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House Floor Session- 15th Legislative Day- March 16, 2023
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Representative
vital's
mother
at
the
age
of
93
sends
out
scripture
to
Greg
every
day,
and
some
of
us
are
very
blessed
to
get
those
scriptures
last
week.
She
sent
me
these
words,
be
very
careful,
then
how
you
live
not
as
unwise,
but
as
wise,
making
the
most
of
every
opportunity,
because
the
days
are
evil
therefore
do
not
be
foolish
but
understand
what
the
Lord's
will
is.
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A
E
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
on
on
Monday
I
welcomed
this
family
that
I'm
about
to
welcome,
and
they
weren't
actually
here
they're
here
today,
so
at
representative
Barrett's
desk,
because
Tabitha
gold
is
his
assistant
and
I'm
honored
here
to
not
only
welcome
her
to
the
floor,
but
also
welcome
her
dad
David
gold,
her
mother
and
his
wife
Becky
gold,
her
sister
Anna
Stewart
and
Tabitha's
nephew
Rowan
Stewart
to
the
chamber.
Tabitha
is
Jody
Barrett's
assistant,
Legislative
Assistant,
so
welcome
to
your
capital.
D
Story
resolution
174
of
our
representative
Richie.
You
know,
there's
a
resolution
to
celebrate
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
Tennessee
High
School
Rodeo
Association,
whereas
it
is
fitting
that
we
should
recognize
those
Tennessee
organizations
that
have
a
long-standing
commitment
to
building
outstanding
Community
leaders
and
whereas
one
such
organization
as
a
Tennessee,
High,
School,
Rodeo
Association,
which
will
celebrate
its
50th
Anniversary
this
year.
A
commendable
milestone
for
this
devoted
group
and
whereas
an
affiliate
of
the
National
High
School,
Rodeo
Association.
F
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I
am
honored
to
stand
before
all
the
members
present
those
unable
to
be
here
in
the
millions
of
tennesseans
throughout
our
state.
Today,
representative,
Chris,
Todd
and
I
get
the
opportunity
to
present
a
house
joint
resolution
to
an
amazing
organization
growing
up
my
brothers
and
I
competed
in
rodeos,
while
in
high
school
and
from
waking
up
early
to
feed
our
crazy
mayor
and
gelding
working
our
horses
on
cattle
for
the
upcoming
event
to
being
able
to
stand
firm
against
a
1300
pound
unruly
mayor.
F
These
led
to
extreme
valuable
lessons
that
have
brought
me
here
to
the
state.
Capitol
today
are
youth
involved
in
High.
School
Rodeo
activities
are
learning
extremely
important
skills
to
become
great
Future,
Leaders
and
citizens.
All
across
our
country,
the
Tennessee
High
School
Rodeo
Association
is
celebrating
their
50th
anniversary
on
April
1st,
which
just
so
happens
to
be
my
birthday.
F
So
it's
going
to
be
a
double
celebration
down
at
the
agricenter
in
Memphis
Tennessee,
High
School
radio
Association
was
founded
in
1973
by
a
group
of
parents
who
wanted
to
give
their
children
as
well
as
others
in
the
state,
an
opportunity
to
participate
in
youth
rodeos.
The
Tennessee
High
School
Rodeo
Association
is
proud
to
be
members
of
the
National
High
School
Rodeo
Association,
which
is
also
celebrating
their
75th
year
this
year,
I'm
excited
and
proud
to
recognize
and
honor
the
individuals
that
are
here
behind
me.
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H
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
We
appreciate
this
and
you
know
it's.
This
is
really
awesome.
I
would
have
never
thought
last
night
I'd
be
in
here
because
I'm
so
used
to
Barns
and
horses
and
everything
else
I'm
looking
at
this
beautiful
building-
and
this
is
awesome-
and
we
appreciate
all
that
you
all
do
for
our
great
state
of
Tennessee.
H
Rodeo
is
not
just
horses
and
Bulls
and
Buckles
in
the
wind
and
it's
life,
lessons
that
these
kids
carry
with
them
through
life
and
I
came
from
High
School
Rodeo
myself
and
my
daughter's
the
queen,
so
I've
watched
a
change
in
their
lives
and
their
work
ethic
and
the
way
they
treat
people
and
the
love
of
their
state
and
the
god
family
country
I've
watched
it,
and
it
means
a
lot
to
me.
So,
thank
you
all
so
much
for
for
honoring
us
today
for
Tennessee
High,
School
Rodeo.
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K
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
to
to
welcoming
and
honoring
announcements
this
morning.
First,
if
you
got
breakfast
right
outside
Cordell
hole,
building
on
the
on
the
Municipal
Auditorium
side,
that
was
breakfast
provided
by
the
Northeast
Tennessee
tourism
Association,
and
they
were
happy
to
bring
you
the
brand
new
tourist
attraction.
Cordell
fall,
a
Cordell
Hall
Falls
I'll
get
that
out
in
a
second,
so
Cordell
hole.
Falls
is
a
news
tourist
attraction.
We
also
have
with
us
to
the
gallery
to
our
left.
L
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
ladies.
If
you
will
come
out
here
and
join
us,
please
come
on
here
we
go
if
y'all
will
bring
your
attention
to
the
front
of
the
room
here.
