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House Floor Session - 4th Legislative Day - 1st Extraordinary Session
A
A
Mr
Sergeant
Farms
invite
the
members
in
the
chamber
and
closed
doors
out
hereby
declare
the
house
representatives
of
the
113
General
Assembly
State
Tennessee,
now
in
session,
where
the
members
please
stand
with
the
visitors
in
gallery.
Please
stand
and
remain
standing
through.
The
Pledge
of
Allegiance
for
representative
Williams
will
serve
as
chaplain
of
the
day
representative
Williams.
Thank.
B
You
Mr
Speaker
members
of
60
years
ago.
Today,
gentlemen,
Dr
Martin
Luther
King
made
a
speech
about
a
dream
he
had.
It
is
my
hope
today,
as
we
transact
the
people's
business,
that
we
judge
people
by
the
content
of
their
character.
I
hope
you
would
join
me
in
prayer
Lord.
We
thank
you
for
this
day.
We
thank
you
for
your
love
for
us.
We
thank
you
that
before
we
even
Rose
this
morning,
your
word
says
that
your
thoughts
about
us
were
like
the
Sands
of
the
sea
Lord.
B
We
pray
that
you
give
us
wisdom
and
knowledge
and
strength
as
we
transact
the
business
of
the
state
today
that
you'd
keep
our
Troopers
and
all
those
around
the
state
and
our
First
Responders
safe
as
we're
here
and
every
day
of
the
week
Lord.
We
just
love
you
Lord.
We
pray
that
our
actions
would
make
you
and
your
name
great
in
this
state.
All
these
things
we
ask
in
your
son,
Jesus
name,
amen.
A
D
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I
would
last
that
my
fellow
members
rise
with
me
as
I
say:
United
States,
Army
staff
sergeant
Ryan
Christian,
canals
assigned
to
the
8th,
Battalion
eighth
psychological
operations.
Group
airborne
died
as
a
result
of
wounds
sustained
from
its
attack
at
the
Hamid
kazai
International
Airport,
where
he
was
supporting
non-combatant
evacuation
operations,
August
26,
20,
21
and
Kabul
Afghanistan
I
asked
for
a
moment
of
silence.
E
F
F
F
It
is
to
not
go
with
business
as
usual
and
so
to
the
people,
the
balcony,
Brigade,
the
mothers
and
the
fathers
and
the
siblings,
and
the
relatives
who
keep
showing
up
who
keep
speaking
up,
who
keep
building
a
movement
for
justice
and
love.
Welcome
to
the
people's
house,
where
your
Snaps
are
heard,
and
your
songs
and
your
voices
demanding
change
are
welcomed
because
democracy
demands
that
the
people
advocate
for
change
and
then
that
the
people
elected
do
something
differently.
G
H
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I
know
many
of
you
all
have
met
my
husband,
Mike
and
a
lot
of
y'all
have
said,
bless
him
and
so
Mr
Speaker
I
want
this
to
go
on
the
record.
43
years
ago
my
daddy
and
my
two
brothers
tried
to
tell
Mike
how
shy
and
quiet
I
was.
You
know
very,
very
much
just
in
the
corner
and
never
saying
anything.
They
tried
to
tell
him,
but
he
still
said,
I
do,
which
will
be
42
years
tomorrow,
and
he
is
down
here
this
week
with
me
and
I.
H
Never
thought
I'd
get
the
opportunity
to
wish
him
a
happy
anniversary.
So
now
that
I
have
the
opportunity
on
the
house
floor,
I
want
to
say
happy
anniversary
to
my
God-fearing
has
been
fabulous
father
and
most
of
all,
the
grandfather
of
our
three
precious
grandchildren
that
he
loves
dearly
and
would
give
his
life
for
so
I.
Just
want
to
say,
happy
anniversary
to
Mike
and
I
know
his
face
is
all
red
somewhere
because
he
doesn't
like
attention
brought
to
him,
but
I
thank
the
Lord
for
sending
him
to
me.
I
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
we're
all
here
to
try
to
deal
with
this
epidemic
of
gun
violence
in
our
state.
We
were
called
to
do
for
a
special
session
based
on
on
public
safety,
but
I
want
to
remind
everybody
about
the
six
people
who
died
from
Covenant,
School
and
and
I'd
like
for
us
to
say
their
names
and
and
stand
up
one
more
time:
Catherine
Koontz,
Mike,
Hill,
Cynthia,
Peake,.
I
J
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
only
a
few
of
us
still
remaining
in
the
chamber
had
an
opportunity
to
serve
with
Governor
Don
sundquist.
If
we
could
please
rise
and
recognize
the
passing
of
Governor
sundquist,
we
certainly
think
of
his
wife,
Martha
their
children
and
their
grandchildren
as
Governor
sundquist
admirably
served
his
country
as
a
congressman
and
then
his
state
as
governor
for
two
terms.
If
we
could,
please
remember
the
sunquist
family
in
our
prayers.
K
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
yesterday
is
my
husband
and
I
were
shocked
and
we
stood
in
our
kitchen
and
we
listened
to
the
terrible
news
out
of
Jacksonville.
We
were
very
struck
that
they
mentioned
almost
casually
almost
in
passing
that
the
killer
had
mental
health
issues
and
that
he
had
been
taken
in
in
the
past
four
mental
health
issues.
They
also
mentioned
that
the
Jacksonville
killer
has
a
Manifesto
and,
quite
frankly,
a
Manifesto.
K
Is
it
anything
more
than
the
Diary
of
a
Madman
I
am
so
proud
of
the
house
that
we
have
done
the
work
we've
done
in
this
special
session
on
mental
health
issues.
We
have
much
more
work
to
do,
but
we've
done
so
much
work
right
now
on
mental
health
issues
and
we
will
do
more
and
Mr
Speaker
I'm,
proud
of
you
and
your
leadership.
I'm,
proud,
you're,
our
speaker
and
I,
am
so
glad
that
we've
done
as
much
as
we've
done
on
mental
health
issues.
K
We
will
do
more
and
there's
so
much
more
to
be
done,
but
we
can
see
all
around
us.
Mental
health
is
the
issue
it
is
crying
out
for
legislatures
to
address
it.
So
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
for
your
leadership
in
this
special
session
and,
let's
just
hope
and
pray
that
we
can
pass
these
bills
that
we've
worked
so
very,
very
hard
on.
Thank
you
represent.
M
He
and
his
wife
presented
the
family
with
the
family's
first
great
grandson.
He
happens
to
be
my
namesake
and
if
anybody's
interested
I
got
a
picture
of
him
on
my
phone,
his
name
is
Sutter
Daniel.
His
first
word
was
ball,
so
I'm
sure
the
Vols
will
be
recruiting
him
anytime.
Now.
Thank
you.
Mr
Speaker.
N
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
today,
I
want
to
honor
the
60th
anniversary,
August
28th,
it's
the
16th
anniversary
of
the
March
on
Washington,
where
thousands
hundreds
of
thousands
of
Americans
gathered
in
Washington
to
challenge
systemic
racism
and
economic
exploitation.
I
would
like
to
read
the
words
of
Congressman
John
Lewis,
who
was
the
youngest
speaker
at
that
March?
He
stated
there
there
will.
The
time
will
come
when
we
will
not
confine
our
marching
to
Washington.
We
will
March
to
the
South
Through
The
Heart
of
Dixie.
The
way
Sherman
did.
N
N
It
is
about
terrorism
and
the
shooting
that
happened
in
Jacksonville.
Florida
was
not
quote
unquote
racially
motivated.
It
was
racial
terrorism
and
until
we
acknowledge
that
fact,
until
we
act
on
that
fact,
it
will
continue
to
happen.
Jacksonville
Florida,
Buffalo,
New,
York,
Charleston,
South
Carolina.
N
How
many
acts
of
racial
Terror
will
it
take
for
us
to
see
that
there
is
an
issue,
a
crisis,
an
emergency
of
white
supremacy
in
this
nation?
That
is
the
gravest
threat
that
we
face
as
a
multi-racial
democracy.
And
so,
while
those
members
want
to
honor
mental
health,
let's
we
there's
people
who
we
can't
honor.
Today
their
names
are
Angela
Michelle,
Carr
age
52,
killed
in
Jacksonville
Florida
by
a
white
supremacist
who
wrote
a
swastika
on
his
AR-15.
N
Their
names
are
Noel
Joseph,
AJ,
lagore,
Jr
age
29,
who
was
terrorized
and
murdered
and
killed
by
a
man
who
wrote
a
swastika
on
his
AR-15.
Their
names
are
Jarrell
DeSean,
Galleon
19.,
who
can't
who
we
can't
honor,
because
a
white
supremacist
wrote
a
swastika
on
our
AR-15
and
went
into
a
Dollar
General
and
took
his
life
because
of
racial
hatred.
