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House Department of Agencies Subcommittee House Hearing Room 3
A
A
D
A
E
E
E
All
right,
thank
you,
members.
As
I
said
earlier,
we
passed
this
out
of
the
house
side
last
year
and
it
was
sailing
through
and
then,
of
course,
like
so
many
things
coveted
hit.
So
we
went
home.
E
The
history
on
this
piece
of
legislation
comes
to
me
from
a
constituent
in
smith,
county,
whom
I
pass
his
farm
coming
in
the
holler
and
going
out
the
hauler,
and
I
call
it
mr
jesse.
The
mission
of
this
intent.
Well,
the
intent
of
this
spill
is
to
do
something
that
actually
we've
done
before
in
the
state
of
tennessee,
but
I'd
like
to
read
for
you
a
purpose
of
what
this
bill
on
disability
investigations
would
do.
E
Okay,
so
and
bear
with
me
here,
because
this
is
from
last
year,
I'm
trying
to
remember
what
I
did.
Okay,
the
mission
of
this
piece
of
legislation
is
called.
The
mission
of
the
cooperative
disability
investigations
program
is
to
combat
fraud
by
investigating
statements
and
activities
that
raise
suspicion
of
disability
fraud
by
claimants,
medical
providers,
interpreters
or
other
service
providers.
The
investigative
evidence
helps
the
disability,
determination
services,
make
timely
and
accurate
disability
determinations.
E
What
it
will
do
is
it
will
put
tennessee
boots
on
the
ground
and
it
will
enable
our
tennessee
folk
to
basically
get
the
bad
guys
and
get
bad
actors
who
are
cheating
our
social
security
system.
Now
you
and
I
were
sent
here
to
be
good
stewards
of
taxpayers
money,
and
I
take
that-
and
I
know
you
take
that
very
seriously
so
again.
E
The
purpose
is
to
get
the
bad
actors
who
are
not
using
the
money
honestly
when,
in
fact
we
do
have
people,
you
get
phone
calls
from
people
that
are
disabled
and
they
literally
cannot
work
and
they
do
not
work
and
their
monies
are
very,
very
limited,
and
I
think
it's.
I
think
this
is
stealing
money
from
those
who
need
it
and
how
the
bill
was
intentionally.
E
The
genesis
of
the
bill
was
attention
intentionally
supposed
to
do
now.
I
have
some
stats
here.
These
are
back
when
tennessee
had
this
department
and
what,
in
a
little
history,
why
we
kind
of
stopped.
It
is
because
the
opiates
took
control
and
they
need,
and
we
had
lots
of
opiate
issues,
so
we
had
to
take
some
of
those
boots
off
the
ground
and
put
them
on
the
opiates
we
didn't
have
people
actually
doing.
This
takes
a
lot
of
time
to
investigate
this
and
find
the
bad
guys.
E
E
E
Unfortunately,
we
just
have
people
who
are
lying
and
not
being
honest
and
stealing
money
that
doesn't
belong
to
them
and
I
think
if
we
can
put
a
program
in
place
that
does
not
cost
the
state
of
tennessee
any
money
and
it's
a
pilot
program
here.
Let's
try
it
out
for
three
three
years:
let's
see
if
it's
working,
let's
see
how
much
money
we
save
our
taxpayers
and
let's
get
the
money
to
the
people
who
really
need
it.
That's
the
whole
heart
and
spirit
of
this
bill.
A
I'll
make
one
quick
comment.
You
know,
I
think
this
is
a
good
bill.
Hopefully
you
know
by
getting
the
bad
actors
it'll
give
individuals
that
need
it
some
disability,
so
I
think
it's
a
good
bill,
so
those
in
favor
say
hi.
Those
opposed
bill
passes
and
moves
to
full
committee.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
G
Yes,
sir,
be
glad
to,
as
you
know,
tennessee
has
a
deep
and
rich
history
from
mountain
city,
all
the
way
to
memphis
and
tennesseans
across
our
state
support
and
recognize
the
importance
of
our
history.
This
bill
before
you
today
strengthens
and
further
protects
the
preservation
of
tennessee
history.
G
Consequently,
this
bill
excuse
me,
is
designed
to
allow
those
who
are
in
close
contact
with
the
citizens
of
our
state
and
all
95
counties
to
have
a
role
in
selecting
membership
for
this
committee.
Currently,
the
governor
appoints
all
committee.
All
members
of
the
committee,
which
is,
I
believe,
59
at
the
current
time,
which
is
unwieldy.
G
This
bill
reduces
the
membership
to
18,
with
the
membership
appointed
in
thirds
a
third
from
the
government,
a
third
from
the
senate,
a
third
from
the
house,
so
the
general
assembly
has
their
input
in
terms
of
that.
The
bill
explains
the
mechanics
of
payment
and
so
forth,
which
doesn't
change
materially.
G
A
We
had
some
discussion
last
week
and
we've
got
a
couple
here
that
maybe
can
provide
us
a
little
additional
insight
to
this
bill.
I
know
you
want
to
get
knowledgeable
of
this
okay,
so
we've
got
a
session
here,
a
little
bit
of
we're
testimony
of
session,
and
basically,
we've
got
two
presenters
or
three
two,
two
on
one
side
and
one
on
the
other,
and
I
would
like
to
call
up-
and
I'm
gonna
give
these
individuals
five
minutes
and
they
can
split
their
time.
However,
they
wish,
but
first
I'm
gonna
call
up
steve
mcdaniel.
A
H
Steve
mcdaniel
I'm
representing
myself,
but
I'm
happy
to
be
here,
mr
chairman,
thank
you
so
much
for
this
opportunity.
H
So
I
don't
have
a
problem
with
that
portion
of
the
bill
at
all.
I
do
have
a
concern
that
the
qualifications
are
being
removed.