I
have
with
me
these
two
lovely
young.
Ladies,
the
one
on
the
left
is
Gracie
Rogers,
my
niece
and
the
one
on
the
right.
Some
of
you
will
recognize
that
is
my
baby
girl,
Allison
lampreth
y'all.
Please
give
him
a
hand.
M
N
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
all
across
the
state
of
Tennessee
many
college
students
are
on
spring
break
this
week.
Some
have
left
the
state
going
to
exotic
places.
We
have
a
student,
a
sophomore
from
Welch
College,
Peter
Gideon,
and
he
is
a
sophomore
wanted
to
come
here
today.
I'm,
not
sure
that
we
are
the
draw,
but
Chelsea
Rackley,
who
does
an
excellent
job
in
my
office,
is
also
a
she's,
a
Welsh,
grad
and
glad
to
have
Peter
here
with
us
today.
Let's
make
them
feel
welcome.
O
Foreign,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
members,
I
have
with
me
today
my
youngest
daughter,
Ada
she's,
here
working
as
a
page
before
it's
all
said
and
done
we'll
get
every
dog
at
child
up
here
before
sessions
are
with
maybe
in
terrorize
you
but
most
importantly,
I
have
with
me
some
constituents
from
Lawrence
County
today,
Chris
Crystal
and
Bailey
Williams
are
here
with
us
today,
and
so
we
want
you
to
help
me
welcome
them
as
they
come
to
the
house
floor
for
the
first
time.
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R
Have
to
pardon
my
voice
this
morning,
however,
one
of
our
I'd
say
quasi
members
transitioned
this
morning
is:
he
was
with
the
state
for
about
20
years.
As
a
sergeant
in
arms
of
this
esteemed
body.
Some
of
y'all
will
remember
him.
Some
of
y'all
will
not
because
she
just
got
here
but
the
likes
of
Victor,
who
transitioned
earlier
and
Bill
house
bill
just
transitioned
this
morning.
R
He
did
by
the
grace
of
God,
have
an
opportunity
to
see
81
years,
but
he
served
as
well
just
like
these
guys
always
do
guys
and,
ladies
always,
they
serve
us
very
well.
They
take
care
of
us.
So
if
you
don't
mind,
I'd
like
to
just
pause
for
a
moment
of
Silent
prayer
and
honor
of
his
life
and
his
dedication
to
the
state
of
Tennessee.
S
T
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
Mr,
Speaker
I
have
a
constituent
of
mine
here
today
in
the
back
of
the
room.
She
is
also
my
girlfriend
Mr
Speaker.
She
said
she
voted
for
me
last
time.
We
hope
she
does
it
again.
Please
stand
up
stand
up.
Y'all,
please
make
her
feel
welcome.
Yuliana
Melton.
Thank
you.
Mr
Speaker.
U
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I
have
a
young
man
here
today.
He
is
on
his
spring
break,
one
of
the
best
basketball
players
I've
ever
seen
and
he's
hanging
out
with
us
here
at
the
state
capitol
today.
He's
no
stranger
here
because
he's
the
son
of
our
wonderful
comptroller
and
he
has
one
of
the
coolest
names
of
anybody.
I
know
he
sounds
like
a
superhero
Max
mum
power.
V
Thank
you,
Mr
speakers,
members.
If
I
can
get
your
attention,
you
better
pay
close
attention
to
this.
We
have
a
group
of
sixth
graders
here
that
is
very
interested
in
what
we
do
here,
which
means
some
of
us
could
have
opponents
in
some
future
years
here:
Jonathan
Edwards,
Classical,
Academy,
sixth
graders
from
Whites
Creek.
If
you'll
stand
up,
let's
give
them
a
big
round
of
applause.
G
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I
have
my
youngest
daughter
who's
back
here,
hiding
probably
paranoid
I'm
going
to
recognize
her
as
a
page
today,
Evie
Butler
and
I
also
have
one
of
my
daughters
up
in
the
gallery
here
this
morning
with
us
and
I
do
want
to
take
a
moment
to
honor
one
of
our
Representatives.
That
has
a
birthday
today.
The
silver
fox
Mr
Kelly
kiesling,
even
though
he's
not
with
us
today.
So
this
day
in
history,
Kelly
kiesling
was
born.
W
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
Mr
Speaker
many
y'all
knew
I
lost
my
mother.
A
few
months
ago
she
was
Scotch
Irish
born
on
St
Patrick's
Day.
Her
name
is
Patricia.
I
was
telling
my
good
colleague
from
Davidson
County
Justin
Jones,
wearing
the
green,
appreciate
that
Justin
about
the
history
of
St,
Patrick
y'all,
go
study
the
history
of
St
Patrick.
It's
a
cool
story
of
Redemption.
How
God
used
a
guy
that
was
captured
by
Irish
Pirates.
W
X
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
It
is
my
honor
today
to
welcome
some
pages
from
west
Tennessee
from
the
Berea
Mennonite
School
Lorraine
Miller,
Mindy,
Miller,
Thomas,
Miller,
Tommy,
Yoder,
Melanie,
Hurst
and
Kendra
Miller
and
their
families
are
up
in
the
balcony
as
well.