N
N
N
N
It's
the
same
hatred
that
many
of
us
want
to
ban
from
being
taught,
and
so
it
is
just
so
frustrating
to
see
members
not
even
honor.
Those
who
died
not
even
respect
black
deaf
enough
to
call
it
out
for
what
it
is
and
want
to
distract
us
and
say.
Thank
you
we'll
always
sayings.
We
want
our
people
to
live
and
that
black
lives
should
matter.
More,
Than,
This,
blind
obedience
to
weapons
of
war,
terrorizing
our
community
and
so
on.
This
March
on
Washington
I
hope
that
that
March
comes
to
Tennessee.
N
I
hope
that
that
March
comes
to
Nashville
and
I
hope
that
it
unsettles
us
enough
to
do
something
to
act
as
a
voice
of
conscience.
In
this
time
to
challenge
the
the
hatred
of
white
supremacy,
the
white
supremacist
terrorism
that
has
been
so
definitive
and
that
was
present
at
our
Capitol
last
Monday
when
the
proud
boys
were
outside
of
this
building.
It's
the
same
strand
of
white
supremacy
that
we
must
challenge.
O
P
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
this
past
Friday
night,
one
of
our
colleagues,
was
honored
at
a
high
school
football
game.
117
years
of
high
school
football
at
Clarksville,
High,
School
and
25
members
were
inducted
into
the
Hall
of
Fame
and
I
wish.
You
would
have
helped
me
recognize
speaker
Johnson
as
one
of
those
people
who
was
inducted
into
that
Hall
of
Fame.
Thank
you.
Q
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I
just
also
rise
to
the
honor
of
the
moms
that
are
here
today.
The
families
of
of
gun,
gun
violence,
victims
and
not
the
one
she's
here
today,
but
the
ones
who
have
been
coming
for
years
asking
for
change
in
action
asking
for
Action
whether
it
was
Waffle
House
or
the
church
in
Antioch
or
Covenant.
Q
All
of
these
victims,
all
across
of
our
our
state,
the
shooting
at
the
Unitarian
Church
in
Knoxville,
the
shooting
at
Central
High
School
I,
want
to
honor
those
people
as
they
have
come
over
and
over
and
over
and
continue
to
come.
But
I
also
want
to
welcome
facts
into
this
room,
and
the
fact
is
that
less
than
four
percent
of
gun
violence
is
due
to
Mental
Health.
R
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
members
join
me
in
wishing
a
very,
very
happy
Birthday
to
someone
who
thought
they
were
going
to
get
away
without
telling
us
that
it
was
their
birthday.
They
typically
wouldn't
be
able
to
be
here,
because
we
wouldn't
be
here
usually
during
this
time
for
us
to
be
able
to
wish
them
a
happy
birthday,
but
I
want
to
say
happy
birthday
to
representative
Justin
Jones.
S
T
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
Mr
Speaker,
about
eight
years
ago
we
had
a
devastating
fire
of
a
church
life
of
Victory
Ministries,
Pastor,
Brenda
Bryant.
Everything
in
that
church
was
burned
to
the
ground,
but
two
things
survived.
You
know
what
they
were
Bibles
and
the
crosses
we're
putting
together
a
revived
Rutherford
event.
This
country
needs
a
Revival
folks
needs
a
Revival
Grace
Church
in
Laverne
Tennessee
September
23rd,
two
to
five
the
honor
honorable
John
DeBerry
is
going
to
be
our
guest
speaker,
the
advisor
to
the
governor.
We
all
know
what
happened
to
John
DeBerry.
T
U
U
U
U
A
C
Mr
Speaker,
at
the
time
of
recess,
the
body
was
ready
to
consider
item
seven
page
two
item:
seven
of
Thursday's
regular
calendar.
It
was
substituted
conformed
to
the
Senate
bills,
who
are
announced:
Senate
Bill
88
by
leader,
Lambeth
relative
to
Tennessee
Bureau
of
Investigation
reports
on
the
status
of
human
trafficking,
Mr
Speaker
on
the
dashboard.
If
members
will
go
back
to
Thursday's
date,
they
will
be
able
to
see
all
the
materials
in
dashboard
from
Thursday.
U
You
Mr
Speaker
members,
we're
back
to
this
item
again
and
just
as
a
brief
description.
This
is
the
governor's
bill
that
would
require
that
a
report
on
human
trafficking
be
prepared
by
the
TDI
presented
to
both
the
House
and
Senate
speaker
and
the
governor
by
December,
1st
2023
and
every
year
thereafter.
That
is
the
bill
that
we're
on
currently
with
that
I
renew
my
motion.
Blurred.
U
You
Mr,
Speaker
and
again
members
I,
stand
ready
for
questions.
This
is
as
clear
and
concise
as
it
can
get.
We've
not
done
a
report
like
this
in
about
a
decade.
It
is
time
that
we
do
so
surely
to
goodness.
Human
trafficking
is
something
that
we
can
all
come
together
to
combat
and
one
of
the
first
steps
that
we
can
do
so
is
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
report
indicating
exactly
the
scope
of
the
problem
in
Tennessee
and
where
we
can
focus
on
it.
A
A
L
You
Mr
Speaker
I,
know
I'm
out
of
order,
but
I
forgot
something
important
today
was
the
first
day
of
college
for
my
daughter,
Kirsten,
Parkinson
and
I've
walked
her
into
her
school
or
classroom
every
single
year.
From
the
moment
she
hit
daycare,
and
today
was
no
different.
I
walked
her
onto
the
University
of
Memphis.
Campus
gave
her
a
hug,
we
prayed
and,
and
we
encouraged
and
I
just
want
to
say,
congratulations
to
my
daughter,
Kirsten,
Parkinson
and
I
know
you'll
do
well
baby.
Thank
you.
X
Z
Z
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
House,
Bill
72
directs
the
administrative
office
of
the
course
to
develop
a
new
software
system
that
will
provide
document
management,
electronic
case
filing
electronic
payment
methods,
data
reporting
and
other
things
needed
to
upgrade
the
case
management
system
that
has
been
in
place
for
the
past
20
years
because
of
the
Antiquated
system.
There
has
been
issues
with
getting
adequate
reporting
and
keeping
files
updated
with
that
Mr
Speaker
I
renew
my
motion.
AA
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
I
I
have
a
couple
of
questions
about
this
representative
Russell
here
in
Davidson
County
we've
invested
a
lot
of
money
over
the
last
year,
millions
of
dollars
in
having
one
of
the
most
up-to-date
efficient
systems
to
report
nightly
to
the
TBI
to
make
sure
things
are
appropriate.
If
this
bill
passes,
it's
going
to
push
us
back
15
years,
I
talked
with
our
County
Clerk
here
and
he
was
very
concerned
about
this
bill.
Z
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
and
absolutely
I
shared
your
concerns
and
I
double
checked
that
we
already
appropriated
75
million
dollars
to
fund
it.
So
every
county
in
the
state
of
Tennessee
will
get
this
new
computer
system,
including
Shelby,
Davidson,
Knox
and
Hamilton
County.
So
I
did
check
on
that
and
it
won't
cost
any
other
counties.
Anything.
AA
Represent
Dixie,
my
question
wasn't
about
cost.
It
was
about
the
impact
on,
in
fact,
the
fact
that
it
was
going
to
have
on
it.
Second
is
that
75
million
dollars
sounds
like
a
lot,
but
when
you
have
95
counties,
how
is
that
going
to
be
distributed
equitably
here
in
Davidson
County,
the
system
and
the
data
that
they
deal
with
is
so
large,
even
if
you
gave
a
million
dollars,
that's
still
not
enough
who's
going
to
incur
that
extra
cost.
Z
So
that
was
figured
in
this
past
budget.
The
75
million
is
what
it
was
going
to
cost
and
then
every
six
months
the
administrative
office
of
the
course
has
to
come
back
and
Report
how
it's
going
and
if
they
are
getting
close
to
that
cause,
the
legislator
would
have
to
decide
if
they're
going
to
give
them
more
funding
or
not.
AA
Z
AA
Yeah
and
speaking
with
my
county
clerk,
he
had
a
lot
of
reservations
about
this,
and
one
of
them
was
that,
if
it's
implemented,
what
they're
doing
now
is
the
service
is
free
for
the
legal
Community
it
will
and
they
choose
a
different
vendor
that
they're
not
already
using
this,
would
be.
This
could
cause
a
cost
to
that
defendant
the
attorney
and
put
a
strain
on
it
financially
using
this
particular
system.
So
what
I'm
I
guess?
My
point
is
saying-
is
I
know:
you've
probably
talked
this
over,
but
again
we
haven't.
AA
They
report
tonight
lead
to
the
TBI
and,
if
there's
not
a
some
type
of
compatibility
clause
or
issuing
there,
I
think
that
we
should
at
least
consider
taking
those
particular
Counties
have
invested
that
much
money
to
make
sure
that
if
there's
nothing
wrong
with
this
system,
that
they're
using
TBI
is
happy
with
it
everybody's
running.