The
way
I
understand
it
of
the
way
the
current
members
of
the
commission
must
qualify
to
serve
and
I
think
probably
those
need
to
be
addressed
a
little
more
closely
and
I
have
spoken
with
the
sponsor
and
he
is
open
to
discussing
other
changes
that
might
need
to
be
made
in
the
bill
to
answer
that
concern.
H
So
that
was
the
biggest
part.
I
do
have
a
question
about
the
changing
the
executive
director
to
a
historical
director.
I
don't
know
what
that
means,
but
I've
had
the
pleasure
of
working
with
the
executive
director,
beginning
with
mr
herbert
harper
back
before.
At
the
time
I
was
elected,
he
was
the
executive
director
and
since
that
time,
since
2007
I've
had
the
pleasure
to
work
with
the
current
executive
director,
and
I
just
I'm
curious
to
know
how
that
might
impact
the
current
executive
director.
We
have
some
good,
exemplary
employees
at
historic
commission.
H
Unfortunately,
you
know
over
the
last
recent
years
many
of
those
have
retired,
and
so
we
have
quite
a
few
new
people
that
are
on
staff
at
the
commission,
and
so
we
lose
some
of
the
the
rest
rest
respect
and
all
of
the
experience
that
we've
had-
and
so
I'm
concerned
that
when,
if
this
bill
passes
is
written
you're
going
to
just
wipe
out
the
current
commission-
and
that
is
a
concern
of
mine
because
all
the
institutional
knowledge
that's
there
on
the
commission
and
plus
with
the
the
people
who
have
left
to
go
to
retirement
on
the
commission.
H
B
Thank
you
and
thank
you
for
being
here
today.
It's
so
good
to
see
you
can
you
expound
upon
the
requirements
that
are
there
presently?
That
would
be
done
away
with
in
this
bill
for
requirements
for
serving
on
on
the
historical.
H
Commission,
and-
and
thank
you
for
that
question,
and
also
good
to
see
you
again,
one
of
the
requirements
or
several
other
requirements
are
that
you,
you
have
advisory
committee
advisory
members
of
the
commission
and
they
should
be
there.
The
state
archaeologist
is
state,
archivist
and,
and
the
list
goes
on,
those
people
are
there
to
advise
the
commission.
A
I
Okay,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
be
here
today,
chairman
and
committee
members.
My
name
is
dorita
coleman
williams
and
I'm
the
chair
of
the
tennessee
historical
commission.
I
was
elected
last
july
and
I
was
the
first
woman
to
be
elected.
As
the
chair
of
the
historical
commission
and
the
102
years,
history
of
the
commission,
I
have
a
master's
degree
plus
advanced
postgraduate
work
and
interdisciplinary
studies
of
material
culture.
I
The
general
assembly
assigned
the
thc
the
task
of
the
decision
making
in
the
tennessee
heritage
preservation
act.
Each
member
of
this
commission
has
taken
seriously
the
unbiased
approach
to
examination
of
each
waiver
request
with
dutifully
looking
at
the
findings
of
facts
and
conclusion
of
law.
As
that
as
they
relate
on
march,
the
ninth.
We
had
a
five
and
one
half
hour
hearing
that
occurred.
I
The
waiver
request
was
uncontested
that
most
of
you're,
aware
of
we
approved
the
three
busts,
including
nathan,
bedford
forest,
to
go
to
the
tennessee
state
museum
for
proper
display
and
contextualization.
I
I
I
I
Audit
reports
that
disclaimed
some
of
the
material
that
you
received
last
week
by
someone
that
spoke
for
you,
I'd
like
to
close
by
saying,
if
you
have
questions,
I'd,
be
happy
to
answer
them
or
the
our
executive
director
is
here.
I
appreciate
your
time
and
consideration
before
you
erase
history
yourselves
by
replacing
these
commission
members.
A
I
I
In
order
to
do
business
in
each
of
the
grand
divisions,
it's
nice
to
have
that
number
of
representatives,
that's
not
to
say
that!
There's
not
I
mean
I
think
change
is
always
something
that
you
can
look
at.
I'm
not
saying
that
that's
an
impossibility,
but
we
have
functioned
for
102
years
and
I
forget
exactly
when
we
started
having
the
eight
appointed
members
from
each
grand
division.
So
we've
had
that
number
for
quite
some
time
and
we've
been
successfully
doing
business
and
and
also
the
other
business
that
we
do.
I
That's
not
the
tennessee
heritage
preservation
act,
which
was
something
that
the
general
assembly
gave
us.
We
did
not
ask
for
that
and
we're
proud
and
and
and
honored
to
do
it
and
to
serve
our
state,
but
there's
also
a
lot
of
you
know.
My
commission
members
have
other
committees
that
they
serve
on,
that
are
the
day-to-day
operations
of
the
historical
commission.
We
have
18
staff
so
to
remember.
I
I
think
one
thing
that
to
clarify
that
we
have
29
commission
members
that
are
non-paid
volunteers
that
are
trying
to
preserve
the
history
of
the
state
of
tennessee
for
the
citizens
that
live
here
and
come
to
visit.
And
then
we
have
18
staff
members
that
go
about
doing
day-to-day
business,
and
my
executive
director
is
here
and
can
tell
you
more
about
what
each
one
of
those
staff
members
does.
D
I
D
Let
me
check
with
researcher:
do
we
have
another
one.
D
F
Director
of
external
affairs
I'll,
I
don't
even
need
two
full
minutes.
I
just
kind
of
wanted
to
complete
my
thoughts
from
the
end
of
last
week.
Three
things
number
one
as
has
been
discussed
today.
This
change
eliminates
the
important
and
robust
considerations
and
requirements
for
being
on
the
historical
commission
number
two.
This
led.
The
legislature
has
incredible
oversight
over
this
vitally
important
process
of
preserving
our
state's
history
and
heritage.
