sponsor.

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Seeing none questions being called for all in favor, say aye. All opposed no bill goes calling rules. Thank.

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You committee members.

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Mr representative bricken got a motion a second. uh Can we go into recess for just one pause in order to allow representative ricken to make it into the room, so let's take a let's, take a three-minute pause or a recess and then we'll try to find the sponsor and we will move if not we'll take other action at that time. Thank you.

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No we're good we're we're good if we can search arms. You can find the representative for us. Please.

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Okay, we'll do it then that's right are you? Are you a sponsor.

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You're recognized on house bill 1567.

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All right, thank you. Let me uh if you will, let me get to that here. We're.

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Back into session, we got three minutes. I said three minutes we're going to go back in in about 30 seconds and we're gonna. We've got a motion on the bill by representative cassida and we got a second and we will start back up at the requisite time.

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We're good you're.

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We're back in the session uh got a motion. We got a second any questions for.

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I've been told by by our legal counsel: we need to wait another minute and a half, so we're gonna try to play by the rules today. So uh we could reconsider our actions, but by the time we did that we'd be back in the session. So we've got a time keeper beside us and we'll go from there.

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Any of the birthdays are recognized in the interim.

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I recognize a young man, that's uh interning with us some this year and it's tucker mountain he's sitting in the back of tucker wave to the committee. He's a yacht, young man he's going to start to school. This fall at the university of tennessee and he's got a great future ahead of him.

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You're recognized.

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Thank you, mr chairman. I maybe uh have overlooked something earlier today. I believe it may be representative jerry sexton's birthday. Perhaps today, if I'm.

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Chairman sexton, is that your birthday? Yes, it is happy birthday. I think that's appropriate to recognize jerry's birthday today, um 67.

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I understand that that's not appropriate, but yes, happy birthday, representative sexton, all right. I think we've waited our requisite time. So we're back into session got a motion in a second any questions.

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If none all in favor for the bill going calendar rules, please say aye all opposed. No bill goes to callum rules.

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You recognize chairman rudd,.

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I understand we came back correct.

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Yes, it's calendar rules, yes, we're good and we've got one more item on the calendar, which has been rolled one b week house bill 33 by president of cooper. My understanding is you want to roll that for one week. Is that right? Thank you very much at her request one week any further business to take up by the committee any announcements, if not we're adjourned. Thank you.