Let's
keep
it
running,
but
let's
invest
in
those
who
are
less
than
and
that
do
not
have
a
robust
system.
I
think
that
would
be
a
better
bill.
Z
A
AA
AA
I
I've
made
my
my
case
for
this,
but
because
of
that,
I
wish
you
would
consider
at
least
tabling
this
until
generation
can
have
a
more
robust
conversation
about
this.
It's
not
an
easy
issue,
but
I
wish
you
would
think
about
it,
but
for
those
reasons
that
I've
said
and
that
cost
prohibitiveness
I
can't
support
this
Bill.
Thank
you
and
I'm
asking
my
colleagues
to
do
the
same.
Thank
you,
representative
farmer,.
AB
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
and
sponsor
I
appreciate
you
bringing
this
piece
of
legislation.
This
is
something
I
deal
with
on
a
regular
basis.
Members.
What
this
would
do
is
this
an
attempt
to
bring
the
state
in
line
with
the
with
the
federal
government.
They
have
a
federal
filing
system.
It's
called
Pacer.
You
can
go
on
you
file
your
documents
online
there
they
can
folks
can
look
and
see.
What's
going
on
with
their
case,
attorneys
could
look
to
see.
AB
What's
going
with
the
case,
the
court
can
file
documents
there
as
well
I'm
a
little
confused
with
regards
to
the
mention
of
the
County
Court
Clerk,
because
this
has
nothing
to
do
with
driver's
license
renewals.
This
has
to
do
with
judgments
and
motions
from
the
courts,
so
I
think
the
only
clerks
that
would
be
interested
in
this
would
be
the
state
court
clerks
and
or
maybe
a
Chancery
Court
Clerk.
AB
When
this
came
through
committee,
we
didn't
have
any
issues
with
the
stakeholders
with
regards
to
the
75
million
dollars
that
we're
giving
these
folks
to
for
this,
for
us
to
bring
this
system
into
the
21st
century
here
so
I
think
I
know
this
is
a
good
bill.
I
know
this
will
help
the
entire
system
work
better,
especially
for
defendants,
especially
those
people
who
don't
understand.
What's
going
on
it'll
help
victims
understand
it
be
it
helps,
helps
lead
to
more
transparency
in
government.
AB
So
members
I
urge
you
to
support
this
piece
of
legislation
and
and,
as
the
last
speaker
said,
if
Nashville
is
15
years
ahead
of
the
rest
of
this
state,
there's
an
issue
there.
So
let's
help
the
others
come
on
board
and
be
in
line
with
Davidson
County
I,
don't
see
how
this
legislation
is
going
to
impede
or
impair
Davidson's
County
current
ability
to
operate
the
way
they
operate.
So
I
just
asked
the
members
to
support
this
piece
of
legislation
and
thanks
again,
Mr
Speaker
and
chairman
Russell,
for
bringing
it.
AC
Z
Russell,
so
I
would
like
to
just
send
a
clear
message
to
the
Senate
that
we're
going
to
pass
legislation
over
here
if
they
want
to
keep
up.
That's
fine.
My
biggest
concern
is
the
TBI
is
a
hundred
thousands
cases
behind
on
entering
criminal
history
for
people,
and
this
will
help
get
those
cases
up
to
date.
So
people
can
look
in
there
and
find
out
about
background
checks
whenever
they
need
to
be
investigating.
A
AC
Camper,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
I
also
think
I
understand
your
point.
I
also
think
we
need
to
be
true
to
our
values
and
what
we
say
we
we're
going
to
do
here
and
if
we're
going
to
continuously
not
allow
Democrats
bills
to
be
heard
because
it's
not
moving
in
the
Senate
I
think
the
same
should
be
true
on
the
other
side
of
the
house.
So
thank
you,
Mr
speaker.
Thank
you.
Sponsor.
Z
A
A
A
B
So
it
matches
what
it
calls
for
substance
abuse
currently,
as
the
members
know,
and
we've
discussed
in
finance
and
health
and
insurance
that
currently
there
is
a
shortage
of
Health
Care
providers
in
the
mental
health
space
across
the
state,
because
the
reimbursement
rates
are
so
low,
creating
a
a
shortage
of
those
which
means
tennesseans
can't
get
the
help
that
they
need,
because
those
are
so
low.
This
bill
would
bring
about
a
quality
as
it
relates
to
those
reimbursement
rates
and
with
that
description,
Mr,
Speaker,
I
renew
my
most.
V
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
chairman
Williams.
Thank
you
for
bringing
this
bill
members.
This
may
be
one
of
the
most
important
bills
we
pass
during
special
session.
A
couple
of
weeks
ago,
speaker
Sexton,
had
some
of
the
major
providers
around
the
state
come
to
the
Capitol,
whether
it
is
Helen
Ross,
McNabb,
Covenant,
UT,
Medical
children's
hospital.
They
all
said
in
his
conference
room,
saying
we
have
a
crisis
in
funding
related
to
mental
health.
This
is
a
a
big
step
toward
rectifying
the
issue
will
help
with
staffings
there.
V
Everyone
is
in
a
staffing
crisis
right
now,
not
just
with
psychiatrists,
but
with
those
front
line.
Workers
most
for
most
facilities
is
not
a
capacity
issue.
It
is
a
Personnel
issue,
and
so
this
is
an
extremely
important
bill
and
specifically
for
Knox
County,
our
largest
Mental
Health
institution
is
struggling
and
it
we
desperately
need
this
legislation
to
pass
to
help
bring
in
to
help
shorten
the
Gap,
and
that
goes
for
another
facility
in
Memphis,
but
they're
like
that
all
across
the
state.
This
is
an
extremely
important
piece
of
legislation
critically
important
to
mental
health.
V
In
this
state
and
I've
said
this
stat
before
with
this
is
when
we
had
a
briefing
before
the
Department
of
Mental
Health
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
they
told
us
right
before
the
pandemic,
18
percent
of
tennesseans
were
in
Mental
Health
crisis
after
the
pandemic
that
number
jumped
to
30
percent.
We
have
a
significant
crisis
on
our
hands
and
every
one
of
those
providers
have
told
us.
We
have
a
crisis
in
funding,
so
this
is
a
big
step.
So
speaker,
thank
you
for
your
leadership,
chairman
Williams.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership.
L
L
L
We
are
at
the
bottom,
the
bottom
of
the
bottom,
we're
like
the
ASD
of
Mental
Health,
the
bottom
five
percent,
because
we
are
not
doing
everything
that
we
need
to
do
to
ensure
that
people
get
access
to
the
services.
There's
some
bills
coming
through
here
like
this
is
a
good
bill.
There's
some
other
bills
coming
through
here.
That
would
you
know
change
the
radar
might
be
in
this
bill.
You
know
change
the
rate
for
these
organizations
or
institutions
that
have
15
or
more
bids.
L
Is
that
in
this
bill
also,
you
can
just
not
just
like
that.
Okay-
but
you
know
bills
like
that,
but
it
does
not
increase
one
additional
Tennessean
receiving
Mental
Health
Services
and
we
have
the
ability
to
do
that
to
increase
services
for
additional
tennesseans.
You
know
you
can't
depend
on
the
safety
net.
L
L
All
right
and
that's
that's,
that's
a
that's
a
real
number,
that's
a
fact,
and
so
I
I
encourage
legislation
and
appreciate
your
speaker
for
bringing
this
legislation,
but
there's
so
much
more
that
we
can
do
and
I
hope
that
we
don't
we
don't
get
in
here
and
play
the
game
like
like
we've
done
all
of
this
greatness
for
mental
health.
We
hadn't
done
anything
great
for
mental
health.
L
L
L
They
have
a
heart,
but
we
got
to
do
better
for
our
people
for
our
citizens
here
in
this
state
again,
representative
Williams,
Mr,
Speaker
I
appreciate
this
legislation,
but
I
hope
that
we
can
go
further
and
make
sure
that
everyone
has
true
access
to
some
Mental,
Health,
Resources
and
possibly
insurance
and
and
other
things,
so
that
we
can
get
that
one
third
one
out
of
every
three
number
lowered
than
what
it
is.
Thank
you,
sir.
B
You
thank
you,
representative,
Parkinson,
I
I
agree
with
you.
This
is
a
good
first
step,
we're
caught
in
the
special
session.
As
you
know,
we
spent
majority
of
money
in
the
spring,
but
with
the
speaker's
leadership
and
the
house
and
finance
committee
and
those
mental
health
and
and
health
and
in
Insurance
what
we've
been
able
to
do
is
to
do
a
first
step
there.
In
addition
to
this
bill,
we
are
providing
more
safety
net
funding.
B
AD
A
A
Y
A
AD
AE
Safety
alert
grant
program.
The
purpose
of
this
program
is
to
provide
grants
to
leas
and
public
charter
schools
to
establish
school
safety
alert
systems
in
public
schools.