The
29
members
of
the
historical
commission
are
best
qualified
to
tackle
any
issues.
This
esteemed
body
wants
them
to
tackle.
F
Currently,
as
I
spoke
last
week,
each
of
you
could
and
often
do
have
input
on
the
governor's
24
appointments.
This
would
reduce
the
house's
input
to
only
six.
It
would
also
eliminate
nearly
a
dozen
tennesseans
voices
into
this
vitally
important
process
to
ensure
we
are
protecting
our
state's
heritage
and
history.
I'm
more
than
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Thank.
D
Back
in
session,
we're
back
on
the
bill
as
amended
chairman
reagan,
colonel
you're,
recognized.
G
Thank
you,
and
apparently
I
misspoke,
I
think
I
said
59
and
I
met
29.
So
I
apologize
to
the
to
the
questions
that
are
that
are
before
us.
First
off,
there's
nothing
that
prevents
those
members
that
are
currently
there
from
being
reappointed
to
a
smaller
board
that
the
bill
does
not
address
that.
G
Secondly,
I
submit
to
you
each
of
you
that
we
represents
between
65
and
67
000
people
in
our
districts.
We
have
their
voices
if
we
have
a
direct
voice
in
the
appointments
we
are
allowed
by
that
to
be
able
to
pass
the
voices
of
all
those
people,
so
that
the
arguments
that
you've
heard,
saying
they're
going
to
lose
voices
I
submit
is
probably
extraneous
to
the
point.
G
Additionally,
let
me
further
point
out
that
the
bill
does
not
address
the
support
staff
that
can
stay
on
as
as
advertised
and
does
not
address
the
their
ability
to
call
on
the
state
architect
or
anybody
else
they
wish
to
call
on
for
support.
I
I
would
maintain
that,
given
the
number
of
times
that
that
happens,
which
is,
I
suppose,
appropriate,
but
nonetheless
they
don't
need
to
be
on
the
board.
All
the
time
to
be
able
to
provide
advice
to
them.
J
G
J
D
Any
other
questions
chairman
reagan,
I
have
a-
I
have
a
concern
with
this,
not
as
sitting
as
the
chairman,
which
I
am
now,
but
that's
just.
I
can't
hardly
support
this
bill
with
it
in
with
all
that.
It's
been
said
today
with
our
fellow
representatives
talking
about
the
structure
and
everything
like
that.
I
don't.
G
You,
mr
vice
chair,
I
would
submit
that
I'm
willing
to
entertain
amendments,
as
was
mentioned
potentially
by
former
speaker
mcdaniel
and
between
this
committee
and
full
committee.
Additionally,
I
know
he's
been
in
conference
with
other
individuals
about
creating
that
amendment.
I
will
commit
to
this
committee
to
put
an
amendment
on
this
bill
that
preserves
the
qualification
characteristics
of
the
current
commission
in
terms
of
sources,
three
grand
divisions
and
and
educational
background.
If
this
committee
sees
fit
to
put
this
out
I'll,
have
it
ready
before
the
next
go
around
well.
D
Well,
I
still
say
I'm
sorry
just
give
me
two
minutes.
I
still
see
a
a
problem,
probably
with
if
we
try
to
eliminate
all
the
historians,
the
archaeologists
and
all
those
that
are
on
the
committee.
Now
I
really
I'm.
Of
course
this
is
just
me,
but
I
think
it
needs
more
study.
I
think
that
we
need
to
do
some
on
this,
because
I
know
everything
is
not
done
exactly
the
way
we
want
to,
but
I'll
reserve
any
further
comments.
Until
chairman
host
lawyer,
you
recognize.
A
Thank
you
chairman.
You
know,
basically
I
think
he's
a
lot
in
the
right
aspects
or
we
don't
want
to
throw
the
baby
out
the
bathwater.
You
know,
I
feel
you
got
some
great
points
here
that
you
know.
Maybe
we
get.
Three
heads
is
better
than
one
as
far
as
appointments
and
that
kind
of
stuff,
but
we
definitely
don't
want
to
lose
out
some
of
our
knowledge
base.
So
maybe
we
need
to
work
amendment
for
the
next.
A
If
we
pass
this
on
make
some
changes
that
are
much
needed,
but
I
think
you,
as
a
shell
you've
got
a
good
bill.
It's
just.
We
don't
want
to
leave
out
some
major
key
elements.
D
D
Okay-
and
I
guess
you
will
commit
to
also
that
was
being
reminded
if
any
changes
are
made,
and
it's
not
exactly
like
this
in
the
form
of
an
amendment
that
we
would
accept
that
you
would
bring
it
back
to
this
committee
if
we
called
it
back.
Yes,
sir.
Thank
you
any
other
questions
to
the
sponsor
scene.
None
excuse
me,
representative,
becky,
you're,
recognized.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
listening
to
former
representative
mcdaniels
and
and
the
other
stakeholders.
It
looks
like
to
me
this
bill
still
needs
a
lot
of
work.
I
think
it
would
be
a
great
thing
to
send
it
to
summer
study
and
let
them
work
it
out
and
hear
the
testimony
from
the
different
stakeholders.
So
I'd
make
a
motion
to
move
it
to
summer
study.
So
emotional.
D
B
D
A
A
That
brings
us
to
hb
one
five.
Five,
six
by
representative
powell.
K
6193,
okay,
so
the
sports
gaming
legislation
was
pretty
heavily
debated
when
that
was
passed
through
the
general
assembly
and
there
were
some
differences
opinion
on
the
structure
of
the
sports.
You
know
where
that
entity
would
rest.
K
K
I
still
think
that
there
are.
There
are
many
different
complexities
that
exist
that
are
unique
to
sports
gaming
that
are
different
from
a
lottery,
and
so
my
bill
seeks.
