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House Floor Session- 10th Legislative Day- February 27, 2023
A
Mr
sergeant
of
arms
invite
the
members
into
the
chamber
and
close
the
doors.
I
hereby
declare
the
house
representatives
of
the
113th
general
assembly
of
the
state
of
Tennessee.
Now
in
session
with
members.
Please
stand
with
the
visitors
in
the
gallery.
Please
stand
and
remain
standing
through.
The
Pledge
of
Allegiance
representative
Hicks
will
introduce
the
chaplain
of
the
day
representative
Hicks.
B
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
Mr,
Speaker
and
members.
What
an
honor
and
privilege
it
is
for
me
to
be
able
to
introduce
our
chaplain
for
the
day
Pastor
Johnny
Carr
is
in
his
43rd
year
of
ministry
and
over
those
43
years
he's
been
the
music
and
youth
minister
at
East,
Rogersville,
Baptist
Church,
the
pastor
of
Shepherd's
Chapel,
Baptist
Church,
the
pastor
of
Fairview
Baptist
Church
in
Sweetwater,
and
then
currently
we
have
him
back
at
Shepherd's,
Chapel,
Baptist
Church
again,
where
he
is
my
family's
pastor.
B
Pastor
John
is
a
graduate
of
East
Tennessee
State
University,
as
well
as
a
retired
educator
in
Hawkins
County
in
the
Hawkins
County
School
System.
He
and
his
wife
Patty
who's
with
him
today,
up
in
the
galley
have
three
children
and
four
grandchildren
and
I
can
tell
you
on
this
day
in
two
days.
From
now
on
that
Wednesday
March,
the
1st
I,
don't
know
if
he
remembers
where
he
was
but
20
years
ago
he
was
standing
in
front
of
a
little
young
boy
at
a
good.
B
Looking
young
girl,
my
wife's
with
us
today
as
well,
and
he
performed
the
ceremony
and
he
performed
the
ceremony
for
that.
When
brother
Johnny
is,
is
been
with
my
family
through
thick
and
thin,
he
is
not
only
a
pastor
but
he's
certainly
a
friend
of
the
family,
because,
quite
frankly
he
is
family.
So
without
further
Ado
Pastor
Johnny
Carr.
Would
you
please
lead
us
in
prayer.
C
I
want
to
tell
you
what
a
privilege
and
what
a
joy
it
is
for
me
to
be
with
you
today
and
I
also
want
you
to
know.
This
is
not
something.
That's
rare
for
me.
I
pray
for
you
every
day,
I
pray
for
my
representatives
and
my
Senator
and
my
governor
and
I
appreciate
the
work
you
do.
Thank
you.
Let
us
pray
father
as
we
come
to
you
today.
We
want
to
thank
you
for
the
joy
of
being
gathered
together
with
health
and
strength
and
even
the
safety
of
traveling
into
Nashville.
C
We
thank
you
for
that.
Lord
I
Thank
you
for
these
men
and
women
and
the
sacrifice
they
make
to
serve
us
and
to
serve
our
state,
Lord
I
pray.
A
special
blessing
would
be
poured
out
upon
them.
Lord
I
also
ask
as
the
tasks
that
are
hand
that
need
to
be
addressed,
that
you
would
bless
them
with
wisdom,
that
you
would
give
them
the
ability
to
discern
and
then
Lord
give
them
the
courage
and
the
boldness
to
do.
C
B
D
F
G
The
six
to
eight
foot,
waterfall
I
noticed
that
they
were
making
a
mountain
of
bubbles
that
were
easily
taller
than
the
waterfall.
The
Boy
Scouts
were
one
of
several
groups
that
tried
to
teach
me
to
follow
instructions.
They
also
taught
me
citizenship
and
patriotism
had
a
camp.
How
to
tie
a
lot
of
knots
and
I
am
grateful
for
that.
To
this
day,
being
an
eagle
scout
still
means
a
lot.
So,
with
that
I'd
like
to
introduce
the
Boy
Scouts
to
you
for
a
presentation.
G
I
I
J
K
My
name
is
Luke
Williams
I'm,
a
sea
Scout
with
ship
46.
Our
ship
was
recognized
this
past
year
as
the
national
paddlecraft
sea
Scout
ship
for
the
entire
United
States.
It
is
my
honor
to
be
the
delegate
of
the
Great
Smoky
Mountain
Council,
headquartered
in
Knoxville
Tennessee
in
2022,
our
Council
served
5918
youth
mentored
by
1723
registered
volunteers.
K
L
My
name
is
Matthew
Pyle
I
am
a
second
class
Scout
with
troop
593.
I
am
honored
to
be
delegated
for
Middle
Tennessee
Council
headquarters
in
Nashville
Tennessee
serving
37
counties
in
Middle
Tennessee
and
Fort
Campbell
Kentucky
in
2022.
Our
Council
had
a
total
membership
of
12
681
youths
served
by
6201
registered
leaders
in
388
units.
H
My
name
is
Alexander
Hodgen
I'm,
a
Cub
Scout
with
pac37
I'm
honored
to
be
a
delicate
versus
Sequoia
Council,
headquartered
in
Johnson
City
Tennessee
serving
eight
counties
in
Northeast
Tennessee
in
2022.
Our
Council
had
a
total
membership
of
2100
99
years,
served
by
1
400
registered
leaders
in
102
units.
We
had
2
346
Scouts
attend
summer
camp
and
8265
record
community
service
hours
and
63
Eagle
Scouts.
M
If
I
can
turn
the
page,
my
name
is
Jack.
Carroll
I
am
with
troop
203
I'm
honored
to
be
the
Delegate
for
the
West
Tennessee
Council,
headquartered
in
Jackson
Tennessee
serving
21
countries
in
West
Tennessee
in
2022.
