Tennessee House of Representatives 112th House State Government Committee, 24 Feb 2021

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House Public Service Subcommittee- February 24, 2021- House Hearing Room I

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Welcome and good afternoon, everyone today is wednesday february 24th 2021. I hereby call the public service committee to order.

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Madam secretary, please call the roll representatives.

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Alexander president, representative, jernigan johnson kiesling, yes marsh wendell, chairman helton, here, chairman hilton, you have a quorum.

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Thank you. Thank you for joining us today. I would like to introduce myself. My name is chairman esther helton joining us each week will be some people who are instrumental in helping with our committee I'd like to recognize them. Samantha mccandless is our legislative assistant.

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Nathan witt will be our research analyst joshua houston is our committee attorney michael crichfield will be our clerk. We would also like to thank those who did the audio and video for the committee as well as our sergeant-at-arms.

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We would also at this time, will go around the room and have the member members introduce themselves and we'll start with uh representative alexander, how much.

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Do you want us to say just hi, I'm I'm representative alexander um freshman and uh glad to be serving my community?

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Oh, I guess I should tell you.

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I'm from washington, county tennessee.

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Yay yay washington, county kelly, kiesling, representing house district 38 38, consists of macon clay, pickett, scott and and half of uh the upper half of fentress county, as sheriff fentress with the one, the only john mark wendell, who is also a member of this committee. We do a uh john is a very dear friend and uh we're we're I'm very fortunate.

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I feel honored to serve with with you, john, but anyway we uh I'm married the 49th year of marriage, three yeah, hey great uh three adult children, seven grand and two uh great so we're we have been blessed and so we're I'm. Looking chairman uh chairman, I'm looking forward to our chair, lady excuse me: I'm looking forward to working with you and staff this this time. Thanks same to you.

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Oh chairman, keisling.

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Chairman jones johnson, I'm sorry.

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Curtis johnson uh represent the 68th district, which is in montgomery county.

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uh I'm darren jernigan, I represent east davidson county and the fighting 60th. That's uh donaldson harmony is an old hickory. um I'm a sagittarius.

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So I'm very outgoing, but I'm happy to be here, chair, lady and I'm looking willing to serve. I'm also pleased to serve with john mark and uh kelly a lot of my kin. Folks come up that way and and they're pleased to recognize me every now and then for being up that way, and I appreciate them.

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John mark wendell, 41st district admira, kelly keisland from the tennessee valley and oliver springs and go all the way into the smith county line at a place called granville and I'm gonna go tell you, I love kelly keys and also this is and congratulations on 49th anniversary. You've got a wonderful wife, a wonderful family and kelly keisen is a good dad and a good granddad and a good guy.

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And again, I'm esther helton. I represent house district 30 in hamilton county and um I am a semi-retired nurse. I have three grown children and five grandchildren and it's honor to be the chairman of this committee, a couple of specifics to this committee.

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We will meet wednesdays at 5, 00 pm in house hearing room 4 unless otherwise stated by the clerk's office or or my office, and we have decided to adopt the the the rules from the state full committee and which were read during the full committee and copies will provide be provided to you after the committee today, all bills, bill notices must be turned in by 3 30 pm. The wednesday prior to the meeting and amendments be filed by 10 am on tuesdays both electronically to the state full committee distribution list.

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Testimony will be allowed with 24-hour advance notice and chairman chairman approval, no exceptions, and that takes care of the organ organizational portion of our meeting, and we will now move on to today's today's calendar. Today we have six bills. On the calendar item number one is house bill, 129 by chairman hazelwood.

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Okay, I have we have a properly motioned and seconded chairman hazelwood you're recognized on the bill. Thank you, madam.

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Chairman and thank you committee, I know we say this all the time, but this is truly is a very simple bill.

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All it does is make sure that the constitution, let me back up and just say the constitution- allows for the general assembly to call itself into special session with two-thirds signatures.

