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House Floor Session- 50th. Legislative Day- February 24, 2022
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A
Mr
sergeant
of
arms
invite
the
members
into
the
chamber
and
close
doors.
I
hereby
declare
the
house
representative
of
the
112th
general
assembly
of
state
of
tennessee
now
in
session.
When
members
please
stand
with
the
visitors
in
the
gallery.
Please
stand
and
remain
standing
through.
The
pledge
of
allegiance
representative
sparks
will
introduce
the
chaplain
of
the
day
representative
sparks.
B
Thank
you
speaker.
Thank
you.
Members,
members
before
I
introduce
our
our
pastor
just
want
to
read
the
first
amendment
to
you.
Congress
shall
make
no
law
respecting
an
establishment
of
religion
or
prohibiting
the
free
exercise
thereof
or
abridging
the
freedom
of
speech
or
of
the
press
or
the
right
of
the
people
to
peaceably
assemble
and
to
petition
the
government
for
a
redress
of
grievances.
B
You
may
wonder
why
are
you
sharing
the
first
amendment
first
amendment's
there
for
a
reason.
That's
why
it's
first,
it's
not!
Second,
it's
not!
Third,
it's
not!
Fourth
or
fifth.
It's
first
reason:
seeing
this
pastor:
they
sold
their
church
last
year
on
samurai
parkway
father
bought
it
years
ago,
had
a
vision
had
a
vision
to
buy
that
property
when
he
sold
the
property
they
purchased
it
by
the
acre
when
they
sold
it,
they
sold
it
by
the
square
foot
so
that
vision
turned
out
to
be
pretty
prosperous
for
them.
B
Needless
to
say,
so
they
moved
down
the
road
not
far
from
my
church
and
it
took
them
11
months
to
get
a
temporary
permit
for
180
days.
I
want
you
to
think
about
that.
It
took
him.
11
months
to
get
a
permit
for
180
days
for
his
church
got
that
got
a
tent
built
nice
tent,
pretty
progressive,
looking
tent
got
eight
ac
systems
and
one
thing
I
want
to
mention
about
partnering
with
our
faith-based
churches
and
faith-based
initiatives
and
non-profits.
B
They
can
help
us
in
the
community.
I
went
over
there
and
I
filmed
what
he
was
doing.
It's
on
youtube,
the
rhythm,
the
river
at
smyrna
on
youtube.
He
was
being
threatened
by.
I
don't
know
if
I
need
to
use
term
threatened,
but
I
call
it
a
threat
to
lock
up
your
front
doors
chain.
Front
door
is
going
to
be
chained
on
his
church
when
his
temporary
permit
ceased
to
exist
as
local
government,
not
state
government.
B
I
want
to
thank
the
fire
marshal
gary
farley
mary
beth
gribble,
for
helping
them
to
stay
in
the
church,
while
their
other
churches
being
built.
But
I
share
this
members
for
y'all
to
pay
attention
to
the
first
amendment,
because
I'll
argue
it's
under
attack.
It's
subtly
under
attack.
Most
people
don't
see
it,
but
thankfully
they
did
help
and
thankfully
he's
going
to
reach
many
people.
B
One
thing
that
impressed
me
when
I
went
over
there
is,
I
watched
them.
Dr
love,
I
watched
them,
help
young
people,
I
helped
them.
I
seen
them
help
young
parents
with
the
day
parents
stay
out
where
health
care
where
child
care
is
so
expensive.
Today,
that's
leverage
in
the
faith-based
communities
which
we
need-
pastor,
aaron
minnick,
is
a
lead
pastor
at
the
river
in
smyrna
tennessee
he's
a
man
of
many
talents
and
is
known
throughout
the
world.
B
He
has
played
many
played
many
drums
and
sang
with
some
of
the
biggest
music
artists,
both
in
recording
studios
on
television,
including
the
appearance
on
the
oprah
winfrey
show,
while
aaron
thought
music
would
be
his
future.
He
felt
the
lord
calling
him
into
full-time
ministry
ten
years
ago,
as
his
dad
would
pass
the
man
along
to
him,
as
he
retired,
from
the
pulpit
2018
aaron's
heart
is
serving
the
community
and
his
goal
is
for
this
generation
to
come
to
know.
Jesus
pastor,
minnick.
C
Thank
you,
I'm
honored,
to
serve
as
chaplain
today
and
it's
wonderful
to
see
rutherford,
county
and
smyrna
represented
here
in
the
chamber.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
your
dedication
to
serving.