With
this
amendment,
seeks
to
move
the
the
sports
gaming
create
a
sports
gaming
board.
That
is
a
separate
entity
and
and
apart
from
the
lottery,
so
I
just
want
to
explain
that
amendment.
I
will
say
that
there
are.
I
think
there
are
going
to
be
some
other
things
that
need
to
be
worked
on
as
it
pertains
to
sports
gaming.
K
Over
the
next
year,
we've
been
in
a
fortunate
position
where
that's
there's
been
a
lot
of
interest
in
it.
It's
generated
quite
a
few
dollars
for
for
our
state
and
for
our
economy,
and
so
I
I
like
the
the
posture
of
the
bill
because
currently
it
kind
of
opens
up
a
lot
of
the
section
of
the
code
that
I
think
we
might
need
to
deal
with
moving
forward.
But
I
did
want
to
just
go
ahead
and
be
on
the
record
and
explain
the
purpose
of
that
amendment
so
we'll
see.
K
So
with
that,
mr
chairman,
if
I
could
just
wanted
to
explain
that
amendment,
so
I
know
it's
a
little,
it's
a
little
wordy
and
confusing
to
purpose
that
amendment,
but
then
with
that
being
said,
I
would
like
to
take
this
bill
off
notice.
K
And
mr
chairman,
my
intent
here
is
to
again
take
take
this
bill
off
notice,
but
just
a
little
explanation
again.
We
we
have
time
to
to
pass
this,
but
I
think
that,
given
the
success
of
sports
gaming,
we
should
we
should
re-look
and
and
and
contemplate
regulated,
responsible
casino
gaming
in
the
state.
We
continue
to
have
a
lot
of
people
in
the
state
that
gamble
and
casino
game,
unfortunately
they're
not
doing
in
the
state
of
tennessee
and
so
we're
losing
a
lot
millions
upon
millions
of
dollars
to
other
states.
K
K
I
do
plan
on
bringing
this
back
next
year
for
consideration,
but
I
think
that
casino
gaming
is
something
we
should
really
look
at.
It
would
require
us
to
amend
our
constitution.
That's
why
that's
in
the
form
of
an
hdr,
but
it
could
be
done
in
a
way
that
it's
responsible
gaming
to
help
keep
state
dollars
in
our
state
and
continue
and
stop
the
money
that
we're
losing
to
other
states,
especially
for
those
cities
and
counties
that
border
other
states.
But
there
is
casino
gaming.
L
Mr
chairman,
all
this
bill
doing
would
be
if
the
committee
votes
to
prove
it
would
be
to
allow
the
citizens
of
tennessee
to
have
a
vote
whether
they
want
to
decide
to
allow
a
bingo
once
a
week,
bingo
for
charitable
organizations
under
501,
c
3
or
501c19,
they
would
have
to
meet
for
charitable,
not-for-profit
community
services
purposes.
L
The
secretary
of
state
would
operate
this.
Any
bingo
that
would
be
allowed
would
prohibit
any
third
party
vendors
conducting
the
games.
It
would
prohibit
any
electronic
bingo
games
of
any
type
the
it
would
limit
the
number
of
games
by
an
organization
to
once
a
week
four
times
a
month
and
no
more
than
four
hours.
So
you
have
bingo
night
once
a
night.
L
L
I
know
what
we
all
know,
what
bingo
used
to
be
none
of
this
crazy
casino
stuff
and
that's
what
we
tried
to
do.
I
worked
with
some
sponsors.
Do
that
that's
all
this
would
do
it
would
allow
if
you
would
approve
it,
it
would
go
on
and
maybe
we
could
let
the
citizens
of
tennessee
decide
whether
they
want
to
allow
this
or
not.
So
with
that,
I
I
request
to
move
my
motion.
I
reckon.
A
I
have
two
comments.
The
first
one
is
we
just
passed
out
a
bill
that
akeem
was
carrying
hb
720,
which
addresses
some
bingo
things
and
allows
a
charitable
organization
to
do
it
once
a
year,
and
I
think
that's
a
small
baby
step
because,
as
you
kind
of
alluded
to
that,
bingo
got
us
a
bad
taste
in
everybody's
mouth
anytime.
You
say:
bingo.
Is
it's
not
a
good
thing
around
here?
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
If
this
would
go
forward,
I'm
not
clear
on
on
who
what
department
is
going
to
monitor
the
execution
of
the
bingo
operations
in
the
state
I
mean:
where
would
that
fall.
L
L
Thank
you,
mr
it
would
be
the
secretary
of
state's
office.
They
have
exclusive
jurisdiction
over
it.
As
my
understanding
they
do
right
now.
I
would,
of
course,
defer
to
legal,
but
that's
my
understanding
and
that's
what
that
was
intended
secretary
state's
done
a
great
job
on
this.
Let
them
monitor
it
if
it
becomes
an
issue.
Those
decisions
by
the
secretary
of
state
are
final.
That's
the
way
I
crafted
the
legislation.
A
A
L
L
A
M
This
is
a
social
media
bill
that
basically
directs
our
attention
to
the
possibility
of
social
media
and
what
they
are
doing
now.
Facebook,
twitter,
some
forms
of
google
amazon
have
taken
people
off
or
they've
canceled
them
out.
As
we
know,
the
president
of
the
united
states
has
been
taken
off
of
facebook
and
twitter
parlor
was
one
site
that
you
could
go
to
and
then
amazon
cancel
them.
M
So
it
looks
like
that
big
tech
is
able
to
cancel
whoever
they
want.
So
I
got
to
thinking
about
it
and
this.
This
is
just
my
thoughts
and
whatever
that
the
many
things
committee
thinks
about
I'd
like
to
hear,
but
my
thoughts
were
what
would
happen
if
big
tech
decided
that
tennessee,
a
very
conservative
state
and
some
of
the
abortion
bills
and
some
of
the
second
amendment
bills
that
we
have
that
they
didn't
like
that,
and
they
wanted
to
stuff
out
some
of
the
messages
that
we're
sending
out.