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Two-Thirds of the members there was not a formal, but there was a legal opinion that that might require, without some clarification that might require signatures on the same page collected one by one across the state. This bill simply would clarify and make sure that electronic signatures in this day and age with our technology that electronic signatures would be recognized to meet that two-thirds requirement.

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With that, madam chairman, any questions I'd be happy to answer. Do we have any questions.

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From the members, the question has been called any objections. Seeing none we're now voting on house bill 129, all those in favor sending house bill 129 to state full committee signify by saying aye those opposed eyes have it. Bill goes to state full.

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Thank you very much.

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Item number two is house bill, 82 by representative wright.

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It's properly motioned and seconded representative right, you're recognized on the bill.

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Thank you, madam chair lady, and commit committee members as a prior service member as a prior uniformed service member, I'm honored to present house bill 82 on behalf of the members of the tennessee army, national guard, tennessee, air, national guard, tennessee, state guard and civil air patrol frequently many business and government leaders are unaware of the difference between reserve units and guard units may even use the terms interchangeably, but they are different reserve units. Commander-In-Chief is in washington, guard units commander and chief is up the hill.

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These units are composed of civilians. Everyday people like us, except who have made a standby commitment to serve when called the heart of this bill, is what happens to the civilian after return from active duty.

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If the feds call you to active duty, for example, the 278th armored cavalry regiment goes to iraq.

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The uniformed service, employment and re-employment act of 1994 defines the rights for all uniformed service members when they return from active duty.

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If the governor brings you to state active duty, then tennessee code needs to define these same employment re-employment rights for our guard members, and with that brief explanation, I'll stand for questions.

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You have question for chairman.

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Thank you. uh Thank you, chair later, lady representative wright. Thank you. Thank you for this legislation. This is good legislation. I appreciate you very much for this. It's something that, and you brought this to my attention on actually on the house floor today. I was not aware of this, so uh thank you. Thank you for uh bringing that to us appreciate it.

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Representative.

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Thank you, madam chair lady. I hate to admit that I was in the same state that I did not know. It's just understood that when you return from active duty, you can go back to the job that you held before entering active duty. This clarifies it and puts it in tennessee code, and I appreciate your all support.

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Questions been called any objections, seeing none we're voting on house bill 82 by representative wright, all those in favor signify signify by saying aye opposed house bill 82 goes to state full committee.

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Thank you, madam chair, and.

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Committee item number three house bill by representative cassada has been rolled three weeks item number four house spill number 134 by chairman marsh has been rolled one week.

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Item number five is house bill 99 by representative jernigan.

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Am I recognized okay.

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We have a motion in a second representative, jernigan you're, recognized on the bill.

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Thank you. uh Cheerleading. um Last year we passed the dynamic accessibility act and what that did was remove the word handicap from signage and and and to avoid a physical note. Last year we made to where we only updated, um we only replaced it when you updated the sign or the sign was damaged, and this bill would amend it to allow departments and agencies if they so choose to update the signage within their existing resources.

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We had some um some commissioners that wanted to update the sign, but the law wouldn't allow them to do it. So if they have the resources to do it, they want to spend 800. Then they can, and that's that's what this bill does and I'd be happy to answer any questions.

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Any questions from the members, the question has been called any objections, seeing none all those in favor of sending house bill 99 to state full committee signify by saying aye those opposed the eyes have it. Bill goes to state full.

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Item number six is house bill 202 by chairman wendell.

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Do I have a motion on the bill properly motion and seconded chairman wendell you're recognized on the bill.

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I'm sure I'd like to roll that bill for one week. Please that's so.

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Thank you bill goes adjourn. I'm sorry. That concludes our calendar. For the day before we close, does anyone have any announcements.

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In ca, in that case, that concludes our meeting.

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Okay, uh yes, I need to reiterate that house bill 202 has been rolled for one week meeting adjourned.

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Ma'am chairman for clarification, uh I anticipate that bill be taken up by pensions at some point and I want to defer. I won't defer to them, but I want to make sure we get some guidance from them before we proceed uh in deference to your chairmanship and also jeremy keisland.

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Yes, it will be on the march first calendar, pensions and insurance. Thank.

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