I
believe
that
elected
officials
do
more
than
just
a
job
or
fulfill
a
term.
I
believe
that
this
is
a
calling
that
you
have
answered
to
serve
as
a
leader
in
your
community
and
that
this
position
isn't
always
easy
being
in
leadership
can
be
draining.
C
C
C
C
E
A
A
G
G
G
Ffa
develops
members
potential
and
helps
them
discover
their
talent
through
hands-on
experiences,
which
gives
members
the
tools
to
achieve
real-world
success.
Members
are
future
chemists:
veterinarians,
government
officials,
entrepreneurs,
bankers,
international
business
leaders,
teachers
and
premier
professionals.
In
many
many
career
fields,
the
tennessee
ffa
association
consists
of
more
than
28
000
ffa
members
over
220
chapters.
Those
chapters
are
located
all
over
the
state
and
you
probably
have
a
chapter
in
your
district.
If
you
don't,
we
can
fix
that
real
quick.
In
fact,
there
are
several
members
of
the
house
that
are
alumni
of
this
program.
G
G
F
I
I
I
G
I
Old
and
my
project
area
was
equine
science
placement
good
morning,
everyone,
I
am
madison
mcdonald
and
I
am
from
wilson
county.
My
home
chapter
is
the
wilson
central
ffa
chapter
and
I
am
serving
as
a
state
sentinel
this
year
for
the
tennessee
ffa
state
officer
team.
I
am
19
years
old
and
my
agricultural
project
area
is
diversified
agricultural
placement.
I
L
Thank
you,
representative
lamberth,
and
it's
a
great
privilege
and
honor
to
be
in
the
house
chamber
this
morning
and
have
the
opportunity
to
address
you.
Some
of
you
know
this,
but
it
was
my
great
honor
many
years
ago
to
be
an
ffa
as
a
four
year
member
at
the
cookfield
ffa
chapter
and
later
serving
as
one
of
the
state
officers
for
tennessee
ffa.
I
want
to.
L
I
want
to
just
end
today
by
thanking
you
thanking
this
assembly
and
all
the
members
assembled
here
today
for
the
support
that
you
provide
to
agricultural
education
to
all
of
our
career
and
technical
education
programs
in
tennessee,
and
particularly
to
the
future
farmers
of
america
here
in
tennessee,
now
the
fourth
largest
ffa
association
in
the
country.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
representative
lambreth,
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
address
the
house.
G
G
A
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
If
I
get
my
members
rudd
brian
terry,
dr
baum,
come
stand
with
us.
If
we
could,
this
is
smyrna
high
choir
our
principal
dr
sherry
sutherland.
I
want
to
share
yet
okay,
sherry
glad
to
have
you
led
by
miss
by
choir
director,
mr
garrett,
du
choir,
smyrna,
high
school
select,
choir.
E
B
Mr
speaker,
this
next
song
is
now
the
official
state
hymn
of
tennessee.
You
have
all
sang
it.
You've
all
heard
it.
I
want
to
tell
the
story
real
quick
of
the
hymn
in
december
17
72
in
only
england
at
the
age
of
47
john
newton
began.
Writing
a
hymn
that
would
grow
in
increasingly
popular
over
the
next
249
years.
In
his
song
amazing
grace
newton
was
a
former
slave
ship
captain.
B
E
E
B
B
A
A
I
Announcements,
but
since
I'm
standing
up
and
have
the
light
and
hopefully
remain
with
the
floor,
an
announcement
members
of
the
veterans
caucus
this
coming
monday
session,
the
chaplain
of
the
day
will
be
a
chaplain,
and
I
would
request
that
veteran
members
of
the
house
be
here
in
front
of
the
session
so
that
we
might
have
a
picture
with
the
chaplain
of
the
day
veterans
caucus.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Thank.
M
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
we'd
like
to
welcome
up
here
on
our
right.
If
you
would
stand
up
aaron
and
rob
mr
aaron
rob,
I
mean
mr
aaron
spradlin
and
rob
tead
with
mission
america.
I
thank
you,
gentlemen,
for
the
great
work
you
do
with
mission
america
fighting
against
rescuing
young
women
from
the
of
sex
trafficking.
G
G
O
O
Tallu
was
many
of
us
knew
her
from
the
nashville
area.
She
was
the
founder
of
the
nashville
food
project.
She
founded
this
organization
just
over
a
decade
ago,
with
a
vision
not
only
to
provide
emergency
relief
to
the
hungry,
but
also
to
connect
people
to
food
systems
and
the
land
in
order
to
remove
barriers
that
keep
them
undernourished
and
underfed.