What
would
we
do?
M
They
claim
that
they
are
a
private
business,
so
they
have
the
right
to
do
that,
but
yet
they
do
it
under
section
230,
which
gives
them
the
you
know
it's
the
internet,
communications
and
it
wants
to
encourage
and
create
the
virtual
public.
M
The
free
communication
of
thoughts.
I
really
appreciate
this
being
put
in
our
constitution.
The
free
communication
of
thoughts
and
opinions
is
one
of
the
invaluable
rights
of
man
and
every
citizen
may
freely
speak,
write
and
print
on
any
subject
being
responsible
for
the
abuse
of
that
liberty.
So
we're
responsible
for
the
abuse
of
that
liberty,
but
also
we
have
that
liberty,
so
as
a
state,
I'm
wondering,
should
we
be
doing
business
with
an
entity
at
any
time
that
they
wanted
to,
they
could
drop
us.
M
Facebook,
the
internet,
twitter
and
I've
talked
to
different
agencies
in
the
tennessee
state,
some
of
these
departments,
and
they
said
they
wouldn't
want
to
lose
that
right
and
I
say
well,
of
course
we
wouldn't.
M
A
N
M
With
you,
a
thousand
percent
you're
exactly
right
and
that's
one
reason
that
I'm
bringing
the
bill.
What
would
we
do
without
them?
What
if
we
I
mean,
we
don't
control
it.
The
state
of
tennessee
does
not
control
whether
or
not
that
we're
on
this
site.
We
have
no
control
if
they
chose
to
cut
us
off,
they
could
so
I
I
want
to
have
the
conversation
about
it
before
it
happens,
as
opposed
to
after
it
happens
or
being
left.
M
But
I
don't
disagree
with
you.
I
agree
with
you,
a
thousand
percent.
What
would
we
do
and
we
don't
have
the
right
nor
the
privilege
to
be
able
to
say
you
can't
do
that.
We
have
the
freedom
of
press,
the
freedom
of
speech
embedded
into
our
constitution,
but
we
have
made
these
social
media
fronts
or
whatever
you
call
them.
We
have
made
them
the
town
hall
or
the
you
know
the.
What
do
you
call
that
the.
M
Down
square,
thank
you,
we've
made
it
to
town
square,
and
but
we
don't
have
control
of
the
town
square.
It's
in
it's
in
private
businesses
hands.
So
you
know.
I
think
there
has
to
be
something
in
the
form
of
some
kind
of
contract.
That
says
that
you
can't
shut
us
down
in
free
speech,
but
I
don't
have
a
go
about
that
when
we
give
them
immunity
through
230..
D
Thank
you
chairman
and
chairman
section,
so
you
mean
if,
if
we,
if
we
pass
this
today,
that
means
that
none
of
our
that
we
just
mentioned
teema
or
tdot
or
tbi
for
amber
that
we
could
not
be
on
these
sites
anymore.
Is
that
what
this
is
saying?
That's.
M
D
Yes,
that's
tough,
and
I
know
it's
just
it's
just
okay.
Let's
take
me,
for
example,
yeah
I'm
on
facebook.
I
got
two
pages.
I
got
three
pages
matter
of
fact.
I
got
one
for
my
business
and
two
for
one
for
me
and
one
for
my
campaign,
but
so
I
guess
we're
voluntarily
putting
ourselves
on
that
and
I
wouldn't
want
them
to
cut
us
off.
I
don't
think
it's
right.
What
they've
done
to.
D
D
That's
it
parlor,
that's
true
yeah,
but
but
I
don't
know
that
I
could
vote
for
this
to
tell
all
our
agencies
that
we've
got
to
stop
right
now
using
that
because
we've
got-
and
that
is
a
problem
I
understand
they
could
cut
us
off
any
time,
but
for
them
to
have
this
and-
and
I
get
a
lot
of
alerts
from
tima
on
the
weather
and
stuff
like
that,
and
I
really
watch
that
and
I
follow
that
and
tdot
and
the
trafficways
and
everything
so
I'm
going
to
thank
a
lot
on
this
and
there.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
again
I
appreciate
the
concept
of
this
bill.
The
I
certainly
think
it
probably
needs
a
lot
more
study,
but
that
and
I'm
not
a
tech
tech
person.
C
But
I
have
a
general
question
as
far
as
you
know,
can
any
of
these
national
social
platforms
actually
operationally
cut
off
a
geographical
area
because
I'm
not
sure
how
we're
identified
when
we
sign
up
for
them,
but
so
that's
a
technical
question
and
has
any
of
these
organizations
actually
taken
what
I
call
group
organizations
or
companies
or
large
populations
off
of
their
platform
so
far?
I
know
they've
done
it
on
individual
basis,
but
have
they
done
it
against
total
groups?
So
folks,.
M
The
way
that
I
would
answer
that-
and
I
appreciate
the
question-
I
think
it's
a
good
question
because
I
don't
know
if
we've
had,
for
instance,
I
think
what
you're
getting
at
is
like
a
state,
which
is
what
we
would
we
would
say.
M
M
I
don't
think
it
would
be
a
problem
for
them
to
do
that
now
getting
back
to
twitter,
they
they
were
easily
got
rid
of
their
number
one
followed
person
in
in
the
world,
and
you
know-
and
my
argument
is
this:
they
can
do
it,
the
president
of
the
united
states,
they
can
do
it
to
tennessee.
M
M
So
I
think
that
there's
you
know
it's
it's
inevitable
for
it
to
happen
sooner
or
later
that
they
they
they
control.
Not
only
did
they
control
president
trump
and
shutting
him
down,
but
they
all
the
alternative
to
that
which
was
parlor.