The
alert
system
is
funded
through.
This
grant
program
must
be
approved
by
the
Department
of
Education,
in
consultation
with
the
Department
of
Safety,
in
the
in
in
the
consultation
with
the
Department
of
Safety
was
part
of
the
amendment
that
chairman
white
just
mentioned
this
establishes.
Then
a
First
Alert
system
can
be
included
as
an
approved
expenditure.
Under
the
current
grant
program.
AE
It
removes
the
requirement
that
a
First,
Alert
System
must
be
in
the
district-wide
school
safety
plan
in
order
to
qualify
for
the
grant
money
of
20
million
dollars
for
public
schools
and
7
million
for
private
schools.
It
also
includes
a
20
million
from
the
federal
match
as
well
that
was
pulled
down.
It
requires
that
the
grant
award
will
be
limited
to
50
000
per
eligible
School
in
physical
year.
AA
AE
All
right,
I'll,
give
you
a
description
of
what
a
First,
Alert
System
would
look
like
in
our
public
schools
and
private
schools.
In
this
day
and
time
it
gives
immediate
notification
instantly
reaches
First
Responders
one
button
activation
crisis
alert
badges
can
be
triggered
from
any
corner
of
the
campus
and
can
alert
the
entire
campus
in
an
instant
audio.
Visual
notifications
determines
exact
locations
of
alerts
where
they
came
from
enhances
visitor
management,
digital
mapping
of
a
school
total
campus
coverage,
desktop
alerts
to
teachers.
The
instant
somebody
hits
that
panic
button,
real-time,
visitor,
locating
and
the
instant.
AE
AE
The
instant
a
call
goes
out,
they're,
usually
they're,
on
a
fob
or
a
badge
that
the
teacher
or
faculty
member
has
with
them
at
all
times
and
if
it's
a
medical
alert,
there's
a
medical
alert
for
that
particular
situation.
If
it's
an
active
shooter,
it
sends
that
alert
out
instantly
to
everybody
in
that
school
on
their
desktops
on
their
iPhones.
It
even
sends
messages
directly
to
law
enforcement,
and
it
even
has
the
capabilities
from
what
I
understand
to
locate
the
nearest
police
officer
to
that
school.
AE
The
moment
that
panic
button
is
hit
and
notifies
him
that
you're
the
closest
responder
to
this
school.
It
allows
that
officer
to
pull
up
on
their
laptops
in
their
squad
car
on
their
iPhone
and
see
live
coverage
of
inside
that
school,
the
hallways,
the
exterior
of
the
school
it
allows
communication
back
and
forth.
It
allows
that
officer
to
see
exactly
which
room
that
panic
button
was
hit
or
pressed
rather
and
lets
them
know
strategically
how
to
approach
that
school.
That
has
a
active,
shooter
situation
that
is
playing
out.
AA
AE
AF
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
as
we
discuss
I,
think
in
in
Camino.
I
know,
I've
talked
with
the
majority
leader
about
you
know
this.
This
field
is
good
but
as
as
we
start
to
reimagine
how
we're
dealing
with
these
alternate
forms
of
communication
that
we
get
away
from
tying
it
into
a
fire
alarm,
a
fire
alarm
should
be
for
fires,
and
the
response
should
be
unique.
AF
So
as
as,
as
you
all
are
developing
these
plans,
I
know,
there's
not
enough
money
to
put
an
alternate
alert
system,
a
different
kind
of
horn,
something
something
in
every
public
and
private
schools.
At
least.
Maybe
you
could
plant
the
seed
to
say,
let's
start
thinking
about,
if
there
is
an
active
shooter.
AF
AE
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
these
schools
say
school
safety
alert
system
do
do
just
that.
They
identify
the
type
of
alert
that
is
coming
in
whether
it's
an
active
shooter,
whether
it's
a
medical
emergency,
whether
it's
a
fire
alarm,
it
identifies
each
and
every
one
of
those
instances
separately
and
it
alerts
separately
in
different
ways.
AG
Represent
towns,
Mr
representative,
thank
you
for
bringing
the
legislation.
I
have
just
maybe
one
simple
question:
let's
say
in
your
neck
of
the
woods,
there's
an
alarm:
it
goes
out
one
school
and
everybody
at
that
school
is
put
on
alert.
What
about?
Let's
say
it's
an
active
shooter.
What
about
the
rest
of
the
schools
in
that
Locale?
Do
they
get
alerted
as
well.
AE
AG
A
AE
A
A
A
A
AI
Thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
put
my
research
earlier
this
year
about
Secure
Storage
and
looking
at
the
data
notice,
there
was
some
issues
around
tbis.
Keeping
of
the
data
is
a
little
bit
different
in
some
instances
from
county
law,
enforcement's
recording
of
the
data
was
able
to
at
least
do
some
work
with
TBI
and
coordination
with
with
our
Metro
Police
Department
and
get
their
data
analysts
together
and
rectify
this.
Y
Thank
you
Mr
Speaker
and
members
for
this
bill.
The
Genesis
of
this
bill
came
from
the
administration
during
the
summer
and
the
months
leading
up
to
special
session
it's
about
dealing
with
safe
storage
of
our
Firearms.
It
has
four
four
points
in
the
the
bill,
the
first
one
being
that
it
that
the
state
will
provide
free
firearm
locks
to
all
Tennessee
residents
at
their
request
to
the
Department
of
Safety.
Y
Item
number
three
in
the
bill
is
that
all
handgun
safety
courses
must
also
include
safe
storage
instructions
in
the
course
and
then
the
final
item
is
that
all
gun,
safes
and
firearm
safety
devices
were
are
under
the
taxes
status
in
Tennessee,
which
I
think
it
was
the
under
Charlie
Hazelwood
that
1.6
million
isn't
a
budget
to
cover
that.
So
with
that
Mr
Speaker
I
renew
my.
AI
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
Thank
you.
Ms
sponsor
appreciate
your
fervor
in
this
area
that
is
so
needed
and
support
these
things
and
and
know
we
need
to
be
doing
these
things
as
well
as
so
so
much
more
Secure
Storage
is
ultimately
about
gun
responsibility
and
that's
something
that
by
and
large
is
not
happening
in
our
state
right
now
we
are
the
number
one.
AI
AI
Nearly
29
years
ago,
in
Davidson
County,
there
is
the
only
other
up
until
March
27th,
the
only
other
school
fatality
with
gun
violence
in
the
classroom
of
seventh
graders.
That
day
there
was
a
student
who
brought
his
grandfather's
gun
to
school
and
gave
it
to
another
student.
He
was
playing
with
it
in
class
a
12
year
old,
Terence
Murray
Murray
was
unfortunately
very
tragically
shot
and
lost
his
life.
AI
AI
Secure
Storage
is
something
we
all
need
to
take
more
seriously
and
ultimately,
there's
nothing
more
hypocritical
than
all
agreeing
there's
a
problem
and
not
willing
to
address
the
solution.
There's
a
whole
stack
of
Green
books
behind
me.
The
addresses
penalties
that
addresses
regulations,
their
means
to
incentivize
Behavior.
AI
AJ
Y
Y
I,
don't
know
how
many
times
we
can
say
this.
If
you
have
a
gun
lock
it
up
when
it's
not
being
you
know
in
your
possession
and
and
so,
but
in
no
this,
what
you're
asking
for
actually
fell
outside
the
call
of
the
special
session
I
have
carried
a
a
safe
storage
firearm
barrel
for
four
years
and
I
will
continue
to
to
push
that.
But
to
answer
your
question
specifically
not
in
this
legislation
no
represent.
N
You
to
the
sponsor,
would
you
then
describe
legislation
without
an
enforcement
provision?
Can
we
even
call
that
a
law,
or
is
this
just
an
urging
resolution?
If
there's
nothing
within
this
law
to
enforce
it,
then
it
kind
of
seems
a
bit
pointless.
It's
just
a
strong
urging
or
a
strong
proposition.
We
hope.
Please
begging
you
to
do
the
right
thing.
I,
don't
think
that
we're
we're
lawmakers
we're,
not
people
here
just
to
pass
stuff.
That's
empty,
I,
just
I'm
very
concerned
with
that.
Y
One
thing
that
we
are
doing
is
that
we
as
a
state
are
putting
forth
money
to
provide
the
citizens
of
safe
firearm
locks,
we're
putting
that
in
place.
We
are
making
it
easier
for
people
to
purchase
the
firearm
a
locks,
and
so
we
are
putting
you
know,
funding
towards
that
and
then
we're
asking
our
departments
that
I
have
responsibility
of
this
to
to
make
sure
that
that
the
public
is
very
well
aware.
Y
I,
guess
you
could
almost
this
off
the
top
of
my
head.
You
know
a
number
of
years
ago
we
had
people
leaving
their
children
in
the
back
of
cars
in
100
degree,
weather
and
lock
the
doors.
How
do
you?