Our
Council
had
a
total
membership
of
1440
youth
served
by
560
registered
leaders
in
85
units.
M
N
I
Am
David
o'lacolet,
with
2621
and
I'm
honored,
to
be
the
delicate
to
present
the
year-end
report
for
the
gray
state
of
Tennessee
scouting
served
27,
902
youth
members
with
12
319
registered
leaders,
providing
quality
programs
in
the
2017
units
from
Memphis
to
Bristol
and
across
the
entire
State.
Also
we
had
9
337
Scouts,
take
part
in
a
resident
Camp
experience
with
119
100
082
recorded
community
service
hours.
Lastly,
we
had
663
Scouts
and
the
eagle
scout
rank
with
the
highest
achievements
in
scouting
by
a
youth.
N
Q
A
E
E
At
the
event,
fiscal
ultimately
finished
in
fourth
place,
with
an
impressive
score
of
186.7
and
where's.
The
Fisk
University
gymnastics
team
enjoy
the
Stellar
leadership
and
extensive
gymnastics
knowledge
of
head
coach,
Karine
Tarver,
who
became
the
first
black
gymnast
to
win
an
NCAA
all-around
title
in
1989,
and
whereas
the
Fisk
University
Bulldogs
exemplify
the
values
of
Fisk,
University
determination,
excellence
and
a
commitment
to
a
more
just
and
Equitable
Future.
These
values
have
consistently
been
at
the
Forefront
of
women's
gymnastics
and
Fisk
is
proud
to
congratulate
the
remarkable
student
athletes
on
their
tremendous
success.
E
This
season
and
whereas
the
perseverance,
determination,
work,
ethic
and
talent
of
this
group
of
young
women
have
not
only
made
possible
history.
Making
NCAA
debut
but
also
Shirley,
bode
well
for
their
future
success,
and
whereas
the
members
of
the
general
assembly
find
it
appropriate
to
pause
and
air
deliberations
to
acknowledge
and
applaud
the
members
of
the
physical
University.
E
Women's
gymnastics
team
for
their
outstanding
performance
in
their
inaugural
season
now,
therefore
be
resolved
with
House
of
represents
the
113
general
assembly
of
the
state
of
Tennessee,
the
city
occurring
that
we
hereby
honor
and
commend
the
members
and
coaches
of
Fisk
University
women's
gymnastic
team
upon
becoming
the
first
historically
black
colleges
and
universities.
Gymnastic
team
took
a
beat
at
the
NCAA
level
and
extended
them.
Our
best
wishes
is
for
every
continuing
success
in
all
their
future.
Endeavors.
P
You
Mr
Speaker
members,
friends
and
people
on
looking
as
we
come
to
the
end
of
what
we
recognize
as
Black
History
Month
understanding
that
black
history
is
every
day.
Many
of
us
realize
that
black
history
is
Tennessee
History.
It
is
American
history,
it
is
world
history.
Therefore,
today
I'm
inspired
to
honor
Trailblazers,
both
past
present
and
future
Harriet
Tubman
once
said,
every
great
dream
begins
with
a
dreamer,
always
remember
it.
You
have
within
you
the
strength,
the
patience,
the
passion
to
reach
the
Stars
to
change
the
world.
P
P
As
history
is
still
being
written,
we,
the
black
caucus
of
state
legislators,
want
to
pay
homage
and
introduce
you
to
the
Next
Generation
that
are
holding
the
pen
of
History.
The
fish
university
right
here
in
Nashville
Tennessee
is
the
first
HBCU
to
have
an
Intercollegiate
women's
gymnastics
team.
The
fish
university
gymnasts
are
the
first
HBCU
to
compete
in
the
National
Collegiate
Athletic
Association
level.
P
Allow
me
fish
university
to
encourage
you
as
Benjamin
Elijah
Mays
encouraged
a
young
Martin
Luther
King
in
the
chapel
of
another
HBCU
Morehouse
College,
where
I
come
from,
says
whatever
you
do.
Do
it
so
well
that
people
are
looking
on
will
feel
that
the
task
will
reserved,
especially
to
you,
by
God
himself,
for
every
man
and
every
woman
is
Born
Into
the
world
to
do
something,
unique
and
something
distinctive,
and
if
he
or
she
does
not
do
it,
it
will
never
be
done.
R
S
Good
evening
and
thank
you
speaker,
Sexton
and
I'm,
sorry,
speaker,
Sexton
and
representative
Chisholm,
for
this
great
honor
I'd
like
to
thank
all
of
you
for
recognizing
the
Fisk
University
and
the
gymnastics
team.
In
his
inaugural
season
growing
up,
there
were
only
a
handful
of
African-American
gymnasts
experiencing
how
this
far
the
sport
has
come
is
encouraging.
S
However,
we
still
have
a
long
way
to
go.
Representation
within
the
sport
is
vital,
seeing
the
young
minority
girls
who
look
up
to
the
women
standing
here
and
to
hear
their
goals
of
attending
an
HBCU
and
doing
Collegiate
gymnastics
is
inspiring
I,
look
forward
to
the
continuation
of
more
hbcus,
adding
so
that
we
can
see
how
far
this
sport
really
can
go
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
here
today.
T
T
T
U
A
V
W
A
W
Q
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
members.
We
have
some
pages
today
from
Murray
County
I'd
like
you
to
wish
them
well.
Ian
Gibbon
is
age.
15
he's
going
to
Mount
Pleasant
as
a
freshman
and
playing
for
the
football
team
at
Mount
Pleasant.
He
also
is
approved
by
the
tws
double
A
to
play
soccer
for
Columbia
Central,
also
Zeke
Gibson
age.