O
I
would
encourage
everyone
to
take
a
look
at
her
life
and
her
biography.
It's
truly
inspiring
she's,
a
nashville
native.
She
went
away
to
columbia
university
to
get
her
masters
in
divinity
and
came
back
here
after
working
down
south
for
a
while
and
where
she
gained
an
appreciation
for
connecting
people
to
food
systems.
O
I
would
encourage
you
to
read
her
book.
What
we
wish
were
true
reflections
on
a
nurturing
life
and
facing
death.
I
think
you'll
find
it
very
inspiring.
Miss
toulouse,
skyler
quinn,
had
a
beautiful
voice,
a
beautiful
soul
and
she
leaves
a
beautiful
and
bountiful
legacy
in
our
community.
So
if
you
could
rise,
one
minute
and
honor
miss
toulouse,
skyler
quinn
with
a
moment
of
silence,
I'd
appreciate
it.
M
J
Thank
mr
speaker,
of
course,
these
young
folks,
here
at
the
ffa,
are
getting
training
on
how
to
be
good
citizens
and
I'd
like
to
recognize
the
lenoir
city
group
and
their
able-bodied
leader
josie
miller,
and
I
say
that
because
every
time
not
every
time,
but
quite
often
when
you
pick
up
the
farm
bureau
newsletter
or
the
farmer's
co-op
newsletter,
joseph
won
another
award
and
she's
a
longtime
friend
of
mine,
and
let's
make
him
welcome.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
H
C
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
We
were
not
here
on
tuesday,
but
I
wanted
to
take
a
second
to
honor
my
mother-in-law.
She
would
have
been
78.
Her
birthday
was
february
22nd,
but
as
as
we've
documented
the
the
the
role
that
representative
faison
had
been
down,
she
was
an
organ
donor
and
she
saved
several
lives
when
she
passed
away
suddenly
due
to
an
aneurysm.
So
I
take
this
time
to
honor
her,
but
also
remind
us
to
sign
up
to
be
an
organ
donor.
B
I
As
you
know,
our
clerks
keep
track
of
everything
they
keep
track
of
when
we
show
up
late
and
need
to
have
our
time
adjusted
or
when
we
want
to
change
or
vote
on
the
bill.
But
thank
you
so
much
for
your
service
to
the
people
of
tennessee
and
the
house
represents
to
wish
you
well
on
your
next
endeavor.
M
I
M
M
Our
director
is
marissa
wright.
Our
cte
director
is
mr
sam
brown
and
we've
we've
got
one
other
welcome
we
want
to
make,
and
that
is
to
also
to
macon
county
aaron.
Walls
is
here
from
macon
county
hi,
mr
speaker,
with
with
his
members
of
blue
and
gold,
our
ffa
folks
there.
So
thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
I
M
M
I
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
we
want
to
say
a
very
special
welcome
to
all
of
our
ffa
folks,
that's
here
today.
We
appreciate
you
being
here
but
just
a
minute
to
take
an
honor
as
a
speaker.
He
represents
cumberland
county
and
the
teacher
at
the
cumberland
county.
Ffa
is
miss
davis
and
she
resides
in
white
county.
So
we
want
to
recognize
them
and
also
we
want
to
recognize
white
county
with
miss
eller
and
mr
moore,
as
they
teach
in
white
county.
I
I
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Ffa.
We
just
love
when
you
were
here
with
us
on
the
hill
and
let
me
welcome
a
group
from
green
hill
high
school
wilson,
county's
newest
high
school
they're,
a
relatively
new
chapter.
They
have
morgan
grannis,
their
agriculture
teacher
with
them,
and
we
are
so
happy
to
have
you
here
today.
Thank
you.
P
There's
no
there's
no
way.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I'm
honored
today
and
I
stand
here
with
the
sumner
county
delegation
with
representative
leader,
william
lambert
and
terry
lynn,
weaver
I'd
like
to
welcome
those
from
sumner
county
from
the
ffa
chapters
of
beach,
high
school
station
camp,
hendersonville
and
white
house.
If
you're
up
in
the
gallery,
please
stand
and
I've
got
a
special
recognition.
I
went
to
high
school.
I
went
to
elementary
school
with
brent
young
at
beach
elementary
and
his
daughter
is
here
from
beach,
lillian.
So
lillian
you
can
hear
me
there.
I
Thank
you
speaker.
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
and
wish
my
husband
a
very
happy
birthday.