How
do
you
get
past
that
so
I
understand
where
you're
going
through
your
questions?
This
is
an
attempt
to
do
what
we
can
do
at
this
point
in
time.
So
we're
moving
forward
with
this
good
piece
of
legislation,
representation.
N
To
the
sponsor,
you
just
gave
an
example
of
something
that
is
criminalized,
that
if
a
parent
leaves
their
child
in
the
back
of
the
car,
they'll
be
held
accountable.
So
if
we're
going
to
correlate
these
two,
let's
be
consistent
and
say
that
if
a
parent
leaves
a
loaded
firearm
unsecurely
stored,
how
will
they
be
held
accountable?
That's
my
question
to
you,
chairman.
N
N
Thank
you
to
the
speaker
for
giving
us
what
crumbs,
giving
us
something
that
is
just
symbolic
Victory
when
the
people
of
Tennessee
the
families
of
Tennessee
deserve
so
much
better
and
so
I
hope
that
we
get
to
a
point
one
day
where
we
pass
laws
in
this
chamber
that
protect
kids
and
not
guns
that
are
enforceable
that
are
measured
that
are
proportional,
the
crisis
that
we
face
and
not
glorified
house
joint
resolutions
that
have
no
enforcement
provision
and
that
are
meaningless
and
that
are
being
given
to
us
by
the
speaker.
Thank
you.
Y
Y
Chairman
Martin,
as
this
policy
is
put
into
place
through
the
state
department
of
safety
and
TBI,
then
they
will
make
arrangements
I
management,
local
communities
in
Shelby.
County
we've
been
working
on
this
also
where
the
county
has
been
giving
away
free,
gun
locks
and
so
I.
Imagine
there'd,
be
a
coordination
between
the
state
and
counties
represent.
AK
AK
T
You
Mr
Speaker
Mr
Speaker
I'd,
like
to
thank
our
governor,
like
thank
your
leadership
chairman
White
Cochran
and
William
Lambeth
as
well.
You
know
we
pass
this
bill
as
far
as
tax
exemption
on
gun
safes
for
two
years
in
a
row
we
know
it
works,
talk
to
anyone
that
sells
gun
safes,
Sarah's
a
way
up
for
him,
but
once
it
expired,
the
temporary
it
was
crickets.
T
One
thing
I
want
folks
to
bring
attention
to
is
a
young
man
that
was
murdered
a
couple
years
ago
named
Kyle
yourlett,
Kyle
you're,
like
Young
musician,
it's
killed
by
a
stolen
gun.
Five
juveniles
were
charged,
two
were
sentenced,
but
here's
what
I
want
folks
to
think
about.
You
know
what
the
fiscal
impact
is
from
that
shooting
1.5
million
dollars
of
the
taxpayers.
1.5
million
that
gun
would
have
been
locked
up.
Maybe
Kyle
would
be
alive
today.
T
Not
many
people
are
telling
Kyle's
story,
I,
don't
see
any
signs
with
Kyle's
name
on
it.
I
want
to
tell
his
story,
but
I
also
want
to
thank
some
folks
in
the
media
who
did
tell
this
story
a
few
years
ago.
Phil
Williams
Chris
Davis,
but
here's
another
angle,
members
that
we
need
to
consider
and
that's
investing
in
these
young
people
investing
in
student
Behavior
catching
them
when
they're
in
their
when
they're
young
that
mother.
T
If
you
go
back
and
study
the
issue
that
mother
was
reaching
out
for
help
and
the
system
Felder
folks,
the
system
failed
her.
Maybe
if
we
invested
a
little
bit,
we
wouldn't
be
incarcerating
these
two
juveniles
for
the
next
25
years
and
costing
us
1.5
million.
Some
may
not
like
this
legislation.
Some
may
not
like
it
I
like
it.
It's
one
of
the
main
issues
of
these
folks
that
have
come
up
here.
T
T
Back
in
my
district
I
about
promise,
you
were
used
with
stolen
guns.
This
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
Thank
you,
Governor
Bill
Lee.
If
you're
watching,
thank
you
speaker
and
thanking
our
leadership
for
moving
forward
and
let's
don't
wait
on
the
Senate,
they
dropped
a
ball
on
this.
As
you
all
know,
back
in
May.
Thank
you.
A
AL
Yeah,
thank
you
Mr
Speaker.
Well,
we
we're
here
all
the
time
from
the
guy
down
on
the
first
floor
that
we're
leading
the
nation
and
all
kinds
of
things
and
I've
been
scratching
my
head,
trying
to
figure
out
what
he's
talking
about,
but
I'm
glad
my
colleague
from
Davidson
County
helped
us
figure
out.
One
thing:
we're
leading
the
nation
in
stolen
guns,
out
of
cars,
but
several
years
ago,
I
sitting
in
a
subcommittee
and
a
representative
from
Shelby
County
came
in
there
with
a
bill.
AL
Y
F
F
A
A
F
You
speaker
to
the
folks
in
the
gallery.
Thank
you
for
witnessing
and
being
here.
Please
keep
your
fist
up
and
keep
snapping
because
being
a
witness
to
what
is
happening
matters
and
what
is
happening
is
passing
a
bill
forward
that
we
know
won't
reduce
the
problem
that
we
were
sent
here
to
deal
with,
which
is
gun,
violence
and
Public
Safety.
Y
Chairman,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
and
members
to
those
who
have
spoken
on
this
I
want
you
to
look
around
the
room,
there's
99
of
us.
The
beauty
about
constitutional
government
is
that
we
work
together
to
get
things
done
in
a
majority
body
that
we
can
get
done.
I
have
been
here
14
years
and
I've
passed
some
pretty
heavy
legislation
from
Doc
or
tried
to
pass
some
pretty
heavy
legislation
and
the
way
I
get
anything
done
is
I
work
with
the
other
98.
I.
Don't
stand
up
and
demand
my
way.
A
Y
Y
This
came
out
of
members
meeting
together
over
the
summer
with
the
administration
saying
this
is
what
we
can
accomplish
and
we're
going
to
accomplish
something
and
we'll
keep
on
working,
but
we,
as
a
body
of
99,
have
to
work
together
to
get
anything
done
for
the
7
million
citizens
of
Tennessee,
from
Mountain
City
to
Memphis
from
Lake
County,
all
the
way
down
to
the
wall
and
everything
we
have
a
large
state
with
many
various
opinions
and
we
have
to
work
together
and
represent
all
of
them.
Thank
you.
Mr
Speaker.
AM
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
and
thank
you
sponsor
I,
appreciate
all
the
comments
that
I've
heard
so
far
I'll
preface
with
that
I'm
planning
to
vote
for
this
because
it's
you
know
free
locks
and
it
is
a
small
good
step,
but
I
do
just
want
to
mention
as
well
and
try
to
say
this
a
different
way
than
everybody
else.
You
know,
we've
got
a
lot
of
really
great
groups
here.
Covenant
Mom's
demand
voices
for
safer
Tennessee.
They
only
asked
us
for
a
couple
things.
AM
They
asked
us
for
erpo
and
they
asked
us
for
safe
storage
with
some
actual
teeth
to
the
legislation.
That's
really
all
they
were
asking
for,
and
so
I
think
you
know.
While
we're
talking
about
gun,
safes
and
safe
storage,
it's
worth
bringing
that
up.
They
were
not
asking
for
much.
That's
the
minimum
of
what
they're
asking
for.
AM
We
haven't
done
that,
but
again
I
appreciate
the
legislation
I'm
going
to
vote
for
this
because
it's
free
locks,
you
know
it's
something
it's
getting
something
out
there,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
remember
what
all
these
moms
and
all
these
Advocates
really
wanted,
and
we're
not
doing
that.
Thank
you.
L
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
and
to
to
Chairman
white,
my
colleague
from
Shelby
County
I'm
not
going
to
vote
for
this
bill.
This
is
more
fluff,
don't
take
it
personal,
don't
take
it
personal.
This
is
more
fluff
to
say
or
make
it
seem
like
we're,
actually
doing
something,
the
the
counties
and
y'all
in
the
balcony.
Please
don't
don't
get
loud,
please!
L
The
county
is
already
give
away
free
free
gun
locks
where
I'm
from
and
for
us
to
to
to
bring
legislation
with
absolutely
no
teeth
in
it
with
nothing
that
would
make
an
adult
safely
store
their
weapons
so
that
a
child
or
their
gang
member
does
not
break
into
the
car
and
get
it
and
then
shoot
innocent
people
in
our
communities
is
fluff
and
I'm
I'm,
not
voting
for
any
fluff
for
District
98.
That
will
mean
absolutely
nothing
to
them
to
make.
L
It
seem
like
we're
trying
we're
doing
something
that
we're
not
we're
not
doing
nothing.
In
this
session
you
had,
it
is
unfortunate
chairman.
You
had
a
bill
with
teeth
in
it
that
was
held
hostage
and
killed,
just
like
the
Democrats
built
just
like
our
bills.