Six
and
a
half
I
was
told
to
say
from
Zion
Christian
Academy
he's
in
kindergarten
and
enjoys
a
reading
Olympics
their
mother
Tia
is
here
members
if
you'll
welcome
them
to
the
general
assembly.
X
Y
Y
Helton
Haynes
and
Mr
vital
and
representative
Hakeem
to
have
members
of
the
Hannah
Montana
County
Commission
that
are
here
this
evening.
Hamilton
County
has
one
of
the
most
diverse
County
commissions
and
yet
I've
never
seen
political
Civility
and
I
want
to
wreck
in
the
way
that
it's
demonstrated
there
and
I
want
to
recognize
our
chairman
Chip
Baker,
Lee,
Helton
and
David
Sharp
that
have
joined
us
that
are
up
here
above
me.
Thank
you.
Mr
chairman.
AA
AB
We
want
to
welcome
Madison,
County's,
mayor
mayor,
AJ,
Massey
and
his
guest
who's
here
with
us
this
evening
and
also
from
Hardeman
County,
want
to
recognize
Hardeman
County
mayor,
that
is
none
other
than
Mr
Todd
pulse
and
if
he
has
any
guests
his
guests
as
well
in
the
balcony.
So
if
you
help
me
make
them
welcome
we'd
appreciate
it.
AC
A
AD
A
AE
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I
would
like
to
welcome
Peter
Bryant,
who
is
here
serving
as
a
page
tonight.
Peter
his
parents,
Sarah
and
Hayes
are
family
friends.
Hayes
is
the
The
Troop
leader
of
pretty
much
all
the
Scouts
in
in
my
district
and
his
mother
is
a
fourth
grade
teacher
and
teaches
my
daughter
so
welcome
Peter.
AF
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I'd
like
to
recognize
and
honor
the
Cleveland
High
School
men's
and
women's
wrestling
team.
The
Cleveland
blue
Raider
men's
wrestling
team
has
won
six
straight
state
championships,
traditional
and
Duels.
That
makes
a
total
of
12
championships
in
six
years
and
the
women
this
year
won
the
traditional
on
duels
and
it's
the
first
time
ever
in
high
school
history
that
a
men's
and
women's
wrestling
team
has
won
the
both
the
traditional
duels
in
one
year.
If
you'll
join
me
in
recognizing
and
honoring
them,
please.
AG
AH
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
and
members.
I
try
to
do
this
every
year
and
think
I
have
wished.
My
daughter,
Caitlin
Reese
farmer,
a
happy
birthday.
It's
actually
tomorrow,
but
it's
hard
to
believe
I
got
sworn
in.
I
believe
I
was
standing
right
here
and
my
wife
was
pregnant
with
her
when
I
got
sworn
in
two
weeks
later,
I
went
home
and
got
to
see
my
baby
girl
born
she's
loved
my
life
along
my
my
wife
as
well,
but
I
want
to
wish
Caitlin
a
happy
birthday.
Even
though
she's
not
here
my
heart's
with
her.
AH
AJ
AK
Thank
you,
chairman
I'm,
very
grateful
to
the
Shelby
County
commission
for
appointing
me,
so
thank
you,
commissioner
Thornton
clay,
Bibbs
Caswell
and
to
the
administrator
Quran
for
being
here.
So
that's
one
honoring
and
the
other.
The
director
of
education
for
District
86,
is
here
in
the
back.
Who
also
happens
to
be
my
mother,
Dr
Kimberly,
Owens
Pearson.
AK
AL
AL
AM
Thank
you
so
much
Mr
Speaker
I'm,
really
excited
today
to
announce
my
seven-year-old
Paige
Tempe
Laurence
Tempe
is
a
future
representative
here
and
in
2020
was
with
us
when
we
were
locked
out
the
building
and
today
I'm
happy
to
welcome
you
Tempe
to
the
people's
house.
This
is
your
house
and
I'm,
so
proud
of
you
and
I
hope
to
see
you
in
these
desks
one
day.
Can
you
please
make
her
welcome.
AD
AN
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
representative
hurt
and
I
would
like
to
welcome
Philip
Dunlap
from
the
Obion
County
Commission
here
I
believe
he's
up
there
good
to
see
you
and
welcome.
Also
from
Obion
County,
my
good
friend
State
mayor
Steve
Carr,
he's
kind
of
like
a
father
figure
to
me.
We
have
a
heck
of
a
relationship
and
I'm
tickled
to
work
with
him
and
to
hit
into
my
left
and
his
right
is
a
Dyer
County
mayor
mayor,
David,
quick
just
one
of
the
sweetest
men
you'll
ever
meet.
AN
AO
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I
was
to
recognize
a
woman
who
was
a
mother
and
a
grandmother
who
recently
died
in
Knoxville.
Her
name
was
Lisa
Edwards.
There's
a
candlelight
vigil
for
her
tonight
in
Knoxville.
In
her
last
minutes,
a
lot
of
folks
didn't
listen
to
her.
She
knew
she
was
in
trouble
and
didn't
get
the
help
she
needed.
If
you
take
a
moment,
please.
A
O
O
O
O
AA
E
Speaker
item
eight
House
Bill
483,
has
been
objected
to
by
chairman
Clemens
item
10.
How
strong
your
resolution
23
have
been
has
been
objected
to
by
Faison
and
Lamberth
item
12
house
touring
resolution
124
has
been
objected
to,
but
chairman
Clemens
and
finally
Mr
Speaker
item
57
house
joint
resolution.
278
has
been
objected
to
by
chairman
Clemons.
R
A
A
AR
A
AQ
You
recognized
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
members.
This
bill
addresses
a
situation
where
we
use
paid
parking
and
when
it
comes
time
to
pay
for
the
parking,
the
QR
code
does
not
work,
and
sometimes
that
is
the
only
method
of
payment
available.