Welcome
them
in
today.
Thank
you
guys.
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I
This
bill
removes
the
requirement
of
providing
the
recorded
plat
map
and
just
requires
disclosing.
The
sinkhole
reason
being
is
that
recorded.
Plat
Maps,
especially
in
older
homes,
did
not
include
the
contour
lines
or
sinkhole
information,
because
the
information
wasn't
available
at
the
at
the
time
to
be
tracked,
so
it
becomes
impossible
to
meet
the
definition
during
any
kind
of
contract
dispute.
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AD
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
and,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
I
would
bring
your
attention
to
this.
What
is
normally
a
perfunctory
motion
by
this
body
this
this
commission,
the
Public
Charter
School
commission,
is
the
epitome
of
State,
overreach
and
big
government
if
your
local
Lea,
your
county
or
any
of
your
School
boards
within
your
District
are
concerned
about
their
budget
line.
Items
just
know
that
this
is
the
commission
that
makes
the
decision
to
override
your
locally
elected
officials
decisions,
not
only
budgetary
decisions
but
which
charter
schools
are
allowed
in
your
county.
AD
So
if
a
Hillsdale
or
some
other
private
entity
wants
to
come
into
your
county
and
your
Lea
decides
that
they
do
not
have
enough
money
because
of
all
the
millions
of
dollars
of
fixed
costs
that
are
associated
with
these
charter
schools,
they
can
make
that
decision.
But
I
can
assure
you
that
that
charter
school
is
going
to
appeal
directly
to
the
state
Charter
School
commission
and
this
state
Charter
School
commission
can
override
your
locally
elected
officials.
This
is
a
body
that
is
Rife
with
conflict
of
interest.
AD
AD
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Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
Mr
chairman.
Thank
you
for
the
hard
work
that
kevobs
did
to
evaluate
this
particular
commission
and
make
this
recommendation.
I
have
had
experience
with
the
charter
school
commission,
both
in
our
County
and
in
others,
but
it
has
been
my
experience
at
least
that
they
have
done
a
phenomenal
job
of
vetting
charter
schools
and
handling
the
the
work
that
we
as
a
body
voted
to
allow
this
entity
to
do
so.
L
We
can
debate
that
on
on
pieces
of
legislation
that
come
up
as
to
whether
or
not
we
have
an
entity
like
this,
but
I
just
wanted
to
say
chairman.
Thank
you
for
the
work
that
govops
did
to
make
this
recommendation
and
I
for
one
would
go
to
yes
on
this
out
of
respect
for
the
government
operations
process
and
your
leadership,
and
that
is,
as
the
committee
chairman
on
y'all's
recommendation.
Thank
you.
S
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Mr,
chair
and
and
Mr
sponsor
I.
Don't
my
challenge
with
the
charter
commission
is.
Is
I
asked
him
about
some
numbers
the
other
day,
and
you
know
they.
They
I
asked
him
how
many,
how
many
Charter
Schools
they
approved
in
the
Big,
Four
and
I.
Think
the
the
percentage
in
the
big
four
was
50
percent.
S
The
percentage
outside
of
the
Big
Four
was
less
than
10
percent,
and
that's
my
challenge
with
them
with
the
charter.
Commission
is
that
their
appeal
rate
seems
to
be
much
much
higher
when
it
comes
to
the
Big
Four
than
it
does
outside
of
the
big
four,
and
we
don't
want
it
to
be
that
I
think
the
charter
commission.
S
You
know
that
same
treatment
across
the
entire
States,
because
you
know
we
we've
passed
the
law
now
Mr
sponsor
that
says
you
know
everybody
gets
a
charter
now
if
they
want
one
so
to
speak
right
and
but
we
want,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
that
the
charter
commission
is
looking
at
every
part
of
our
state
the
same
way
as
they
look
at
the
big
four.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Mr
sponsor.
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AH
Cameron,
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
and
to
my
to
my
representative
from
Hardeman
County
I
can
get
if
you
would
like
I,
didn't
read
what
I
was
supposed
to
at
the
proper
time
and
I'll
give
you
some
background
on
the
bill
and
then
I'll
come
back
and
answer.
Your
question
is
that
chairman:
does
that
work
for
you?
Thank
you,
sir.
AH
Now
section
two
requires
the
commissioner
of
ecd
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
a
recipient
of
a
grant,
reserving
the
right
of
ecd
to
recover
the
amount
of
money,
grants,
funds
or
other
incentives
dispersed
by
the
department
in
whole
or
in
part.
If
the
recipient
benefiting
from
such
money,
grants,
funds
or
other
incentives,
fails
to
comply,
so
it
has
moving
forward.
AH
AJ
Representative
Shaw,
thank
you
Mr
speaker.
Thank
you
for
that
explanation.
I
just
wanted
to
understand
that
so
you're
saying
that
it
does
not
affect
any
organized
unions
that
would
probably
come
with
blue
oval.
If
that's
a
fair
question
wouldn't
affect
those
people
only
just
moving
forward
German
bomb.