Get
in
this.
In
this
body
represent
Parkinson.
A
L
L
Some
of
the
gun,
lock
manufacturers
might
make
a
little
money,
but
will
it
stop
one
death
in
Shelby?
County?
Probably
not.
You
don't
even
have
to
answer
that,
because
even
even
the
previous
legislation
that
talked
about
storage,
another
safe
storage
bill
that
said
lock
them
in
the
glove
compartment
fluff.
L
A
C
A
V
F
Thank
you
so
much
speaker
and
to
the
members.
I
believe
this
amendment
is
to
just
change,
is
very
small
by
deleting
or
at
the
end
of
subdivision,
A3,
B1
and
section
one
and
substituting
and
the
concern
here
is
the
option
to
inform
the
department
of
the
department
or
inform
law
enforcement,
but
instead
of
just
doing
one
or
the
other
I
believe
that
it
might
be
applicable
for
this
body
to
have
notification
go
to
both.
A
A
A
You
have
one
minute,
I'm
gonna,
assume
that
you
move
for
consideration
of
amendment
number
three
you've
heard
the
motion.
That's
a
proper
second
we're
voting
for
generation
of
amendment
number
three,
all
those
in
favor
experience.
Amendment
number
three
vote
out
when
the
bell
rings.
Those
opposed
vote.
No,
as
they
remember
voters,
they
may
always
change
your
vote.
A
V
You
Mr
Speaker
members,
the
legislation
you
have
before
you
is
known
as
duty
to
warn
that's
the
revision
to
that
particular
statute.
333206,
the
language
that
you
have
in
front
of
you
is
a
result
of
meeting
with
Covenant
parents,
as
many
of
you
have
I've
met
with
Covenant
parents
on
two
different
occasions.
The
first
time
this
language
in
revision
was
brought
to
me
by
a
covenant
dad
who
is
an
attorney
who
actually
drafted
this
language
and
after
working
through
committee
working
with
stakeholders
who
work
with
stakeholders
across
the
state.
V
The
finished
product
is
what
you
have
in
front
of
you.
So
currently,
if
you're
not
familiar
with
duty
to
Warren.
Currently
it's
in
333
206,
it's
a
fairly
short
section
of
code.
It
requires
a
mental
health
practitioner
to
record,
to
report
a
a
threat
against
a
clearly
identified
victim
and
talking
to
law
enforcement.
That
was
described
to
me
as
if
a
person
says
I'm
going
to
Regal
Theater
to
shoot
a
particular
person
in
the
next
two
weeks.
That
is
a
clearly
identified
victim.
V
So
what
we've
done
with
this
piece
of
legislation
is
we
have
given
some
discretion
to
our
mental
health
providers,
who
can
use
their
reasonable
skill,
knowledge
and
Care
ordinarily
possessed
in
a
situation
like
this,
and
if
a
threat
is
made
to
a
group
of
people
not
limited
to
but
including
daycare,
School
place
of
worship
or
recipient's
family,
they
then
are
required
to
report
that
and
in
in
the
in
the
previous
code,
that's
there
now.
There
is
no
mention
of
where
they're
to
report
that
threat
now.
V
So
currently,
the
ambiguity
of
that
section
is
there
is
nowhere
to
report
that,
and
so
what
we've
done
in
this
section.
After
talking
to
numerous
mental
health
professionals,
we
have
given
them
two
options.
We
have
given
them.
Obviously,
the
law
enforcement
option,
if
they
in
their
reasonable
skill,
knowledge
and
Care
ordinarily
possessed
in
a
situation
like
this
feel
like
it
is
an
imminent
threat
or
something
that
requires
immediate
law
enforcement
intervention.
V
V
This
is
important
according
to
the
Sheriff's
Association,
in
a
survey
they
did
in
may,
not
one
sheriff's
office
has
been
reported
to
in
the
last
year
related
to
duty
to
warn
and
there's
a
very
good
reason
for
that
mental
health
professionals
who
I
have
talked
to
again
multiple
multiple
entities
that
I
have
talked
to.
They
do
not
want
to
report
their
patient
to
the
into
the
law
enforcement
system.
They
do
not
want
to
put
them
in
the
criminal
justice
system,
so
in
many
cases
they
simply
don't
report.
V
So
what
we're
saying
in
this
legislation
is
let
the
mental
health
professionals
who
work
with
you
then
decide
if
they
need
to
take
that
next
step.
So
most
most
residents
in
the
state
don't
even
know
we
have
988.
You
can
call
that
number.
If
you
know
of
anything
anyone
that's
in
a
mental
health
crisis,
we're
at
a
point
now
where,
if
you
see
something
you
need
to
say
something
you
don't
have
to
call
law
enforcement,
you
can
dial
988
and
so
we've
given
that
option
here.
V
Additionally,
they
can
call
their
mental
health
professional
within
the
community
in
that
practitioner
can
tell
them
what
has
been
explained
to
them
in
that
counseling
session
and
turn
it
over
to
them,
and
they
can
make
that
next
step
and
additionally
and
finally
Mr
Speaker.
We
have
given
that
particular
mental
health
practitioner,
civil
and
criminal
immunity
if
a
case
were
to
rise
as
long
as
they
make
that
report.
So
with
that
Mr
Speaker
I
would
renew
my
motion
exactly.
A
AQ
Speaker
members,
under
current
law,
under
49-50-803
private
K-12
schools
across
the
state,
have
the
authority
to
adopt
their
own
firearms
policy.
This
bill
does
one
thing:
it
simply
expands
the
language
of
49-50-803
from
K-12
to
pre-k
through
12..
With
that
Mr
Speaker.
We
would
move
renew
my
motion.
N
I'm
just
thinking
you
know
the
representative
cited
all
these
numbers.
He
loves
to
cite
numbers
of
the
bills.
He
loves
to
show
the
laws
that
he
knows.
I
just
have
one
number
for
you
representable.
So
that
number
is
nine:
that's
how
old
those
children
were
when
they
were
killed
at
the
Covenant
School,
a
school
that
had
armed
security,
a
school
that
people
were
armed
and
did
not
stop
that
mass
shooting.
So
you
can
sight
off
all
the
legal
statistics
you
want.
You
can
try
and
make
this
as
abstract
as
you
want.
N
But
what
we're
hear
about
is
about
something
very
real,
something
very
urgent
and
something
that
should
trouble
us
to
act
in
ways
that
actually
will
provide
Public,
Safety
and
not
simply
Pander
to
the
extremists
in
the
gun
lobby.
We're
bringing
forth
his
legislation
via
their
representative
standing
in
the
well
today,
I
think
that
it
is
harmful
and
horrible
that
we
are
proposing
more
guns
in
schools.
When
people
asking
us
to
remove
guns
from
our
schools
to
protect
kids
and
not
guns.
N
I
got
a
letter
to
my
office
recently
from
a
teacher
at
a
private
school,
a
preschool
Private
Preschool,
and
this
teacher
talked
to
me
about
how
she
keeps
a
cup
full
of
dum-dum
suckers
in
her
classroom
now,
because,
if
there's
a
mass
shooting,
she
wants
to
something
to
give
to
her
little
preschooler
so
that
they
will
be
comforted
and
be
silent.
If
there's
a
mass
shooter
in
the
school,
no
teacher
should
have
to
make
these
preparations.
N
No
teacher
should
have
to
live
in
this
Terror
for
her
children.
No
parent
should
have
to
live
in
this
Terror
and
Trauma,
sending
their
children
to
school
and
so
I.
Don't
you
know:
I've
talked
to
the
people
Wilmington
County.
Some
of
them
are
in
this
Gallery.
Some
of
them
are
in
this
capital
and
they
strongly
oppose
these
proposals
from
representable,
so
they're
reprehensible,
they're,
asinine,
they're,
insulting
and
they're,
not
fitting.
A
N
So
Mr
Speaker
can
I
say
that
these
proposals,
these
false
Solutions,
are
reprehensible.
These
false
Solutions
are
asinine.
These
false
Solutions
are
insulting
to
the
people
of
the
state
to
the
people
of
Williamson,
County
and
so
I
hope
that
we
can
offer
real
solutions
and
stop
trying
to
put
more
guns
to
start
a
gunfight
in
our
schools
that
will
not
protect
our
children.
A
AQ
Statement
was
made
Mr
Speaker
that
this
bill
was
brought
by
the
gun
lobby.
It's
completely
false.
It's
a
made-up
claim.
Here's
the
facts.
After
the
horrific
shooting
at
covenant
on
March
27th
I
had
a
private
Christian
School
in
my
district
district
61
come
to
me
and
ask
me
for
help,
because
that
school
was
a
pre-k
through
12
school
and
they'd,
been
told
by
the
Department
of
Education
that
it
could
not
adopt
its
own
firearms
policy.