House
Bill
1306
requires
that,
if
that
happens,
the
vendor
will
accept
payment
in
form
of
cash
check
if
available
or
give
information
to
the
customer,
so
the
customer
can
call
or
mail
the
payment
in
will
not
be
prevented
from
leaving
in
case
no
attendant
is
present
or
otherwise
only
one
method
of
payment
is
available.
AS
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman
and
Dr
Kumar.
You
and
I
had
a
opportunity
a
few
minutes
ago
to
discuss
this
bill.
So
I
am
at
one
of
our
downtown
lots
and
many
of
them
are
not
manned.
They
say
that
you
have
to
register
your
vehicle
and
your
license
plate
and
everything
else
with
a
QR
code
and
I've
actually
been
in
the
situation
where
my
phone
didn't
pull
up
the
QR
code.
So
explain
to
me
exactly
I'm
a
patron
I
meant
a
lot.
AQ
Are
two
scenarios
in
one
scenario,
an
attendant
is
present
that
attendant
should
accept
cash
or
check
from
you
or
give
you
the
information
that
you
can
call
or
mail
the
payment
in.
In
the
second
scenario,
if
there
is
no
attendant
present,
look
for
a
sign
that
displays
a
phone
or
contact
information
that
you
can
call
and
make
the
payment.
If
that
information
is
not
provided
to
you,
you
do
not
have
an
obligation
to
pay
represent.
AS
AQ
AQ
Vendor
would
have
a
guarantee
that
a
sign
is
available
if
that
sign
did
give
the
person
a
phone
number
upon
which
they
can
call
and
make
the
payment,
and
the
person
still
leaves
without
paying
and
makes
no
effort
to
pay.
Then
the
vendor
would
do
the
same
thing
that
they
do
now
for
stealing
of
services,
whatever
their
protocol
is.
A
O
O
There's,
not
a
scenario
if
you've
got
U.S
currency
in
your
pocket,
where
you
should
be
trapped
in
a
parking
lot
and
just
because
their
technology
doesn't
work,
you
can't
hand
them
a
five
or
ten,
a
twenty
dollar
bill,
whatever
it
costs
for
the
parking
and
say
have
a
good
day,
I've
paid
you
my
debt,
my
private
debt,
so
I
wish
the
bill
included
a
ton
of
other
businesses.
You
and
I
have
talked
about
this.
O
It
is
a
good
start
as
far
as
I'm
concerned,
if
you're
offering
a
service
in
this
state
in
this
country-
and
somebody
gives
you
cash
money,
you
should
accept
that
as
payment
for
that
debt,
public
or
private,
so
Dr
Kumar.
Thank
you
for
bringing
the
bill.
I
just
want
to
rise
and
say
I
just
signed
on
to
it.
O
AE
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
and
I
can't
believe
I'm
going
to
be
the
exact
contradictory
to
to
the
leader
there.
The
fact
that
we
are
telling
private
property
owners
what
to
do
with
their
property.
It's
not
a
right
for
people
to
park
on
these
Lots,
it's
it's
a
privilege
and
if
those
those
Property
Owners
deem
because
of
a
numer,
a
number
of
reasons
that
they
don't
want
to
accept
cash,
they
should
be
allowed
to
do
it
and
I'll
give
you
a
couple
reasons
why
it
cuts
down
on
fraud.
AE
It
cuts
down
on
people
robbing
them.
You
can't
rob
a
QR
code,
but
you
can
hold
up
someone
who
is
standing
in
a
parking
lot
late
at
night
with
a
bag
of
cash.
There
are
numerous
businesses
that
that
that
restrict
the
the
transactions
in
cash
because
of
that
liability
and
because
of
the
possibility
of
crime.
AE
So
again,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
everybody
here
understands
a
body
that
talks
about
small
government,
private
property
ownership,
private
property
rights,
individual
personal
freedoms,
free
market
capitalism,
we're
now
telling
people
what
they
can
and
can't
do
on
their
own
private
property.
This
is
going
to
create
if,
if
they
are
forced
to
man,
these
Lots
it's
going
to
create
an
increased
cost
in
the
in
the
cost
of
parking.
And
again
this
is
a
privilege
you
don't
have
to
park
there.
You
can
go
anywhere
else.
You
can
find
street
parking.
AE
AQ
As
far
as
as
far
as
it
being
a
privilege
to
be
able
to
park,
no,
it
is
a
service
that
the
vendor
has
offered
to
provide
and
you're
using
that
service,
and
the
vendor
wants
you
to
do
it.
It
is
in
the
vendor's
interest
to
provide
an
alternative
method
of
payment,
so
the
customer
is
not
inconvenienced.
Remember
the
customer
is
always
right
and
the
customer
should
have
a
right
to
to
pay
in
an
alternative
way.
AQ
Now
it's
not
I
understand
there
is
vandalism
and
robbery
and
other
dangers
involved
in
young
people
carrying
cash
later
in
these
places.
So
it's
not
it's
not
the
only
method
if
they
do
not
want
to
accept
cash.
This
bill
says
that
give
the
customer
the
information
that
the
customer
needs
to
be
able
to
mail
the
payment
or
call
the
payment
in,
but
do
not
prevent
the
customer
from
leaving,
because
your
system
failed
to
work.
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
representative.
AQ
AF
I
just
want
to
make
one
point
back
at
home
in
Bradley
County
we
have
a
private
business
that
will
not
allow
cash
payments
and
we
have
several
rural
residents
that
that
do
not
have
credit
cards
that
do
not
have
other
availabilities
and
it
puts
them
in
a
real
bind.
So
to
back
up
what
leader
Lambert
said
about
cash,
our
cash
should
be
accepted
anywhere.
This
is
America.
AT
Thank
you
and
I
fully
support,
trying
to
do
everything
we
can
to
help
those
that
are
unbanked.