A
AD
The
peripheral
businesses
around
the
Ford
plant,
Auto
Parts
manufacturers
and
others
who
are
come
would
be
coming
from
other
states
such
as
Michigan,
that
are
those
businesses
that
value
organized
labor
and
work
with
organized
labor
and
already
have
that
as
part
of
their
business
model.
Now,
with
this
law
it,
they
would
look
at
the
potential
of
relocating
to
Tennessee
and
they
know
they're
not
going
to
have
equal
access
to
ecd
Grants
that
other
businesses
are
have
access
to
unless
they
comply
with
this
law.
AD
Now,
the
problem
with
that
is,
this
law
makes
them
incur
additional
costs,
because
what
you're
acquiring
in
here
with
the
secret
ballots
and
the
entire
process
with
this,
that
is
an
entire
capital
expenditure.
That
is
a
loss
of
production,
that
is,
a
loss
of
of
wages
and
hours
worked.
So
what
you're
going
to
have
is
those
businesses
who
understand
how
this
process
works
and
actually
value
their
employees?
AD
AH
No,
no
sir,
do
not
what
we
are:
we're
not
prohibiting
anyone
from
recognizing
a
collective
bargaining
unit.
Federal
laws
are
clear
about
that.
What
we're
if
there
is
a
close
relation
working
relationship
and
we
saw
it
with
Ford
when
the
chairman
of
Ford
announced
that
they
and
their
UAW
Partners
were
going
to
be
relocating
to
the
mega
site,
then
they
do
work
closely
together.
What
we're
talking
about
is
a
method
of
election.
That's
what
we're
talking
about
the
the
federal
laws
are
clear
in
how
employees
can
choose
to
to
organize.
AH
We
understand
that
all
we're
saying
is
is
if
you're
going
if
you're
moving
to
Tennessee,
we
support
fair
and
free
elections
conducted
in
private.
That's
all
we're
saying
here:
we're
not
we're
not
trying
to
say
yes,
organize,
no
organized.
All
we're
saying
is:
is
that
if
you
do
choose
to
organize
this
is
the
methodology
that
we
want
you
to
use,
because
we
believe
that
most
people
believe
in
free
and
fair
elections.
AD
A
AD
Mr
Speaker
and
thank
you
sponsor
I,
appreciate
that,
but
we
we
must
recognize
that
there
is
a
cost
associated
with
the
process
we're
mandating,
even
though
it's
a
process,
that's
available
under
existing
federal
law,
mandating
a
specific
type
of
that
process
or
a
specific
Avenue
of
that
process.
There
is
a
cost
associated
with
that.
AD
We're
also
not
addressing
the
companies
that
are
already
organized
and
just
simply
relocating
here
and
some
of
those
workers
coming
from
out
of
state
that
want
to
move
to
the
great
state
of
Tennessee,
so
I
think
we
need
to
recognize
the
additional
cost
to
those
companies
and
the
the
adverse
impact
that
could
have
on
them
in
their
decision
making,
because
if
the
cost
is
so
great,
you
know
if
they
have
a
ecd
grant
availability
in
another
state.
That's
where
they're
going
I
mean
they're
they're,
they
gotta
look
at
their
bottom
line.
AD
Mississippi
and
Arkansas
are
going
to
look
real
attractive
to
them
being
so
close
to
us
Tennessee
Mega
site,
and
of
course
this
doesn't
just
apply
to
the
Meg
site.
It
applies
Statewide,
Chattanooga,
other
parts
of
the
state
of
Tennessee
that
are
near
borders.
This
is
a
dangerous
precedent
and
I
would
just
ask
you
to
to
give
us
further
consideration.
I'd
ask
for
my
colleagues
to
consider
this
as
well,
when
we're
looking
to
create
jobs,
well-paying
jobs
with
benefits,
and
we
talk
a
lot
about
not
interfering
with
private
businesses.
AD
AH
AH
That's
the
only
way
that
that's
the
only
reason
we
have
any
interest
in
how
a
company
participates
in
this
process.
So
if
it's
going
to
cost
more
we're
incentivizing
them
anyway,
if
it,
if
they
don't,
if
they
choose
to
go
with
card
check,
as
I
said,
there's
still
multiple
incentives
out
there
that
are
not
coming
through
the
ecd
and
they're
free
to
pursue
those.
AK
AL
AK
AH
Well,
that's
going
to
be
difficult
for
me
to
speculate
representative
I
I
do
not
know
we
present
legislation.
As
we
see
things
happening
around
us,
we
might
not
have
had
that
consideration.
I
think
things
as
we
as
we
travel
down
this
road,
we're
looking
at
how
businesses
choose
our
state
and
what
they
choose
it
for,
and
this
is
something
that
has
occurred
just
this
session
to
bring
forward
so
I
can't
speculate
on
what
would
have
occurred
represent.
AL
AH
I
personally
have
not
had
those
experiences
representative
Miller,
but
what
I
am
doing
is
you
know?
What
we're
here
to
do
is
to
make
suggestions,
and
this
body
makes
decisions,
and
what
I'm,
offering
as
a
suggestion
here
today
is
that
this
is
the
way
we
consider
how
we
take
care
of
our
economic
incentives
and
investments
in
investing
for
the
future,
protecting
our
investment
as
a
state
as
we
move
forward
represent
Miller.