AQ
AL
Yeah,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker,
sponsor
you
know,
I'm
I'm,
trying
to
think
I
think
it
I
think
was
a
representative
from
leadership
before
we
got
out
of
session
passed,
something
that
would
allow
resource
officers
at
private
schools,
so
wouldn't
that
take
care
of
this
situation.
Instead
of
passing,
this
legislation
represent
Bolson.
Thank.
AQ
You
Mr
Speaker,
the
short
answer
is
no.
There
obviously
is
a
shortage
of
school
resource
officers
across
the
state
and
not
every
school,
public
or
private
who
wants
one
can
actually
get
one.
What
this
bill
allows
is
for
private
schools
pre-k
through
12,
who
want
to
have
an
armed
response
in
school
to
protect
students
to
have
that
flexibility
represent.
AL
AQ
You
Mr
Speaker
it'll,
be
the
same
as
it
is
currently
under
current
law.
The
requirements
that
a
armed
response
must
meet
for
private
schools,
K-12
to
set
out
in
the
statute
that
plan
of
preparation
and
those
requirements
will
remain
in
place.
Even
if
the
language
is
expanded
from
K-12
to
pre-k
through
12.
AL
Represent
Mitchell,
so
this
is
just
you
know
the
janitor,
the
vice
principal,
maybe
the
guidance
counselor.
You
know
they're
going
to
be
the
one
who
who
grabs
the
gun
and
runs
down
the
hall.
You
know
what
type
of
training
who
who
are
the
people
who
are
going
to
provide
the
armed
response
in
this
private
Christian
School
you're
talking
about
represent.
A
AQ
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
All
of
that
representative
is
set
out
in
49-50-803b,
the
key
point
being
that
those
who
are
entrusted
with
the
care
of
the
students
obviously
have
a
a
solemn
interest
in
seeing
to
their
security,
and
so
the
idea
that
somebody
who's,
just
a
janitor
would
be
allowed
to
carry
a
weapon
is
something
that
is
likely
not
to
be
implemented.
This.
This
legislation
allows
each
private
school
across
the
state
pre-k
through
12,
to
adopt
its
own
policy.
AQ
If,
in
the
view
of
the
school,
its
leaders
and
its
parents,
it
can
best
protect
its
students
by
having
an
armed
response
in
place
in
the
event
of
an
active
shooter.
This
legislation
would
allow
them
to
implement
that
if,
on
the
other
hand,
the
school
decided
for
whatever
reason
that
it
should
continue
to
prohibit
firearms
on
campus,
it
still
has
the
authority
to
do
that.
The
decision
remains
with
the
school,
with
its
administrators
and
with
its
parents,
represent
Mitchell.
AL
You
know
I
think
it's
been
said
many
times,
but
we'll
just
add
on
to
well.
This
hadn't
been
said:
I
thought
we
weren't
going
to
do
anything.
You
know
worthwhile
during
this
special
session,
but
this
is
going
to
take
us
backwards.
We're
gonna,
put
more
guns
in
schools
and
not
going
to
do
anything
beneficial
about
gun
violence
in
our
society.
If,
if
guns
are
the
answers,
folks,
this
is
the
safest
country
on
the
planet,
because
we
got
more
than
anybody
else
and
it
doesn't
seem
to
be
the
solution.
AQ
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
Once
again,
members
I
think
this
is
a
perfect
opportunity
to
reflect
on
who
should
make
the
decision
as
to
how
best
to
defend
students
those
whose
children
they
belong
to
to
parents
and
to
school
administrators
or
some
representative
is
sitting
in
this
body.
I
suggest
to
you
that
the
role
of
limited
government
is
to
allow
schools
who
want
to
use
an
armed
response
to
protect
their
students
to
do
so.
Those
that
choose,
for
whatever
reason,
not
to
provide
an
armed
response,
they're
free
to
do
that.
AQ
This
bill
does
not
put
one
gun
in
any
school
anywhere
across
the
state.
It's
simply
authorizes
private
schools
pre-k
through
12
to
develop
their
own
policies
with
regard
to
firearms
and
if,
in
their
judgment,
students
are
better
defended
with
an
armed
response.
They
have
that
flexibility,
representative,
Mitchell.
AL
At
the
end
of
the
day,
we're
a
society
of
laws
and
we
have
law
enforcement.
We
don't
need
every
vigilante
in
society
running
around
with
a
gun
thinking
their
their.
The
judge
during
executioner
and
all
they're
going
to
do
is
put
small
children
in
the
crossfire
and
in
a
heavy
fire
situation.
People
are
only
law.
Enforcement
is
only
16
percent
accurate
in
their
firing.
I
wonder
what
the
guidance
counselor
is
going
to
be.
AM
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
and
I
Mr,
sponsor
I
appreciate.
You
know,
you've
heard
from
someone
in
your
district
and
where
you're
coming
from.
In
my
district,
at
least
as
a
fellow
parent
I
know,
our
parents
do
not
want
more
guns
in
schools
period.
End
of
story
we've
got
too
much
on
the
backs
of
teachers,
already
we're
asking
so
much
of
our
teachers.
We
do
not
need
more
guns
in
our
schools.
AM
AM
A
A
A
A
AN
A
AO
You
Mr
Speaker.
This
bill
is
intended
to
promote
Public
Safety
by
increasing
the
penalties
for
stalking
and
aggravated
stalking.
This
bill
also
requires
an
independent,
professional
mental
health
assessment
of
the
defendant
to
determine
their
need
for
mental
health
treatment
if
the
person
is
convicted
of
stalking,
aggravated,
stalking
or
especially
aggravated
stalking.
If
the
assessment
indicates
the
need
for
mental
health
treatment,
then
the
court
shall
include
that
in
the
sentence
as
a
condition
of
bail
or
a
pre-trial
release,
the
defendant
may
also
undergo
an
evaluation
with
that
Mr
Speaker
I
renew
my
motion.
A
Y
A
F
You
speaker,
watching
this
in
committee.
I
was
deeply
concerned
about
forcing
schools
to
do
something
and
hearing
the
comments
of
the
representative,
who
was
just
before
that
school
districts
need
to
have
the
responsibility
to
care
for
their
students
because
they
know,
what's
best,
really
resonated
with
me
and
I
hope
to
have.
Everybody
supported
this
amendment
because
of
that
it
changes.
A
A
S
There
was
a
problem
that
had
arose
because
of
a
disagreement
between
a
potential
superintendent
and
law
enforcement,
and
it
was
tying
the
hands
of
law
enforcement.
So
it's
a
permissive
bill
at
the
local
level.
It
just
gives
more
flexibility
to
the
Head
law
enforcement
agent,
who
has
jurisdiction
over
the
schools
and
now
it's
very
brief
description.
S
E
E
E
Also
in
letter
c,
it
says
that
the
leas
shall
not
impede
on
the
duties
of
a
law
enforcement
officer
signed
to
it,
and
so
in
a
scenario
if
the
school
superintendent
has
not
entered
into
an
mou
with
law
enforcement
for
sros
to
be
placed
at
the
schools,
this
bill
would
then
give
the
power
of
law
enforcement,
the
chief
law
enforcement
officer
to
assign
any
law
enforcement
officer,
not
necessarily
not
necessarily
an
SRO
to
that
school.
Is
that
correct.
S
E
I
understand
your
intent
to
get
people
there,
but
I
do
have
deep
concerns,
because
in
a
situation
where
you
don't
have
enough
trained
sros,
if
you
assign
a
law
enforcement
officer
that
may
be
problematic
I
believe
because
they
may
not
have
the
training
necessarily
to
be
an
SRO
but
may
just
show
up
as
a
law
enforcement
officer
again,
I
won't
be
able
to
support
the
legislation.
Because
of
that
reason,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Speaker,
chairman.
N
N
N
S
No
Murray
County
would
not
be
affected
because
they
have
an
mou.
All
this
legislation
does
is
that
if
a
school
board
and
a
local
law
enforcement
cannot
agree
to
place
sros
in
schools
to
provide
protection
for
our
students,
it
allows
the
head
law
enforcement
agent,
who
swore
enough
to
Public
Safety,
to
carry
out
his
oath
of
office
and
make
sure
that
those
schools
are
protected
with
a
law
enforcement
agent
and
then,
hopefully,
they
can
work
together
to
come
up
with
a
solution
to
the
problem.
S
The
bill
also
further
that
if
a
charter
school,
who
was
under
the
control
of
the
Lea
wishes
to
have
an
SRO
or
law
enforcement
there
provided
by
the
state
that
allows
them
to
petition
the
head
law
enforcement
agent
to
go
ahead
and
place
them
in
their
Charter
Schools,
even
if
the
superintendent
does
not
want
to
sign
the
mou.
I
hope
that
answer
your
question.
N
S
N
There's
a
movie
that
I
watched
recently
called
Mean
Girls
and
they
say
she
doesn't
even
go
here
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
people
who
don't
live
here,
you
don't
even
live
here.