I
think
there
are
a
lot
of
different
options
to
do
that.
But
what
I'm
concerned
about
with
this
piece
of
legislation
is
that
it
opens
up
a
slippery
slope
and
we're
starting
here
with
the
parking
industry,
and
this
can
go
down
the
road,
but
I
do
have
a
very
specific
question.
If
you
are
an
online,
it's
totally
online
or
through
your
phone
for
the
parking
service,
can
you
not
say
within
your
platform
how
to
accept
cash?
AT
A
AT
Well,
I
I
get
that,
but
if
I'm
talking
about
a
service
where
it
might
not
be
a
QR
code
where
you
would
actually
be
on
an
app
and
that
you
wouldn't
even
have
a
QR
code,
you
would
park
through
a
parking
app
which
are
becoming
more
and
more
regular
and
I.
Just
want
to
say
that,
like
this
morning,
actually
at
the
reverse
situation
occur
to
me
or
happen
to
me.
AT
AT
So
I
think
we're
kind
of
really
headed
down
a
slippery
slope
and,
as
technology
advances,
I
think
that
potentially
they're
going
to
be
a
need
to
come
back
and
fix
this
and
I'm
hopeful
that
we
can
really
get
to
the
core
of
the
issue,
which
is
to
help
those
that
are
unbanked.
If
we
really
want
to
focus
on
those
people
who
don't
have
access
to
cash,
as
some
other
members
have
referenced.
But
thank
you.
AU
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I
had
not
planned
to
speak
on
this
until
I
heard
this
discussion
and
I
had
an
instant
of
this
happen
with
an
elderly
couple
in
Knoxville
city
of
Knoxville,
where
all
the
parking
lots
have
pretty
much
been
bought
out
by
out
of
County
parking
owners,
and
this
particular
owner
was
in
Chattanooga.
Elderly
couple
went
to
an
event
there
at
Tennessee
theater
and
tried
to
use
the
the
scan
and
their
debit
card,
and
the
Machine
was
broken.
AU
They
had
cash,
but
they
couldn't
have
couldn't
leave
cash,
so
they
left
and
went
on
to
their
event
for
about
an
hour.
Well,
they
had
a
ticket
where
they
immediately
sent
a
money
order
to
the
place
in
Chattanooga
to
pay
for
their
ticket
the
place,
sent
their
ticket
back
and
said.
Oh,
you
can't
pay
by
money.
AU
A
A
AV
You
Mr
Speaker
members.
This
is
the
rules
package
that
comes
to
us
from
the
Tennessee
Supreme
Court,
the
rule
that
is
before
the
body
this
afternoon
simply
amends
rule
49
of
the
rules
of
criminal
procedure
to
add
as
an
additional
means
of
service
electronic
service
papers,
including
pleadings
and
other
filings.
Mr
Speaker
I
renew
my
motion.
A
AW
A
AV
You
Mr
Speaker
members.
This
is
a
bill
that
seeks
to
amend
8-6-106,
to
vest
in
the
speaker
of
the
house
and
the
speaker
of
the
Senate
The
Authority.
Should
the
need
arise
to
file
an
action
on
behalf
of
the
state
of
Tennessee
in
federal
court.
The
proposed
legislation
provides
that
any
additional
Council,
in
addition
to
the
attorney
general,
who
would
be
retained
to
represent
the
state
in
this
action,
would
provide
services
at
no
additional
cost
to
the
state
and
there
would
be
no
fixed
fee
or
contingency
fee,
but
rather
the
services
would
be
provided
pro.
A
R
AX
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
and
you
were
the
sponsor.
You
had
referred
to
this
bill,
not
having
a
fiscal
note
and
then
not
being
called
to
the
state
of
Tennessee.
Is
there
any
process
laid
out
in
this
legislation?
How
that
selection
of
attorney
and
finding
of
that
pro
bono
Council
will
be
handled?
What
are
the
criteria
for
those
Council
aside
from
being
pro
bono?
If
any.
AV
AX
Thank
you,
Mr
sponsor
I
realize
that
you've
only
been
here
a
little
while,
but
sometimes
the
House
Representatives
and
the
Senate
don't
always
see
eye
to
eye
our
speaker
likes
to
take
on
the
other
speaker.
So
I'm
wondering
if
there's
any
provision
in
this
law,
that's
going
to
resolve
a
disagreement
between
those
two
individuals
there
being
an
even
number
at
how
that
tiebreaker
is
going
to
work
out.
AV
AX
AV
Yes,
representative
Hardaway,
to
be
happy
to
what
the
bill
does
is.
It
adds
a
new
provision,
a
new
subsection
of
8-6-106
that
authorizes
the
speaker
of
the
house
and
the
speaker
of
the
Senate
working
jointly
to
retain
counsel,
in
addition
to
the
attorney
general
to
represent
the
state
of
Tennessee
in
federal
court.
It
also
provides
that
the
representation
will
be
provided
at
no
additional
cost
to
the
state,
in
other
words,
there'd
be
no
fixed
or
contingent
fee
paid
to
council.
The
services
will
be
provided
as
a
public
service.
AY
AV
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
The
legislation
does
not
require
any
coordination
between
the
general
assembly
and
the
Attorney
General's
office.
The
Attorney
General
may
have
a
position
that
is
the
same
as
that
that
the
speaker
of
the
Senate,
the
Speaker
of
the
House,
knew
the
Attorney
General
might
have
a
different
position
or
the
Attorney
General
may
have
no
position
at
all.
This
is
simply
a
means
by
which
the
speaker
of
the
house
and
the
speaker
of
the
Senate
acting
jointly
can
use
the
general
assembly
to
represent
the
state
in
federal
court
representative
Hardaway.