That
was
this
past
wednesday
and
he
is
home.
Helping
take
care
of
my
mother,
which
I
just
want
to
thank
all
of
you
all
for
your
prayers
that
she
is
doing
much
better,
but
still
has
a
long
road
ahead
of
us
and
also
to
wish
one
of
our
colleagues
been
calling
him
the
birthday
boy
all
week,
but
to
representative
campbell
happy
birthday.
M
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
want
to
welcome
for
all
the
delegation
of
rutherford
county,
brian,
terry
and
charlie
obama,
and
mike
sparks
all
the
ffa
members
from
rutherford
county
and
also
want
to
welcome
tyler
pilgrim.
He
is
the
technical
director
for
fha
for
rutherford
county
schools
and
he
resides
in
eagleville
in
my
district.
Welcome.
N
N
M
M
The
funeral
celebration
is
going
to
be
today
at
two
o'clock
for
those
of
you
that
can,
and
it's
going
to
be
at
the
middle
tennessee
veterans.
Cemetery
can't
get
by
obviously
reach
out
to
ensure
the
compassion
that
we
always
show
to
each
other
when
we're
going
through
these
kinds
of
experiences.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
Q
Q
B
P
R
Thank
you,
mr
speakers,
one
more
and
on
behalf
of
all
the
members
to
the
ffa
that
are
here
today.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you,
especially
from
the
education
committee
and
all
the
members
tennessee
and
all
the
states
are
going
to
be
challenged
in
the
future
with
our
workforce
and
you
all
are
such
on
the
a
pathway
already.
Thank
you
for
your,
your
your
quality,
your
caliper
and
your
studies
to
make
tennessee
a
strong
state
in
the
future,
you're
just
you're
excellent
example
for
all
of
our
young
people.
Thank
you.
G
G
G
F
A
M
M
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Tonight
we're
honoring
our
longtime
goalie
with
the
with
the
nashville
predators,
reena,
pecker,
pecorini
and
he's
he's
we're
gonna,
retire
his
jersey
and
we're
having
a
proclamation
for
him
on
the
consent
calendar
after
conferring
with
both
leaders.
If
we
can
have
the
davidson
county
delegation
listed
as
co-sponsors
and
everyone
voting
in
the
affirmative
to
be
listed.
Also,
thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker.
A
A
M
A
A
A
A
R
A
P
You,
mr
speaker,
as
chairman
white
acknowledged
this
bill,
simply
addresses
attempts
to
address
part
of
our
teacher
shortage.
Current
law
permits
an
adjunct
professor
or
a
post-secondary
professor,
to
teach
in
nine
through
twelve
year
old
classes
in
the
k
through
12
space.
This
would
expand
that
down
to
the
sixth
grade
through
the
twelfth
grade,
and
with
that,
mr
speaker,
I
renew
my
motion.
A
A
A
P
P
Excuse
me
the
paper
testing
in
grades
five
through
eight,
and
it
protects
to
make
sure
that
this
calendar
year
is
permitted
for
the
paper
testing
and
the
it
directs
the
commissioner
of
education
to
review
each
year,
whether
that's
appropriate
for
the
lower
grades
to
return
back
to
paper
testing.
With
that,
mr
speaker,
I
renew
my
motion.
A
A
A
Spicky
you're
recognized.
Mr
speaker,
I
renew
my
motion,
chairman
speaking,
renews
his
motion.
Any
discussion
on
the
bill
cnn.
Any
objection
to
the
question
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
house
bill,
1838
vote
in
the
bell
rings.
Those
opposed
vote
no
has
ever
remembered
voters.
Do
you
remember,
what's
changed
your
vote.
A
A
I
A
A
H
A
A
H
A
A
A
F
A
R
A
A
F
A
A
A
P
A
B
P
P
F
F
T
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
members.
Although
I
don't
agree
with
a
singling
out
of
a
local
government
and
taking
away
local
control
from
their
local
government,
I
like
to
offer
a
compromise.
I
want
to
offer
a
sunset
provision
of
two
years.
This
way
we
can
test
this
vehicle
out.
If
it
doesn't
work,
we
can
try
something
else
this
this
way.
A
A
A
S
S
S
Coupled
with
that,
we
see
the
fbi.
Statistics
put
memphis
as
one
of
the
number
one
most
violent
cities
in
america,
coupled
with
that.