Thank
you.
AL
A
Y
R
AH
A
representative
I
believe
you
may
have
misheard
me:
we're
not
taking
away
a
half
a
billion
dollars
from
Ford.
What
we
are
doing.
We've
already
made
that
investment
there
have
been
contractual
obligations
made.
We
can't
interfere
with
contracts
according
to
the
state
and
federal
Constitution.
So
we're
not
doing
that
representative.
AL
R
Obviously,
you're
right,
that's
not
what
I
mean
what
I
mean
is
that
the
hypothetical
on
the
front
end
I
gave
you
I
made
you
the
CEO
of
a
new
business
that
was
looking
at
Tennessee,
and
you
had
an
incentive
like
that:
not
blue
oval,
any
business
future
business
but
you're
the
CEO.
You
have
to
make
a
decision
and
you
see
that
criteria.
What
would
you
do
as
a
business
Mass?
This
is
a
hypothetical.
AH
Chairman
Vaughn,
if
I
was
a
businessman
and
I
had
an
incentive
offer
of
one
half
of
500
million
dollars
and
the
only
thing
that
I
had
to
do
to
receive
that
500
million
dollars
was
to
promise
that
my
decisions
with
regards
to
labor
recognizing
a
bargaining
unit
would
be
that
I
would
ask
my
employees
to
require
my
employees
to
go
through
a
secret
ballot.
Election
process
versus
card
check.
Someone
coming
up
to
you
and
saying:
will
you
join
my
organization?
AH
R
Here
before
before
that
happened,
your
culture
had
been
with
your
company.
This
theoretical
hypothetic
company
was
totally
different
than
that
and
you're
expanding
to
another
state
and
you're,
going
to
automatically
change
your
culture
from
that
just
to
be
incentivized,
and
you
have
competitors
right
across
the
bridge
takes
a
bridge
right
across
the
bridge
that
don't
require
that
and
will
give
you
that
much
money
and
more
in
this
in
this
in
this
ethos
of
theoreticals
there's
competition
right
across
the
bridge
right
across
the
state
line,
don't
require
that
what
your
decision
still
be.
AH
Yes,
sir,
if
you're
number
one,
this
is
not
attempting
to
impact
whether
or
not
an
organization
or
a
Workforce
is
organized
or
not.
What
this
is
doing
is
this
is
impacting
how
the
choice
of
organization
occurs.
That's
all
this
does,
and
so,
if
they,
if
the
culture
between
the
employer
and
the
employees
as
such,
that
that's
what
the
employees
how
they
want
to
work,
then
there
shouldn't
be
an
issue
with
it.
R
R
The
money
is
the
root
of
it
all
you're,
having
your
way
with
people
by
utilizing
the
money
and
nobody
there
has
been
no
problems
in
Tennessee
as
it
relates
to
this
I
have
not
encountered
one
and
I've
been
here
30
years.
Not
one
Tennessee
is
on
the
track
growing
we're
growing
we're
doing
well,
but
we
don't
need
to
get
too
cute
and
run
business
away
from
Tennessee.
AH
A
AF
So
what
this
piece
of
legislation
more
or
less
does
is
tell
all
other
American
automakers
you're
not
welcome
in
Tennessee,
because
you
know
you're
talking,
500
million
dollars
well,
Ford
can
have
16
other
plants
shut
down
and
the
workers
work
off,
walk
off
the
work
site.
Because
of
what
Tennessee
wants.
AF
AF
You
know
not
naming
any
names,
but
I've
heard
that
two
committees
in
a
row
this
week,
you
know-
and-
and
it's
amazing
you
know-
that's
all
we're
doing
we're-
not
telling
a
company
that
is
non-union
that
has
a
board
of
directors
that
hey
all
of
your
board
of
directors
votes
have
to
be
private.
You
know
we're
not
telling
any
other
type
of
business,
it's
only
businesses
that
are
unionized
and
more
or
less
we're
telling
the
employees
the
citizens
of
Tennessee.
AF
We
like
you
making
low
wages
because,
as
I've
said
before,
you
know,
the
average
assembly
line
worker
in
Tennessee
makes
about
30
something
thousand
dollars
a
year.
The
average
Ford
employee
makes
90
something
thousand
dollars
a
year.
I
heard
a
lot
of
people
saying
well
I,
hope,
Ford
Tennessee
doesn't
become
a
lot
like
Ford.
We
want
Ford
to
be
a
lot
more
like
Tennessee.
No,
you
better
hope.
Tennessee
becomes
a
lot
light
forward
and
raises
the
wages
of
our
citizens.
So
they
can,
you
know,
have
a
decent
living.
AF
You
know,
afford
the
rising
cost
of
housing,
the
rising
costs
of
Education,
the
rising
cost
of
food,
whatever
it
may
be,
but
this
is
more
or
less
telling
our
citizens
we
want
to
keep
you
down.
We
want
to
make
sure
the
company
makes
a
lot
of
money,
but
we
want
you.
Citizens
y'all
just
go
to
work
enslave
and
you
know
we
want
you
making
thirty
some
thousand
dollars
a
year,
but
this
bill
is
telling
all
American
automakers.