AY
AV
One
fact
that
you
may
be
aware
of
Representative
Hardaway
is
that,
several
years
ago,
this
body
in
the
Senate
passed
a
joint
resolution
that
authorized
the
filing
in
federal
court
of
an
action
regarding
refugee
resettlement.
That
case
was
dismissed
at
the
federal
district
court
level
on
the
basis
of
lack
of
standing.
That
is,
the
court
pointed
out
that
under
8-6-101,
only
the
Attorney
General
had
the
statutory
authority
to
prosecute
or
defend
cases
in
federal
court.
AV
On
behalf
of
the
state,
that
case
was
appealed
to
the
sixth
Circuit
Court
of
Appeals,
which
affirmed
the
sixth
circuit,
agreed
that
the
joint
resolution
that
both
bodies
passed
was
not
sufficient
to
confer
standing
upon
the
general
assembly
to
prosecute
that
action.
So
what
this
statute
does
representative
Hardaway
is
it
provides
that
statutory
Authority
for
the
general
assembly
to
represent
the
state
in
federal
court
should
the
need
arise
in
the
future.
AY
AV
You
Mr
Speaker,
every
lawyer
has
to
have
a
client,
and
in
this
case
the
the
lawyer's
client
is
the
speaker
of
the
house
and
the
speaker
of
the
Senate
acting
pursuant
to
the
statute
on
behalf
of
the
state.
So
whether
you
look
at
it
as
the
attorneys
representing
the
state
or
the
attorneys
representing
the
speaker
of
the
house
and
the
speaker
of
the
Senate
as
its
Representatives,
the
attorney
would
be
taking
direction
from
both
the
speaker
of
the
house
and
the
speaker
of
the
Senate.
AY
AR
AR
AR
AR
This
is
this
I
have
to
say
there
representative,
balso
and
going
through
your
your
bill.
We
can
talk
about
some
of
the
technicalities
where
you
don't
even
capitalize,
speaker
of
the
house
or
speaker
of
the
Senate
I
thought
people
in
those
fancy
law.
Schools
learned
how
to
how
to
use
proper
punctuation,
but
I'd
digress.
I
like
the
fact
that
you're
putting
lawyers
to
work
for
free
candidly
I,
don't
think
that
was
ultimately
the
intent,
but
hey
we'll
take
it.
AR
If
that's
good
for
you
that'll
work
for
us
and
by
the
way
we
let
you
slide
that
first
time
around
number
one
because
I'm
hungry
we
got
dinner
reservations
but
number
two,
because
this
is
your
first
bill
and
we
want
to
honor
you
on
your
first
bill
and
congratulate
you
if
it
passes.
So
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker,.
A
E
AZ
A
AZ
The
current
provision
was
intended
to
provide
protection
to
Consumers
from
Surprise
billing
by
out-of-network
providers
for
services
offered
at
at
Network
facilities.
There
are
references
to
the
existing
notification
requirements
of
title
56
and
68.
The
bill
removes
those
notification
requirements
and
removes
all
duplicate
language,
putting
us
in
compliance
with
federal
law
with
that
Mr
Speaker
I
renew
my
motion
representative.
AX
AZ
AX
A
A
BA
AR
BA
A
BA
BA
AN
A
A
G
G
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
Currently,
in
state
code,
it
is
possible
to
have
a
certain
misdemeanors
and
felonies
expunged
from
one's
record.
Under
certain
circumstances.
However,
Municipal
judges
believe
that
they
do
not
currently
have
the
authority
to
expunge
certain
Municipal
violations
from
municipal
court
records.
This
is
a
bill
that
would
give
them
that
authority
to
expunge
Municipal
violations
from
Municipal
records.
The
kinds
of
things
that
this
would
cover
would
be
parking
tickets,
traffic
violations,
codes
violations
within
a
municipality
Mr,
Speaker
I
will
renew
my
motion.
A
AW
BB
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
members.
This
bill
is
part
of
the
Bureau
of
ethics
and
campaign
Finance,
it's
just
legislative
package
section.
One
of
the
bill
allows
the
executive
director
to
hire
replace
Bureau
support
staff
without
board
approval.
The
executive
director
assistant,
executive
director
and
general
counsel
positions
will
still
require
approval
from
the
board.
Section
2
allows
the
bureau
to
remove
uncollected
civil
penalties
from
the
appropriate
register
once
it
has
been
determined
that
these
penalties
cannot
be
recently
be
collected.
Candidates
with
unpaid
penalties
remain
ineligible
to
qualify
for
election
until
the
outstanding
penalties
are
paid.
BB
Tax
with
unpaid
penalties
will
remain
prohibited
from
operating
until
the
outstanding
outstanding
faculties
are
paid.
Section
3
requires
all
filers
to
provide
an
email
address
to
the
registry
or
commission
and
allows
the
registry
in
the
ethics
commission
to
provide
notice
to
filers
by
email.
If
email
address
is
not
available,
they
may
send
notices
via
first
class
mail.
The
the
filer
is
responsible
for
ensuring
that
all
contact
information
is
correct
and
up
to
date
to
the
registry,
and
with
that
Mr
Speaker
I
renew
my
motion.
A
E
A
A
AW
BB
You
Mr
thank
you
Mr
Speaker.
This
is
a
bureau
of
ethics
and
campaign
finance
bill.
This
is
this
first
two
sections
clarify
when
members
employees,
the
general
assembly,
must
disclose
campaign
services
to
the
ethics
commission
and
eliminates
the
quarterly
filing
requirement
that
substitutes,
instead
of
yearly
filing
requirement.
Current
statute
requires
ethics
commission
to
provide
an
annual
report
to
the
general
assembly
by
the
1st
of
February.
In
recent
years,
the
commission
has
had
to
request
a
formal
deadline.