The
city
council
of
memphis,
by
a
vote
of
six
to
seven
seven
to
six,
has
denied
the
police
chief,
the
ability
to
go
outside
of
the
guidelines
of
where
she
can
hire
and
hire
police
officers
who
are
willing
to
come
and
work
and
do
the
job
of
fighting
crime.
S
My
first
thought
is
this
is
a
bill
and
I
understand
the
democrats
are
frustrated
to
say
this.
Bill
only
impacts
this
one
area
and-
and
I
just
want
to
address
that
right
up
front-
there
are
times
in
life
that
we
have
to
work
on
one
specific
area,
whether
it's
your
car,
whether
it's
your
body,
there's
all
sorts
of
things
and
we
in
tennessee
are
all
members
of
one
body,
but
there
are
times
that
special
attention
needs
to
be
on
one
area
when
people
say
well,
why
doesn't
this
impact
other
places?
Well?
S
To
be
honest
with
you,
members,
there
are
other
places
in
tennessee.
Don't
have
this
problem
where
I'm
from
in
east
tennessee,
we
hire
police
officers
who
are
willing
to
work,
whether
they're
in
the
state
or
out
of
the
state.
We
hire
police
officers
that
are
do
the
job,
regardless
of
where
they
live.
S
S
A
M
M
N
N
N
N
Parkerson,
thank
you,
mr
mr
speaker.
It
was
the
memphis
city
council
that
passed
the
resolution
about
making
sure
are
wanting
their
hirings
to
live
inside
of
memphis
or
shelby
county
memphis
city
council
doesn't
even
regulate
it
to
living
inside
of
memphis.
They
said
they
just
want
you
to
live
inside
the
county.
It
was
them
that
passed
the
resolution
and
I
don't
understand
why
everyone
else
was
met
with,
except
for
the
memphis
city
council
and
except
for
the
members
that
represent
the
city,
except
for
the
members
here
that
represent
the
city
of
memphis.
N
N
He
didn't
the
mayor
didn't
call
us.
He
called
you
that
I
have.
I
have
a
real
issue
with
that
because
that's
caused
us
embarrassment
among
our
colleagues
here
and
it
has
further
diminished
our
arguments
that
we
make
when
these
issues
of
state
overreach
happen.
We've
been
fighting
for
the
same
mayor
for
other
issues
that
that
are
involving
state
overreach
and
so
for,
and
I
hate
to
be.
You
know,
because
this
is
also
caused-
a
political
division
within
our
city
and
our
city
council,
our
state
representative.
N
N
N
That's
that's
at
odds
and
embarrassed
because
no
one
came
to
talk
to
us
even
get
our
feedback
when
it
came
to
this
issue
and
it
diminishes
our
even
our
attempts
to
when,
when
the
state
overreaches
again
into
the
city
of
memphis,
how
do
we
come
to
our
our
colleagues
and
say:
hey,
hey
man
can
y'all
please
back
off
from
the
city.
It's
going
to
hurt
the
city
when
the
top
executive
has
come
up
here
and
asked
you
to
do
it.
N
I
have
issue
with
that
and
and
we
don't
we
don't
go
back
and
and
and
and
try
to
mess
up
what
the
mayor
is
coming
up
here
requesting
we're
still
as
of
today.
This
morning
we
had
a
meeting
with
the
governor
we're
still
supporting
what
the
mayor
wants
in
in
regards
to
the
budget
for
our
city.
But
this
is
an
issue
and
and
here's
I
want
you
to
understand
it
and
I'm
about
to
wrap
up
in
just
a
second.
Mr
speaker,
this
is
a
city
of
memphis
issue.
N
The
issue
is
not
about
recruiting
from
outside
of
the
city
of
memphis.
They
can
recruit
outside
of
the
city
of
memphis
as
much
as
they
want.
This
is
about
where
they
live
once
they
are
recruited
when,
when
listen,
the
city
of
memphis
has
stated
I've
seen
different
numbers,
but
the
police
department,
let's
just
use
the
police
department,
for
example,
I've
been
told
they're
down
600
officers,
600
officers.
N
N
R
R
R
R
Then
that's
what
this
body
needs
to
do,
for
the
love
of
the
people
of
memphis,
not
for
us
to
try
to
embarrass
anybody,
not
for
us
to
try
to
rule
with
an
iron
fist,
but
people
need
relief
from
a
rising
murder
rate
and
I'm
not
a
criminal
justice
expert,
but
I
have
to
believe
that
more
police
officers
can
put
a
dent
in
it.
That's
the
motivation
for
this
bill
and
I
would
ask
for
your
support
of
it.