You
are
not
welcome
in
the
state
of
Tennessee
bottom
line.
AH
When
somebody
comes
up
to
you
and
asks
you
to
participate,
I
think
I,
imagine
they're
in-person
sales
Trump
greatly
online
and
any
type
of
telephone
solicitations.
So
what
this
is
going
to
do
is
this
is
going
to
protect
the
privacy
of
a
Workforce
as
well
as
give
people
an
opportunity
to
have
a
fair
and
free
and
secret
ballot
election
and
if
they
choose
to
be
organized
at
that
point,
that's
great
the
incentives
roll
in
and
we
never
miss
a
Beat
we're
looking
to
to
protect
our
investment.
AF
A
D
A
D
A
AM
D
A
L
AO
L
Absolutely
met
him
later.
We
always
be
glad
to
this
says
that
if
someone
is
arrested
for
DUI
third
or
subsequent
offense
or
convicted
of
their
offense,
they
would
have
to
wear
a
scram
unit
for
90
days
as
a
secure
monitor
to
ensure
that
they're
not
drinking.
And
it
also
allows
for
folks
after
17
days
of
served
time
to
be
able
to
furlough
for
inpatient
treatment
for
alcohol
or
drug
issues
so
that
they
can
get
the
help
that
they
need.
AO
L
The
judge
has
the
discretion
to
take
that
or
anything
else
into
account
there
isn't.
There
are
energy
funds
available
for
those
that
wish
to
go
to
treatment.
There
are
some
funds
available,
but
the
for
those
that
are
DUI
third
or
subsequent
on
the
screen
units.
They
would
not
be
able
to
access
those
funds,
but
the
judge
has
full
discretion
to
either
waive
the
device
or
not
depending
upon
what
the
circumstances
are
of
each
individual.
AD
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
Can
you
elaborate
on
the
availability
and
the
requirement
of
the
substance
abuse
Services?
We
all
share
a
mutual
concern
and
want
to
make
sure
that
individuals
who
clearly
have
an
issue
with
substance
abuse
have
access
to
those
surfaces.
So
can
you
speak
to
what
this
legislation
does
to
provide
those
clear.
L
Lambert
you
recognize
so
this
legislation
neither
increases
or
decreases
the
availability
of
those
Services.
What
it
allows
is,
instead
of
after
after
service
of
25
days,
it
moves
it
down
to
17.
the
primary
reason
for
that
is
on
a
DUI
second
offense,
most
folks
if
they
receive
the
mandatory
minimum
receive
25
days.
L
So
if
you
have
to
serve
25
days
before
you
go
into
a
28-day
treatment
program,
it
actually
extends
beyond
their
service
of
jail
time
that
the
judge
had
ordered,
and
unfortunately,
a
lot
of
folks
choose
to
just
do
their
jail
time
instead
of
go
off
and
do
a
portion
of
it
in
treatment.
So
the
17
days
just
lines
those
two
up
to
better
incentivize
folks
to
go
ahead
and
take
advantage
of
that
opportunity.
A
D
A
D
L
A
D
L
Thank
you,
Mrs
Baker,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
this
is
the
do
not
text
Bill,
so
we
have
a
Do
Not
Call
Registry.
Currently,
where
folks
can
go
in
and
say,
look
I,
don't
want
to
be
harassed
by
unsolicited
calls
from
individuals
that
are
reaching
out
to
your
primarily
cell
phones.
At
this
juncture,
unless
a
few
of
you
still
have
a
home
phone,
this
would
add
text
message
to
that.
I,
don't
know
about
y'all,
but
I'm
I'm.
Certainly
sick
of
getting
unsolicited
text
messages
and
I
know
my
constituents
are
as
well.
A
AP
AP
House
Bill
418
was
brought
by
the
administrative
office
of
the
courts.
It
would
repeal
tca-17
to
121
a
statute
that
is
not
needed
and
conflicts
with
current
Supreme
Court
policies
and
procedures
for
interchange
and
designation
of
Judges.
The
statue
currently
allows
parties,
in
a
civil
case,
to
hire
a
retired
or
former
judge
to
hear
a
backlog
a
case
or
if
the
case
is
very
complex,
there
is
no
knowledge
of
this
statute
ever
being
used.
I
renew
my
motion.
A
AQ
AP
AR
AR
A
AP
AR
You
very
much-
and
we
want
to
give
you
congratulations
on
your
first
bill.
I
would
like
to
tell
everybody
representative
Stevens
used
to
be
a
county
commissioner,
in
our
district
or
in
our
in
my
county
and
when
I
had
any
go-to
issues
or
anything
like
that,
the
local
level
he
was
my
go-to
commissioner
to
to
set
us
straight.
He
did
a
great
job
on
the
County
Commission
he's
going
to
do
a
great
job
up
here.
So
congratulations
on
your
first
bill.
Look
forward
to
the
great
things
that
you're
going
to
do.
AS
AS
Okay,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
Judge
Judy
didn't
ruffle
your
feathers,
and
you
brought
this
bill
about,
but
I
guess
the
most
important
question
I
can
ask
today:
is
next
year
a
lot
of
people's
going
to
be
coming
to
the
state
capitol?