Let's
let
Nashville
and
Davidson
County
decide
for
ourselves
our
way
forward
and
not
for
some
outside
ideologies
and
and
policies
on
our
County
Davidson
County
has
plenty
of
Representatives
in
this
body.
N
Let
us
decide
for
our
County
and
speak
for
our
County,
instead
of
forcing
the
will
of
others
of
the
super
majority
on
a
county
that
has
already
been
mistreated
and
maligned.
My
concern
with
this
legislation
is
this
representative
is
that
sros
have
not
been
shown
to
reduce
instances
of
mass
shootings.
Instead,
what
we've
seen
are
disparities
in
terms
of
expulsion
of
students
of
color
the
students
with
disabilities.
N
We've
seen
increased
instances
of
students
being
trafficked
into
the
criminal
justice
system
when
what
we
need
what
our
schools
need,
representative,
picky
and
I
hope
you
can
hear
me,
because
I
fought
for
kalioka
I
fought
for
your
account
and
I
hope
that
you
can
hear
my
County's
voice.
What
our
schools
need
our
mental
health
professionals.
We
need
funding
for
mental
health
for
counselors.
We
need
to
pay
our
teachers
better.
We
don't
need
more
police
in
our
schools.
A
Representative
Jones
you're
off
the
bill
again,
sir
you're
out
of
order.
Sorry,
representative
Pearson,
you
recognize.
Oh,
that's,
two
I'm,
sorry
we're
on
the
board.
That's
the
second
time
being
out
of
order
today
for
being
off
the
bill.
There's
no
point
in
voice,
not
debatable
we're
on
the
board.
Is
that
right,
Mr
Clerk,
that's
correct!
Mr
Clark!
Can
you
let
the
body
know
what
they're
voting
on.
C
Mr
Speaker,
if
a
member
is
called
out
of
order
for
being
off
the
bill
a
second
time
on
any
matter
on
the
same
legislative
of
the
day,
and
it's
the
same
by
the
house,
the
member
shall
not
be
recognizing
debate
for
remarks
on
the
house
floor
for
the
remainder
of
the
same
legislative
day.
A
vote
of
I
would
be
to
agree
that
the
member
was
off
the
bill.
A
vote
of
no
would
allow
the
member
to
continue.
L
C
T
L
But
I
I
would
I
would
I
would
venture
to
say
that
probably
90
of
the
individuals
in
here
wasn't
listening
to
him
number
one,
but
number
number
two
number
two
number
two:
where
how
do
we
know
where
he
was
out
of
order
and
what
the
what
he
said
that
was
out
of
order?
Which
line
was
it?
How
do
we
know?
So
we
know
what
we're
voting
on
Mr
clerk
Mr.
A
C
L
A
Represent
Parkinson,
it
was
ruled
out
of
order.
It's
it's
non-dobatable
you're
under
parliamentary
inquiry,
so
power
million
inquiries
inquire
about
the
rules,
not
asking
Mr
clerk,
what
happened,
but
the
rules
that
we
voted
on
by
the
house.
States
the
process
and
the
second
time
you're
ruled
out
of
order.
It's
a
vote
of
the
body
to
determine
if
that
individual
was
out
of
order,
and
if
it
is
then
there's
actions
based
on
for
that
vote.
B
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
to
the
clerk.
If
the
bill
of
subject
matter,
that's
before
us
has
to
do
with
sros
and
their
involvement
in
schools
as
it
relates
to
mou
and
a
member
were
to
stand
up
and
talk
about
how
mental
health
funding
was
so
important,
and
that
was
the
re.
What
we
needed
to
do
instead,
would
the
clerks
say
that
they
were
off
the
bill?
If
that's
the
discussion
instead
of
the
bills,
subject
matter,
which
was
in
regards
to
sros
Mr.
E
A
C
E
AR
A
AR
C
Mr
Speaker,
if
a
member's
remarks
fail
to
strictly
conform
to
the
question
under
debate,
any
time
remaining
of
such
remember
shall
be
subject
to
Forfeit
if
the
same
member
fails
to
strictly
conform.
The
member's
remarks
a
second
time
on
any
matter
on
the
same
legislative
day,
the
speaker
may
call
the
member
to
order
and
if
sustained
by
the
house,
the
members
shall
not
be
recognized
in
the
bay
or
remarks
on
the
house
floor
for
the
remainder
of
the
same
legislative
day.
C
If
the
same
member
fails
to
strictly
conform,
the
member's
remarks
a
third
time
on
any
subsequent
legislative
day,
the
speaker
may
call
the
member
to
order
and
if
sustained
by
the
house,
the
member
Sean
I'll
be
recognizing
debate
or
remarks
on
the
house
floor
for
three
legislative
days,
beginning
on
the
day
on
which
the
third
offense
is
sustained.
If
the
same
member
fails
to
strictly
conform,
the
members
remarks
a
fourth
time
on
any
subsequent
legislative
day.
C
The
speaker
may
call
the
member
to
order
and
if
sustained
by
the
house,
the
members
shall
not
be
recognizing
debate
or
remarks
on
the
house
floor
for
the
remainder
of
the
annual
session.
Beginning
on
the
day
on
which
the
fourth
offense
is
sustained,
nothing
in
this
paragraph
shall
be
construed
to
prohibit
the
offending
member
from
voting
on
any
measure
before
the
house
by
roll
call,
Vote
or
otherwise.
AR
If
somebody
were
to
stand
up
and
have
a
bill
on
the
floor,
even
though
they've
been
silenced,
they
should
still
be
able
to
come
up
into
that
well
and
present
their
bill.
If
someone
raises
their
hands
and
make
a
motion,
that
is
not
a
debate
or
remarks.
So
I
want
to
know
how
the
clerk
is
taking
this,
to
interpret
that
this
member
can
no
longer
make
emotion
or
present
legislation
that
he
has
been
elected
to
give
I
I
I,
that's
an
interpretive
I,
hear
it
and
and
I
I
know
you're
objecting,
but
I.
AR
A
AC
AC
What
was
out
of
order-
and
it
appeared
to
me
the
little
bit
that
I
did
hear-
was
the
member
was
trying
to
make
an
analogy
with
respect
to
the
bill,
and
so
it
may
have
appeared
to
be
out
of
order.
But
it
was
trying
to
make
an
analogy
to
say
if
this,
then
that,
based
on
the
analogy
so
I
didn't
see.
That
as
being
out
of
order,
is
that
the
portion
in
which
you
called
out
of
order
I'm
just
not
understanding
what
part
of
that
was
really
ruled
out.
A
Of
order,
he
was
ruled
out
of
order
for
a
second
time,
even
after
giving
warnings
of
being
staying
on
topic,
we
are
going
to
be
putting
this
on
the
board,
and
every
individual
will
have
the
ability
to
vote
whether
or
not
they
think
they
were
out
of
order
or
not
of
out
of
order.
That's
where
we're
at.
AC
A
AC
Don't
think
people
have
an
understanding
of
what
that
was,
and
now
we're
about
to
vote
on
something
and
we're
really
not
clear
of
what
was
out
of
order,
and
you
really
have
a
sole
discretion
to
determine
that
it
was
an
out
of
order
event.
Anyway,
that's
the
point:
I
was
trying
to
get
to
represent
Shaw.
AD
AD
F
C
F
Pearson,
thank
you
Clerk
or
a
previous
representative.
Bullso
was
ruled
out
of
order
twice
by
the
speaker
for
two
comments:
one
against
representative
Jones
and
the
other
against
representative
Mitchell
at
the
beginning
and
the
end
of
his
comments
and
no
vote
was
had
clerk.
Why
didn't
we
have
a
vote
for
representative
bullso.
C
F
A
C
F
C
A
C
A
F
Concern
clerk
is
I
heard
you
say:
God
bless,
you
I
heard
you
say
that
from
your
understanding
the
speaker
intended
something.
But
what
was
clear
was
the
speaker
directly
said
out
of
order.
He
did
this
twice
twice.
The
speaker
said
out
of
order.
He
didn't
and
I've
seen
the
speaker
actually
issue
warnings
before
even
to
the
member
that
we're
voting
to
censure
right
now,
I've
seen
that
happen
and
I've
seen
the
speaker
issue
a
warning.
He
did
not
issue
a
warning.
He
ruled
the
representative
bullso
out
of
order
twice.
F
C
AP
A
X
A
A
A
X
AE
X
What
this
field
does
is
called
the
SRO
expansion
act.
What
this
does
is
then
school
systems,
especially
rural
areas,
that
are
having
trouble
getting
deputies
to
serve
as
sros.
This
gives
them
the
freedom
to
hire
retired
police
officers
and
honorably
discharged
veterans
with
a
proper
training,
evaluation
and
permission
of
local
law
enforcement
to
carry
guns
in
the
schools.
They
would
be
employees
of
the
Lea.
It
is
strictly
permissive.