They
shut
them
down
and
they
to
this
day,
haven't
really
gotten
back
online.
So
it's
coming
whether
we
face
it
now
or
later
it
is
coming.
We
are
going
to
be
held
by
ben
big
tech
unless
we
do
something
about
it.
D
Sorry
but
representative,
chairman
of
the
section,
if
we,
if
we
vote
on
this
today
and
we
take
all
of
our
people
off
those
sites-
I
mean
you
say:
okay,
you
can't
use
social
media
anymore,
whether
it
be
twitter,
facebook,
paul
or
whatever.
D
M
I
do-
and
I
realized
that
I
would
put
this
committee
in
a
bad
spot
and
put
our
state
in
a
bad
spot
to
have
this
bill
move
forward.
What
I'd
like
to
do
is
to
be
able
to
work
on
this
bill
and
look
and
see
if
there
was
some
way
that
we
could
put
something
together.
That
was
meaningful
for
our
state
and
to
have
maybe
not
a
plan
b,
but
maybe
a
plan
b
or
some
steps
that
we
take.
M
But
you
know
I'm
I'm
at
the
mercy
of
the
committee,
and
I
don't
expect
you
to
vote
on
something.
That's
going
to.
You
know,
destroy
the
state,
but
I
would
like
for
something
to
at
least
get
started,
and
I
thought
this
was
one
way
that
we
could
start
the
conversation
and
maybe
hopefully
survive
with
freedom.
The
freedom
of
speech,
the
freedom
of
the
press
not
to
have
an
entity
as
large
as
social
media
that
could
shut
us
down
anytime
that
they
wanted
to.
M
A
Looks
like
hb694
does
have
an
amendment,
is
it
does
movement
make
the
bill?
Oh
yes,
chairman,
and
your
drafting
code.
A
O
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
and
committee.
If
y'all
remember
in
2020,
I
ran
this
direct
dispatching
bill
and
it
went
all
way
behind
the
budget
and
then
everything
shut
down
and
the
senate
didn't
take
this
up.
So
I'm
bringing
it
back
again
this
year
with
just
a
few
modifications
and
as
amended,
it
requires
emergency
communication
districts
to
utilize
the
direct
dispatch
method
in
response
to
9-1-1
emergency
calls
and
one
of
three
methods
in
response
to
non-emergency
calls
and
the
non-emergency
calls
are
direct
dispatch,
transfer,
dispatch
or
relay
dispatch.
O
O
It
also
authorizes
local
governments
to
provide
two
years:
health
insurance
benefits
to
the
surviving
spouse
and
children
of
an
emergency
call
taker
or
public
safety
dispatcher
killed
in
the
line
of
duty.
Currently,
this
benefit
applies
only
to
first
responders
and
last.
It
authorizes
the
state
insurance
committee
to
provide
two
years:
health
insurance
benefits
to
the
surviving
spouse
and
children
of
an
emergency
call,
taker
or
public
safety.
Dispatcher
killed
in
the
line
of
duty.
Currently,
this
benefit
only
applies
to
first
responders
and
it
did
pass
out
of
pensions
and
insurance
with
a
positive
recommendation.
O
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
when
I
ran
this
in
2020,
we
also
ran
sjr
836,
which
the
current
expenditures
at
the
most
that
the
physical
review
projected
is
930
000
per
year
and
sjr
836
brings
in
25
million
dollars
a
year,
which
is
over
26
times
the
amount.
C
Thank
you
representative
russell,
I'm
so
glad
you
have
brought
this
bill.
I
think
direct
dispatch
is
a
critical
service
for
all
the
citizens
of
tennessee
and
and
currently
is
it
13
or
14,
only
13
or
14
of
100,
some
odd
ecd
districts
that
do
not
do
direct
dispatch.
O
O
C
That
local
cause
again,
it
would
only
be
in
those
districts
that
have
not
set
up
direct
dispatch,
so
85
of
our
counties
are
not
going
to
have
any
additional
local
costs
and
those
other
15
percent
of
the
counties
need
this
service
for
their
citizens.
I
mean
seconds
and
minutes
will
make
a
difference
in
someone's
life,
and
so
we
need
to
have
uniform
9-1-1
service
across
the
state.
So
again,
I
commend
you
on
this
bill.
O
You
know
the
call
get
dropped
right
now,
we've
got
people
being
put
on
hold
and
then
they're
having
to
tell
their
story
two
or
three
times,
and
hopefully
this
will
correct
that
I
did
commit
to
the
sheriff's
association
this
morning,
jeff
bledsoe,
that
if
they
do
come
up
with
some
wording
that
they
would
like
to
include,
I
would
be
entertaining
that
idea
to
make
it
better
to
on
their
part,
but
I'm
willing
to
work
with
any
9-1-1
center
out
there.
That
can
make
this
bill
do
what
we
wanted
to
do.
O
So
absolutely
so,
basically
what
will
happen
is
whenever
a
9-1-1
dispatcher
receives
a
call,
and
it's
an
emergency
call.
Only
this
does
not
apply
to
non-emergency
calls.
They
would
have
to
dispatch
that
call
to
the
appropriate
person
to
be
in
route.
Now
we
did
add
the
amendment
that
5977
that
says
in
case
a
county
dispatches
the
ambulances
via
contracted
out
to
somebody
else.
B
J
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
representative
russell.
I
think
both
of
my
counties
probably
fall
into
that
15
percent
category.
J
So
if
there's
no
expense
to
the
the
other
85
percent
or
the
15
gonna
have
to,
is
this
going
to
fall
to
the
15
percent?
This
fiscal
note.
O
So
if
they're
not
direct
dispatch,
they
would
have
to
get
their
facilities.
You
know
able
to
dispatch.
I
left
it
real,
really
broad.