Would
this
prevent
you
to
being
a
judge
for
my
pumpkin
Pop
Festival.
AM
A
AP
Before
I
present,
this
bill,
I
want
to
advise
the
body
that,
in
my
law,
practice
I'd
represent
clients
in
probate
cases,
as
disclosed
on
my
statement
of
Interest.
However,
I
do
not
handle
small
Estates,
which
is
the
topic
of
this
bill.
So
there
is
no
conflict
here,
but
I
just
wanted
to
be
sure
that
everybody
had
that
information.
AP
So
there
aren't
any
questions
of
impropriety
House,
Bill,
337
rewrites,
the
smallest
state
Provisions
in
our
code
last
year
of
a
general
assembly,
made
some
revisions
to
the
small
estate
Act
and
it
had
some
unintended
consequences.
After
numerous
drafts
and
valuable
input
from
many
different
groups,
including
judges,
clerks
and
attorneys,
we
were
able
to
get
those
issues
into
one
final
draft
that
was
in
the
amendment
there
and
with
that
I
renew
my
motion.
A
A
A
L
X
A
AR
A
X
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
House,
Bill
495
is
the
topical
medical
waste
reduction
Act
of
2023
and
I
know.
No
one
in
here
is
old
enough
to
have
cataracts,
but
once
you
go
to
get
cataract
surgery,
this
bill
will
help
in
that
regard.
Currently,
if
you
go
an
ophthalmologist
might
use
one
or
two
drops
during
the
procedure
and
current
law
says
you
can't
take
those
medicine
home.
So
what
this
will
do
will
allow
you
to
take
that
medication
home
when
you
leave
the
hospital
or
the
surgery
aspect
which
will
reduce
medical
waste
and
reduce
cost.
X
A
U
AL
A
AU
A
AU
A
AL
A
A
L
A
To
concur
little
lamb,
birth
renews.
His
motion
moves
to
concur
any
discussion
on
the
bill.
Seen
none
any
objection
to
the
question,
see
none
all
those
in
favor
of
concurring
incentive,
joint
resolution,
145
vote
I
when
the
bell
rings,
those
opposed
vote.
No,
as
every
member
voted,
the
zenman
was
changed.
Their
vote.
A
A
M
You
Mr
Speaker
members.
This
is
to
prove
the
appointment
of
Michael
A
Carter
senior,
who
holds
a
ba
and
an
MBA
from
the
University
of
Detroit
Mercy
and
is
currently
serving
as
managing
partner
in
Pinnacle
construction.
Partners
LLC,
Mr
Carter
is
an
active,
is
active
in
several
Civic
Community
organizations,
including
being
the
co-founder
of
the
Jalen
Rose
Leadership
Academy
and
currently
serving
as
president
of
operation.
M
The
national
metropolitan
area
he's
been
a
recipient
of
many
awards,
including
the
University
of
Detroit
Mercy
Spirit
award,
honoring
outstanding
alumni,
United
Way
of
Metropolitan
Asheville
Dr,
Thomas,
F,
Frisch,
Jr
excellence
and
volunteer
leadership,
award
National
chamber
volunteer
of
the
Year
100
black
men,
distinguished
member
Charter,
School
leadership
board
and
the
RH
boy
minority
business
of
the
year
in
his
wife
reside
in
beautiful
Franklin
Tennessee
and
our
proud
parents
of
two
children.
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
and
without
with
that,
I
moved
to
concur
representative.
A
A
AV
AV
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
Senate,
Bill
1005
is
making
a
technical
correction
for
chapter
843
that
we
passed
out
last
year
dealing
with
service
contracts.
This
bill
does
keep
in
the
in
the
current
bill
or
the
current
chapter,
the
explicit
and
written
disclosure
requirements
for
merchandise
and
services
to
be
provided
and
any
limitations
or
exclusions.
These
disclosure
requirements
will
come
when
the
contract
is
issued
or
delivered
it,
but
it
does
remove
the
requirement
in
advertising,
and
that
is
the
only
change
that
it
makes
and
with
that
Mr
Speaker
I
renew
my
motion.
AJ
A
AV
That
is
correct.
The
advertisements
we're
going
to
end
up
being
longer
are
the
disclaimers
would
be
longer
than
the
actual
advertisement
in
itself,
but
it
does
not
remove
the
requirement
in
the
contract.
The
contract
has
to
state
explicitly
and
in
writing
what
it
covers,
but
the
advertisement
would
end
up
being
quite
long.
A
A
AP
You
Mr
Speaker.
If
this
bill
affects
Rutherford
County's,
Juvenile
Detention
oversight
board
last
year,
this
was
created
in
a
private
act
to
have
four
members
plus
the
county
mayor.
This
bill
will
let
them
have
six
members
on
their
board,
plus
the
county
mayor
and
specifies
where
they
must
meet
and
also
the
hiring
and
firing
process
of
the
director.
With
that,
our
new
emotion.
A
Representative
Stevens
renews
his
motion.
Any
discussion
on
the
bill
seen
none
any
objection
to
the
question,
see
none
all
those
in
favor,
House,
Bill
1541
vote
out
when
the
bell
rings.
Those
opposed
vote.
No,
as
every
member
voted
Zeman
was
change.