BB
Extension
Section
3
of
this
bill
moves
at
the
due
date
from
one
February
to
1
July,
which
allows
the
ethics
commission
additional
time
to
compile
and
review
the
necessary
data
through
to
report
the
information
without
requesting
an
extension
section
4
of
the
bill
clarifies
which
statutes
the
ethics
commission
can
issue
formal
advisory
opinion
Zone.
It
also
outlines
the
procedures.
The
commissioner
must
follow
to
ensure
an
informal
advisory
opinion.
A
A
A
BC
Z
A
Chairman
farmer,
you're
recognized,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
move
to
adopt
chairman
farmer
who's
adoption,
Member
One,
probably
seconded
any
discussion
on
the
amendment
saying
none
all
those
in
favor.
Remember
one
say:
aye
aye,
all
those
folks
say
no,
the
eyes
haven't
you
adopted
next
Amendment
Mr,
Clark
Mr.
Z
You
recognize
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
House,
Bill
91
will
allow
the
Department
of
Children
Services
to
disclose
information
about
a
case
to
the
public.
If
all
parties
involved
in
the
case,
including
the
child,
are
deceased
and
all
identifying
personal
information
of
the
parties
are
redacted.
Mr,
Speaker
and
renew
my
motion.
A
F
A
BB
You
Mr
Speaker
members.
This
is
an
Administration
bill
from
the
Tennessee
Department
of
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
services.
This
legislation
was
proposed
by
the
department
of
Statewide
planning
and
policy
Council
in
2015
in
an
effort
to
encourage
people
to
seek
seek
life-saving
assistance.
The
Tennessee
General
Assembly
passed
a
Good
Samaritan
Protection
Law
that
offer
immunity
to
individual
individuals
who
call
9-1-1
or
otherwise
seek
medical
assistance
for
themselves
or
others
due
to
suspected
drug
overdose
under
the
Tennessee's
current
good
Samaritan
Protection
Law.
This
immunity
applies
to
a
person's
experience.
BB
Can
they
drug
overdose
only
on
that
first,
such
overdose,
not
additional
ones?
This
bill
is
minted.
We
keep
in
place
immunity.
A
person
experiencing
a
drug
overdose
receives
for
their
first
such
drug
overdose,
but
would
give
the
responding
law
enforcement
officer
or
the
District
Attorney's
General's
office
discretion
where
the
immunity
will
be
extended
to
that
person
for
any
other
subsequent
drug
overdoses.
When
an
individual
survives
a
drug
overdose,
they
have
an
opportunity
to
seek
treatment
or
other
recovery
support
efforts
from
the
disease
of
addiction.
BB
AX
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
and
thank
you
sponsor
and
I
appreciate
the
department
for
bringing
this
legislation
I
think
the
the
intent
of
this
law
is
strong.
My
concern
is
about
how
it's
kind
of
evolved
through
the
amendment
process,
whereby
the
it's
going
to
be
at
the
discretion
of
the
responding
law
enforcement
officer
or
the
district
attorney
general's
office,
whether
or
not
to
prosecute,
and
also
it's
only
going
to
apply
to
the
first,
the
person's
first
such
drug
overdose.
AX
As
you
stated
in
your
statements
generally,
it
is
currently
under
law
up
to
the
discretion
of
the
responding
law
enforcement
officer,
whether
or
not
to
take
action
to
arrest
someone
or
charge
someone
at
that
moment
upon
finding
them.
So
I
guess.
My
question
to
you
is
the
the
definition
of
someone
who
seeks
medical
existence
could
be
the
Good
Samaritan.
AX
It
could
be
the
person
who's
had
the
overdose,
so
I'm
afraid
what
happens
if
someone
has
let's
say:
they've
used
their
one
strike
before
and
now
they've
got
a
friend
down
of
a
drug
overdose
and
now
they're
afraid
to
call
law
enforcement,
because
they've
already
got
that
one
strike
against
them
are.
They
are,
we
are
passing
this
law.
Are
we
weakening
the
Good
Samaritan
intentions
of
the
department
and
going
to
ultimately
prevent
people
from
seeking
help.
BB
And
thank
you,
sir
and
I
appreciate
that
question
and
and
your
concerns,
and
that
is
true,
but
this
law
actually
makes
it
better.
Currently
they
only
allow
one
strike.
This
also
now
makes
it
up
to
the
discretion
of
the
district
attorney
the
responding
officer.
Sometimes
people
need
to
get
into
the
court
system
to
get
the
treatment
ordered
to
treatment
that
they
need,
and
this
is
a
I
think,
a
good
first
step
in
this.
AX
BB
AX
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
and
thank
you
for
the
legislation.
I
appreciate
the
Department
of
Mental,
Health
and
I
hope
that
we
will
seek
to
continue
to
fund
and
increase
funding,
as
we've
done
in
the
past,
for
drug
courts
and
Mental
Health,
Care
courts
and
and
Facilities
once
people
do
get
into
the
system.
As
you
said,
I
think
having
Good
Samaritan
laws
is
very
important.
We
need
to
have
compassion.
This
is
addiction
is
exactly
that.
AX
This
isn't
something
some
people
have
control
over
and
we
need
to
do
everything
we
can
to
make
sure
that
they're
getting
assistance
I'd
rather
them
do
it
outside
the
system.
I.
Think
if
this,
if
you
consider
this
to
be
a
good
first
step
and
the
intent
is
good
and
I
I,
certainly
don't
question
the
intent
of
the
Department
of
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
Services,
so
without
them
support
the
legislation,
but
I
think
we
need
to
strive
to
keep
people
out
of
the
system
to
get
help
into
the
community.
AX
Make
sure
mental
health
care
services
are
available.