So
you
know
a
portable
radio
would
actually
work
if
they
had
to
use
a
portable
radio,
but
we
tried
to
leave
it
in
a
way
that
it's
not
too
expensive
and
I
am
open
for
any
ideals
that
comes
between
now
and
full
committee
to
make
it
easier
on
everybody.
C
Is
it?
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
appreciate
I
guess
going
to
the
employees
welfare
for
being
on
of
if
they
were
killed
in
the
line
of
duty
again.
This
should
be
a
very
unusual
event
for
houzz
911
workers.
I
would
hope,
but
just
a
clarification
and
this
kind
of
applies
to
all
emergency
workers.
I
always
wondered
going
from
home
to
work.
Is
that
considered
a
line
of
work
or
not?
C
D
This
most
I've
talked
to
committee
in
a
long
time.
I
believe
anyway,
representative
law,
I
mean
representative
russell
excuse
me.
We
drink
coffee
every
morning,
together
of
course,
so
I
think
you
know
that
my
county
is
one
of
the
ones
that
doesn't
doesn't
have
direct
dispatch.
We
have
called
into
the
9-1-1,
it
goes
for
the
county,
then
they
dispatch
out
and
transfer
it
to
the
either
several
police
and
then
a
fire
and
well
I
mean
county
fire
and
in
the
police
to
do
the
fire
department.
D
But
then
our
county
is
also
broken
off
into
sections
that
if
a
call
comes
in
a
certain
range,
it
go
either
go
to
pigeon,
forge
or
gatlinburg.
So
you
know
they
still
not
comfortable
with
it.
I
talk
to
them
today
they
like
to
keep
things
the
way
they
are
we're
sort
of
a.
I
don't
know
if
we
call
a
backward
county
or
but
just
the
county
likes
to
do
things
we
want
to
do.
I
guess,
but
so
I
mean
I'm
not
saying
your
bill's
bad,
I'm
just
saying
that
you
know
I
can't
support
it.
B
To
the
sponsor,
well,
I've
been
blessed.
B
But
my
question
is
in
a
city
like
memphis,
or
is
this
something
we're
already
doing,
or
I
guess
my
question's
the
same
as
representative
big's
question
was.
O
C
O
Thank
you
and
whenever
I
started
putting
this
bill
together,
I
tried
to
ask
myself:
what's
the
right
thing
to
do,
and
that's
of
course,
try
to
save
lives,
and
one
thing
I
found
out
in
anything
that
I've
done
down
here
is
nobody
seems
to
like
change,
but
I
promise
you
this.
This
change
will
save
lives.
It's
going
to
come
whether
it's
this
year
or
10
years
down
the
road.
This
direct
dispatch
is
going
to
come
and
I
hope
that
we
can
do
it
this
year.
A
B
B
Don't
want
anybody
not
being
able
to
get
help
when
they
need
it,
but
it's
been
brought
to
my
attention
that
rutherford
county
had
just
spent
a
million
dollars
to
do
it
and
that
this
bill
could
possibly
affect
them,
and
so
I
just
wondered
how
I
mean
I'm
sure
their
local
county
would
would
not
be
happy
about
having
to
spend
more
money,
and
do
you
have
any
idea
what
it
would
cost
these
15
percent
counties
and
as
far
as
carving
out
anybody
like
rutherford
county.
O
O
Like
I
said,
a
portable
radio,
they
don't
cost
too
much
money,
but
you
also
can
do
it
via
cad
computers
and
so,
like
I
said,
I'm
not
a
tech
person
to
be
able
to
say
what
you
can
and
can't
do
and
how
much
you
can
do
it
for,
but
I
would
have
to
think
common
sense
would
allow
a
computer.
Do
it
pretty
cheap
and
I
will
tell
y'all
this.
The
last
year
I
worked
on
the
tennessee
highway
patrol.
O
I
answered
a
call
where
a
lady
was
stuck
in
the
back
of
a
trunk
of
a
car,
and
the
only
way
I
was
able
to
find
her
was
because
she
called
911
center
tracked
her
the
whole
way
up
the
interstate.
Now.
Could
you
imagine
if
that
lady
had
lost
her
call,
because
she
was
transferred
we'd,
be
talking
about
a
different
story
today.
A
F
N
Mr
chairman,
and
there
is
an
amendment
on
this
deal,
we.
N
N
Great,
thank
you
so
much
chairman
and
to
the
entire
committee
for
allowing
me
to
discuss
this
bill
this
one.
N
This
amendment
altogether
will
make
the
bill
we
had
some
language
changes
in
working
with
the
tennessee
historical
commission
to
get
some
of
that
language
changed
out,
there's
still
a
few
a
few
more
additional
tweaks,
but
we've
gotten
it
to
where
it
needed
to
be
for
the
most
part,
and
this
bill
would
create
the
tennessee
african
americans,
historical
affairs,
commission
and
so
there's
already
about
20
states
in
our
union
that
have
adopted
a
african-american
affairs
commission
and
some
of
those
leading
in
that
is
kansas,
arizona,
pennsylvania,
nebraska,
new
mexico,
connecticut,
michigan,
maryland
massachusetts,
florida
and
alabama.
N
This
also
would
be
good
and
assisting
with
some
of
the
assistance
with
bringing
in
funding
and
resources
for
museums,
some
of
our
educational
resources
that
we
have
here.
The
publications
that
we
have
currently
there's
nine
joint
offices
within
our
general
assembly-
I
mean
one
of
those.
Nine
is
a
minority
affairs
office
that
is
located
right
here
inside
our
building
on
the
ground
floor,
and
so
they
handle
a
lot
of
the
internship
work
that
we
have
inside
of
our
building.
N
I
have
gotten
a
lot
of
great
feedback
from
some
of
the
members
on
the
committee,
as
well
as
outsource
outside
resources,
and
so
I
am
very,
very
happy
to
even
be
pushing
this
piece
of
legislation,
and
I
hope
that
I
can
gain
your
support.