Your
vote,
which
and
I
right
Butler
vital
eye
McAllen.
D
A
AQ
AQ
AP
A
A
A
Representative
Stevens
renews
his
motion.
Any
discussion
see
none
any
objection
to
the
question.
Cnn.
We
were
voting
all
those
favor
House
Bill
337
as
amended
voters.
The
bell
ring
those
opposed
vote.
No,
as
every
member
voters,
they
remember
which
change
your
vote.
Travis
eye,
Alexandra,
garrette,.
D
A
AW
Thank
you
Mr
Speaker,
good
morning,
everyone.
This
is
Administration
cleanup
bill.
This
would
correct
all
occurrences
in
TCA
that
State,
GED
or
high
set
I
am
asking
to
use
high
school
equivalency
credential
into
that
place,
and
at
this
point,
Mr
Speaker
I
renew
my
motion
for
passage
of
Senate
Bill
255
on
third
and
final
consideration.
L
Y
AW
A
L
Y
AW
L
A
L
Lambert
we
covered
that
in
freshman
orientation
and
you
did
a
good
job.
You
picked
up
on
that,
so
I
noticed
you're
wearing
a
UT
tie
today,
so
you're,
obviously
a
big
UT
guy.
So
what's
going
on
today,
that
would
make
you
particularly
want
to
wear
orange
I
noticed
there's
a
few
folks
in
the
chamber
that
have
orange
on
today.
AW
A
L
A
AW
A
L
Well,
I
would
say
the
Apple
doesn't
fall
far
from
the
tree,
but
in
this
circumstance
boy
it
rolled
downhill
but
I,
know
you're,
very
proud
of
him,
and
we
are
very
proud
of
you.
You've
done
a
wonderful
job,
I
will
say
of
all
the
freshmen
we've
had
in
the
well.
It
does
look
like
you,
have
paid
really
close
attention
in
freshman
orientation
and
have
done
a
fine
job.
So
y'all
give
me
my
hand.
Thank
you.
AD
AH
You
Mr
Speaker
I,
have
so
much
material
for
you
representative,
but
that
would
be
we'll
just
we'll
just
leave
it
at
this.
The
great
thing
about
College
athletics
is:
they
still
have
to
play
the
games.
So
when
we
entered
this
chamber
Monday
night,
that
argument
may
have
been
settled
so
just
to
let
you
know
we'll
get
there
because,
quite
frankly,
I
think
either
team
are
capable
of
losing
their
first
game.
AT
A
A
D
AR
A
AY
A
Representative
moose
adoption
of
house
joint
resolution
330
with
all
members
of
Knox
County
delegation
voting
affirmative
Elizabeth,
co-prime
sponsors
exclusions,
duly
noted,
properly
seconded,
all
those
in
favor,
say
aye,
aye
or
those
both
say.
No,
the
eyes
have
it
I
declare
it
adopted
house
joint
resolution
330.
the
objection.
The
most
recent
search
table
help
me
represent
Clemens
you're,
recognized
Mr.
A
D
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AZ
BA
BB
BC
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
a
couple
minutes
ago,
I
saw
a
lot
of
elementary
school
students
sitting
in
their
gallery
and
I
know
when
I
saw
them
and
reminded
me
that
we
always
want
to
be
the
best
example
for
those
who
are
looking
at
this
chamber,
as
the
leaders
of
this
state
and
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge.
I
already
talked
to
Chairman
white,
my
dear
friend
and
my
brother
from
Memphis,
but
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
I
lost
my
patience
yesterday
and
I
apologize
to
you.
BC
My
brother
I
know
that
we
are
in
that
time
of
session
where
things
are
getting
a
little
bit.
Heated
and
I
think
that
we
all
can
take
some
time
to
pause
and
remember.
We
can
cool
down
the
heat,
that
let's
focus
on
systems
and
issues
and
not
people
and
every
time
I
come
to
this
chamber.
I
pray,
a
prayer
that
I
never
say
out
loud
but
I,
say
Creator.
You
know,
let
me
not
become
what
I'm
fighting
against.
BC
Let
me
not
let
me
not
delve
deep
down
below
and
so
I
hope
that
we
can
all
continue
to
rise.
You
know
to
the
occasion
chairman
white
was
actually
the
first
and
only
Republican
who
welcomed
me
to
this
chamber
on
my
first
day
in
in
in
and
gave
me
a
gift.
Welcome
in
here.
So
I
want
to
thank
you.
Brother
I
mean
you're
an
example
of
a
Statesman
and
I
hope
that
someone
of
my
colleagues
on
the
other
side
of
the
aisle
we'll
we'll
take
this
with
seriousness.
BC
S
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
Mr
Speaker
out
of
transparency
too.
It
took
it,
takes
courage
to
do
that
and
if
I
can
have
everybody's
attention
for
a
second,
it
truly
takes
courage
to
do
what
he
did
and
and
when
I
see
him.
When
I
see
Justin
I
see
myself
a
few
years
ago,
standing
over
there
when
I
was
doing
the
same
thing
and
and
and
thank
God
for
for
grace
and
mercy
with
our
colleagues
right
who,
who
allowed
me
to
grow.