Substance
abuse
services
are
available
in
compliance,
full
compliance
by
the
state
of
Tennessee
with
the
mental
health
care,
parity
act
and
substance
abuse,
Equity
Act
passed
by
the
federal
government,
a
bipartisan
manner.
If
we
do
that,
I
think
we're
going
to
see
less
of
these
instances
less
of
a
need
for
this.
So
thank
you
for
your
intent
of
this
legislation.
I
appreciate
the
Department's
support
of
this
I'd
love
to
strengthen
it.
AX
BB
AK
Thank
you,
speaker.
I,
am
concerned
about
this
legislation,
particularly
because
I
do
think
about
the
Good
Samaritan
story
in
the
Bible
and
in
the
story
we
hear
just
about
one
person
passing
another
person
and
that
kind
one
stopping
and
helping
them.
But
what,
if
the
person
who
was
beaten
and
harmed
or
hurt
needed
help
again
in
this
legislation,
seems
like
well,
if
that's
the
case,
then
well,
it's
only
up
to
the
district
attorney.
It's
only
up
to
law
enforcement
to
determine
whether
or
not
these
folks
deserve
mercy
and
I.
BB
Yeah,
thank
you
for
those
comments.
Yes,
this
is
actually
an
improvement
over
the
current
law
right
now
they
only
get
one
strike
under
the
current
law.
Under
this,
it's
up
to
the
discretion
of
the
responding
officer
or
the
district
attorney
already.
There
are
programs
that
we
budget
to
help
people
with
substance,
abuse
in
these
issues
and
and
I've
always
supported
those
in
the
past
and
we'll
support
those
again
in
the
future
representative.
AK
Pearson,
thank
you
for
that.
I
appreciate
it.
Why
wasn't
the
attempt
to
increase
the
amount
of
strikes
that
someone
gets
versus,
leaving
it
to
the
discretion
of
law
enforcement,
which
means
that
it'll
be
inequitably
applied,
because
you
can
no
longer
be
sure
that
a
person
who
gets
an
overdose
in
Davidson
County
actually
gets
Mercy
compared
to
someone
in
Shelby
County.
It's
left
up
to
folks
that
are
going
to
have
inequitable
application
of
this
law
across
our
state,
which
means
there's
going
to
be
inequity
embedded
in
our
legislation,
which
we
wouldn't
shouldn't
want
to
do.
BB
Understand
your
concern
again
under
current
law,
they're
only
allowed
one
strike.
This
also
will
allow
the
discretion
of
responding
officers
and
the
district
attorney
to
extend
that
and
I
think
they
know
these
people
and
they
will
be
looking
at
the
best
interests
of
these
people
in
the
future,
and
it's
also
sometimes
it's
better
for
the
get
them
in
the
court
system,
so
they
could
be
ordered
to
treatment
rather
than
just
in
a
voluntary
manner.
AK
Pearson
yeah
I,
don't
think
getting
people
more
involved
in
court
systems
and
in
law
enforcement
and
that
stuff
on
their
record
is
good.
I
do
think
there
needs
to
be
Rehabilitation
and
opportunities
for
diversion
that
are
provided
and
look
forward
to
seeing
in
the
budget
where
you
all
are
asking
for
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
for
that
types
of
treatment,
because
I
most
certainly
would
support
that.
AK
But
again,
I
think
a
good
Amendment
here
would
be
to
extend
or
increase
the
amount
of
immunity
that
someone
gets
versus
just
saying
it's
up
to
the
discretion
of
these
officers,
because
maybe
they
do
know
them,
and
maybe
their
relationship
is
good,
and
so
they
get
three
four
five
strikes,
but
maybe
it
is
not
and
they
get
sentenced
not
only
to
a
diversion
program
if
one
exists
but
to
prison
because
they're
sick
and
that
isn't
what
any
of
us
want.
Particularly
in
rural
counties
where
we
note
this
opioid
epidemic
is
highest
in
our
state.
AK
A
A
E
A
A
AH
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
members.
What
this
amendment
does
it
allows
for
when
an
individual
goes
in
front
of
the
court
for
a
detainer
action
and
obtains
a
judgment
for
their
property,
there's
a
10-day
window
for
appeal
under
current
law.
That
person
would
have
to
come
back
and
ask
for
what's
called
a
written
possession.
If
that
person
does
decides
to
not
exercise
their
appeal
within
that
10
days,
so
they
actually
have
to
go
back
to
court
and
ask
the
court
to
give
them
that
root
of
possession.
AH
What
this
would
do
would
allow
it
allow
the
court
or
allow
the
written
possession
of
operation
the
law
to
go
ahead
and
execute
upon
the
expiration
of
the
10-day
appeal
period.
Save
the
courts
time
save
the
clerk's
time
and
save
the
party's
time
as
well.
If
no
appeal
is
taken
so
with
that
Mr
Speaker
I
moved
to
adopt.
A
A
A
BD
How
you
recognize
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
This
bill
aligns
state
law
with
current
federal
law
members.
A
few
years
back.
The
federal
government
increased
the
weight
limits
for
semi
trucks
on
semis
that
were
now
being
Now
using
natural
gas
and
they
increase
the
weight
limit
from
80
000
to
82
000
pounds
for
the
federal
highways
and
Tennessee
at
that
time
followed
suit
and
increased
the
weight
limit
on
our
state
roads.
BD
A
A
BE
E
A
BF
E
A
O
A
Adoption
H.R
29
property
seconded
any
objection
to
the
question,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
house
resolution,
29,
say
aye,
aye
or
those
folks
say:
no.
The
ice
hybrid
I
clearly
objects
most
Greeks.
Thank
you.
Next
sword.
Miss
Clark
announcements,
announcements,
I,
don't
see
any
next.
Oh
oh,
come
on
now
y'all
rolled
all
these
bills.
To
do
announcements
chairman
Terry,
you're
recognized.
Thank.