There
is
a
fiscal
note.
The
historical
commission
has
a
five
five
million
dollar
budget,
but
this
one
would
only
be
about
two
hundred
thousand,
so
it's
a
much
much
much
less
scale
than
a
historical
commission.
N
However,
I
do
there
are
pieces
to
the
the
pi
that
they
would
work
in
conjunction
with
each
other,
and
I
I've
spoken
with
t
deck
and
a
few
other
departments
as
well.
In
regards
to
this,
and
so
at
this
very
moment
this
is
the
the
bill
that
I
have
drafted
as
the
african-american
historical
affairs
commission,
and
so
hopefully
it
drives
funding
into
the
state
for
our
schools
and
businesses,
and
so
with
that
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
the
chair.
N
So
so
sure
I
spoke
with
a
representative
from
the
governor's
office,
and
so
I'm
going
to
be
working
with
them
even
more,
but
they
directed
me
to
t
deck
first,
and
so
I
had
a
great
conversation
with
tdeg.
We've
done
a
couple
meetings
at
this
point.
We
still
have
another
one,
I
think,
on
thursday
or
friday
to
to
make
sure
that
the
the
amendment
actually
passes
through
once
that
amendment
passes
through
then
they'll
be
good
with
it,
because
it'll
take
out
a
lot
of
the
overlap
that
was
in
place
in
the
initial
deal.
N
N
A
D
B
I'll
be
brief,
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
bringing
this
bill.
Thank
you.
C
C
This
world
has
gotten
very,
more
culturally
divided
than
unified
and
I'd
just
like
for
you
to
say.
Why
would
you
think
this
commission
is
needed
and
will
it
help
cultural
unity
versus
perpetuate
cultural
divide.
N
You
chairman,
so
I'm
glad
that
you
said
that,
and
I
completely
agree
with
that
with
the
divisiveness
divisiveness
that
you
have
seen
over
the
last
year,
especially,
but
I
believe
that
this
type
of
legislation
would
be
beneficial
and
helpful,
because
at
this
very
moment
there
is
no
room
or
space
as
it
stands
right
now
when
it
comes
to
african
americans,
and
so
I
think
we
can
pretty
much
agree,
we
have
a
state
that
has
17
african-american
population
14
14
of
that
is
on
the
west
tennessee
side,
but
we
don't
really
have
a
direct
influence
to
where
someone
is
listening
and
being
able
to
work
directly
into
this
community
to
make
sure
that
they
are
being
heard
on
certain
topics
or
needs.
N
There's
a
parting
here.
That
would
overlap
with
the
historical
commission
and
it
comes
to
the
buildings
right
now.
The
historical
commission
has
a
say-so
on
buildings
that
are
african-american.
Culture
are
torn
down
or
demolished
or
whatnot,
but
there's
not
an
actual
group
that
actually
can
speak
to
that
as
well,
and
so
this
would
be
great
for
some
unity
in
that
area,
as
well
as
far
as
historical
monuments
and
and
what
not
for
that
area.
I
do
think
that
this
also
would
allow
for
more
involvement
in
knowledge
of
information
and
research.
N
One
of
the
big
points
that
is
mentioned
in
here
in
this
piece
of
legislation
is
research
and
educational
programs
to
be
able
to
provide
information
about
african
american
culture
history,
and
I
think
someone
mentioned
it
earlier
in
another
committee,
and
it
was
a
great
point
that
we
always
think
back
to
when
you
say
african-american,
you
think
of
slavery,
you
think
of
martin
luther
king,
but
we
don't
really
go
into
the
resources
that
we
possibly
have.
We
have
small
businesses
all
throughout
the
state.
N
Amazing
small
businesses,
that
a
lot
that
benefit
a
lot
of
us
and
so
there's
no
resources
for
them
directly
to
go
to.
We
can
all
go
to
the
sba
and
try
to
request
for
a
you
know,
a
small
grant
or
whatnot,
but
it's
a
lot
harder
for
african
americans
to
be
able
to
go
to
a
bank
directly
and
ask
for
a
large
loan.
N
A
commission
like
this
would
be
able
to
find
additional
fundings
and
be
able
to
offer
some
of
that
funding
to
these
small
businesses,
our
hbcus.
They
they
do
struggle.
They
don't
get
all
the
funding
that
they
necessarily
probably
could
get
in
order
to
be
able
to
function
in
a
proper
and
exceptional
manner,
and
I
think
that
this
would
be
another
avenue
for
them
to
get
additional
funding
and
find
resources.
N
Somebody
that's
actually
doing
a
lot
of
the
the
heavy
work
for
them
to
be
able
to
get
funding
from
outside
of
our
state
and
even
within
the
state.
So
I
don't
look
at
this
as
something
that's
divisive
per
se,
and
so
I'm
hoping
that
this
one
actually
makes
it
makes
it
through
for
us
to
have
more
and
more
discussion
on
it.
I
would
love
to
be
able
to
talk
to
you
more
about
this
if
this
makes
it
through
subcommittee.
For
sure.
N
That's
good
representative
carrington
me
and
her
are
the
same
other.
A
A
B
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
This
is
a
comptroller
bill
and
this
will
give
more
flexibility
to
the
comptroller's
division
of
investigation
and
simplify
the
service
process.
It
allows
copies
of
the
subpoena
to
be
sent
by
a
certified
mail
with
a
return
receipt
instead
of
the
current
law,
which
is
delivery
by
hand.
A
A
Looks
like
we're
basically
out
of
time,
so
we
kind
of
need
to
wrap
things
up
here.
A
little
bit
hb14
and
hb921
and
hb1374
have
been
countered
three
times
in
this
committee
per
house
rules.
These
bills
will
be
moved
to
the
special
calendar
to
be
heard
on
the
final
calendar.