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House State Government Committee- April 12, 2022- House Hearing Room 1
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A
We
have
a
quorum
all
right,
wonderful,
so
here
we
are
we're
back
we're
back
in
session
members.
We
do
have
a
couple
of
bills
on
the
calendar
today,
but
before
we
get
started
before
we
focus
there,
we
certainly
want
to
recognize
one
of
our
members
who
is
now
back
and
it's
representative
alexander,
and
thank
you
it's
great
for
you
to
be
back
with
us
today.
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It
was
surrendered
by
u.s,
major
robert
anderson
and
now,
let's
move
to
1945,
let's
see
if
who
can
name
the
name
of
this
town,
it
was
the
day
that,
unfortunately,
that
our
president
franklin
delano
roosevelt,
passes
away
after
four
terms
in
office,
leaving
vice
president
harry
s,
truman
in
charge
of
a
country
still
fighting
the
second
war,
and
did
I
hear
warm
springs
georgia
from
who
it
was
all
right.
There
you
go
well,
that
is,
that
is
correct.
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So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
you
that
you
make
sure
you
you
can
attend
that
so
anyway,
we're
looking
forward
to
that
with
and
now
let
us
proceed
in
house
bill
on
your
calendar
item
number
one
house
bill
2877
by
chairman
todd
chairman
todd.
You
already
have
a
motion
in
a
second
the
I
see
you're
carrying
an
amendment.
If
you
would
please
give
us
that
drafting
code.
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C
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B
C
Board.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Thank
you
for
the
question
about
three
years
ago
I
had
a
local
non-profit
approach
me
in
jackson,
tennessee
that
had
an
experience
with
the
human
rights
commission.
There
was
an
allegation
of
discrimination
that
was
brought
against
this
non-profit
and
their
members
that
that
came
to
me
basically
said
they
were
terrorized
by
this
group.
C
They
came
in
with
guns
of
blazing,
and
I
spoke
to
several
members
of
the
of
their
group
that
had
been
interrogated
by
the
human
rights
commission
employees
and
came
away
feeling
that
we
don't
need
state
government
agencies
acting
like
this.
These
are
real
people.
These
are
constituents
of
mine,
and
since
then,
I
have
heard
from
other
members
of
the
legislature.
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They
weren't
allowed
to
have
that
information.
They
were
equal
partners
as
commissioners,
but
this
executive
committee
had
been
formed
and
precluded
them
from
having
any
information
on
certain
topics.
So
what
this
bill?
Does
it
outlines
that?
Not
only
can
you
not
do
it,
you
know
it's
not
understood
anymore,
that
you
can't
do
that,
we're
going
to
spell
it
out.
You
can't
form
any
kind
of
a
group
within
this
commission
that
has
more
authority
and
more
power
than
all
the
other
commissioners.
C
It
changes
up
the
appointing
authorities
so
right
now
the
governor
has
five
appointments,
and
the
legislature,
through
the
two
speakers
has
four.
This
will
reconstitute
that
it
vacates
the
board
on
september
one
and
says
that
the
governor
will
have
three
appointments
and
each
speaker
has
three
appointments.
C
They
are
described
to
have
them,
and
actually,
I
think
the
amendment
says
they're
required
to
have
representation
from
all
three
grand
divisions
and
there's
a
variety
of
groups
and
stakeholders,
stakeholder
groups
that
they're
supposed
to
draw
from,
so
that
we
have
interested
parties
that
are
all
well
represented
on
this
commission,
so
that
your
citizens
and
mine
are
treated
fairly
and
that's
all
we're
supposed
to
do
here.
They
administer
a
some
federal
programs.
C
B
You
know
people
might
be
discriminated
for
very
various
reasons,
and
I
realized
there
were
some
problems
with
the
makeup
of
this
and
also
specifically
some
problems
with
the
former
director
who
was
in
place.
But
you
know,
your
goal
is
still
to
make
sure
that
we
are
adhering
to
human
rights
standards
within
tennessee.
Is
that
correct.
B
Thank
you
and
the
sponsor
answered
my
question
in
his
statements
that
I
noticed
that
the
verbal
amendment
that
we
put
on
last
week
in
in
sub
to
make
it
mandatory
for
the
three
grand
divides
when
we're
appointing
people
to
this
board.
So
I'm
I'm
I'm
just
grateful
to
see
that
and
that
it
survived
and
all's
good.
Thank
you.
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C
I'm
strictly
going
on
memory,
I
don't
know
about
staff,
but
I
think
their
budget
is
somewhere
in
the
two
to
three
million
dollar
range
a
year.
I
think
a
million
or
so
of
that
maybe
a
million
plus
comes
from
the
federal
government
because
they
do
exercise
some
of
the
authority
that
otherwise
we
would
have
a
federal
agency
administering
in
our
state.
So
that's
one
of
the
positive
things
is
that
it's
kind
of
like
with
the
department
of
environment
conservation.
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C
Thank
you
for
the
question.
I
believe
there's
no
prohibition
in
this
and
I'm
not
looking
at
the
entire
section,
but
but
I
don't
believe,
there's
any
prohibition
on
on
current
commission
members
from
being
reappointed,
there's
language
that
sets
out
how
these
appointments
will
be
done.
So
they're
staggered
their
terms
are
staggered
so
that
we
end
up
not
having
an
entirely
new
board
every
four
years
or
something.
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B
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Thank
you,
chair,
lady,
follow
any
any
further
questions
to
the
chairman.
We've
had
a
question
called
on
the
bill
and
I
see
no
objections.
Let's
move
along
and
take
a
vote,
those
in
favor
of
house
bill
2877
as
amended.
Please
say:
aye
rosa
pose,
lock,
sign
eyes,
have
it
and
thank
you
chairman
todd
for
the
many
many
hours
and
your
attention
and
dedication
on
this,
and
we
appreciate
you
and
that
does
go
to
calendar
and
rules
chair
chairman
you're,
on
to
calendar
and
rules
that
takes
us
to.
Our
final
item.
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Item
number
two
house
bill
1036
by
speaker.
Where
is
our
beautiful,
wonderful
speaker,
there
speaker
johnson,
over
there
we
have
a.
We
have
a
motion
and
a
second
but
speaker
we
have.
You
are
bringing
an
untimely
fouled
amendment
and
you
do
you
mind.
Could
you
please
explain
it
the
the
what
what
occurred
here
by
being
untimely
for
us?
Please.
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D
Now
the
reason
I
brought
this,
mr
chairman,
when
I
was
doing
it
when
the
speaker
named
me,
chairman
of
the
house,
redistricting
committee,
our
attorney
doug
himes
and
I
sat
down
and
we
wanted
to
pull
up
some
information
from
the
last
one,
which
was
10
years
ago,
and
unfortunately,
there
was
some
information
that
we
could
not
get
so
this.
What
this
amendment
does
it
requires
that
they
preserve
this
information
so
that
10
years
from
now
it'll
be
there.
A
All
right
now
before
we
go
before
we
move
any
further
for
the
record.
We
do
need
to,
of
course
get
the
amendment.
Let's
get
the
amendment
on
on
the
bill.
We
haven't
done
that
yet
procedurally,
so
I
have
a
motion
in
a
second
all
right
great.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
I
call
for
the
question
and
we
do.
We
have
a
call
for
the
question.
I
see
no
objections.
All
right
here.
We
go
we're
voting
on
the
amendment
place.