N
N
N
This
is
not
about
being
soft
on
murder,
so
please
don't
try
to
paint
that
picture
again
ever
this
is
about
where
about
us
getting
those
officers.
Now,
if
we
want
to
get
those
officers,
then
dog
on
it,
we
need
to
compete
with
the
microsoft.
We
need
to
compete
with
the
amazons.
We
need
to
compete
with
everyone
else.
That's
out
there
offering
jobs,
let's
get
competitive,
so
we
can
get
those
600
officers,
but
you
cannot
tell
me
that
with
1.3
million
people
in
the
surrounding
area
that
you
cannot
find
600
officers.
K
K
K
This
is
an
issue
that
has
to
be
addressed
and
I
am
not
a
public
safety
expert,
but
I
am
listening
to
the
public
safety
experts
out
there,
and
all
of
them
in
unison,
are
all
saying
the
same
thing
that
the
city
of
memphis
needs
more
police
officers.
It
is
that
simple.
Now
I
also
want
to
explain
something
else
right
now
of
2000
police
officers
that
do
serve
the
city
of
memphis.
Almost
half
of
them
already
are
grandfather
done
and
do
not
live
in
the
city
of
memphis.
K
T
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
members.
I
also
live
in
memphis
and
I
live
in
a
part
of
memphis
that
you
would
call
something
you
all
call
battleground.
I
live
where
a
lot
of
crime
happens.
I
still
live
there
and
I'm
proud
to
be
there,
but
this
bill
is
not
only
about
where
our
officers
and
our
firefighters
and
our
first
responders
live.
T
T
T
Many
of
us
have
seen
businesses
we've
seen
our
hospitals
we've
seen
our
police
departments,
we've
seen
everybody
be
short,
but
we
don't.
We
do
not
want
to
make
a
permanent
decision
here
on
a
temporary
situation,
because,
due
to
the
things
that
have
happened
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
many
entities
have
been
short
and
I
do
not
believe
us
being
sure
it's
a
reason
to
have
such
a
great
overreach.
T
H
H
The
facts
are:
is
that
we're
here
today,
because
some
petty
local
politics
has
has
hamstrung
the
leadership
in
the
community,
of
which
the
murder
rate
is
rising
at
an
astronomical
rate,
and
instead
of
doing
all
that,
we
can
do
to
help
our
local
communities
we're
frustrated
and
angry,
because
somebody
didn't
ask
us
to
carry
the
bill
to
fix
it.
Meanwhile,
while
people
in
memphis
are
losing
their
lives
and
their
safeties
in
jeopardy,
what
we're
doing
is
saying:
well,
we
just
want
their
property
taxes
or
we
want
their
sales
tax.
H
Well,
there's
no
life
that
is
so
menial
that
the
the
attainment
of
property
taxes
isn't
that
important.
They
have
600
officers
that
they
can't
hire
today,
our
our
communities
have
issues
hiring
officers
as
well.
The
facts
of
the
matter
is,
microsoft
doesn't
have
a
record,
a
requirement
that
somebody
has
to
live
within
five
miles
of
their
headquarters
in
order
to
work
there.
Only
here
do
we
do
that.
H
My
community
would
love
to
hire
more
police
officers,
but
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
we
had
in
communi
in
in
budget
sub
the
other
day
a
testimony
about
where
a
family
from
memphis
came
up
here,
and
they
were.
They
testified
to
our
committee
about
how
their
12
year
old
child,
was
murdered
and
shot
in
their
own
home.
On
christmas
day,
we
have
a
fiduciary
duty
as
the
responsible
governing
body
of
this
state
who,
who
allows
for
outposts
of
local
government
to
operate,
to
pass
this
bill
today
and
give
them
the
resources
they
need.
R
R
Let
me
tell
you
memphis
is
a
beautiful
and
a
wonderful
city.
You
know
it's
the
most
philanthropic
city
in
the
country,
it's
julio
in
the
country
and
and
it's
even
beats
out
of
utah
where
salt
lake
city
is
it's
a
beautiful
city,
but
we
have
an
issue
right
now
with
with
crime.
It
continues
to
go
up
just
to
lay
out
a
few
things
now,
the
city
of
memphis.
They
offer
sign-on
bonuses
over
ten
thousand
dollars
and
still
can't
get
enough.
So
the
money
is
there.
R
We'll
make
one
other
point.
We
just
had
a
a
census
in
this
in
this
state.
In
this
country
we
had
14
state
representatives
from
shelby
county
now,
a
lot
of
people
don't
know.
There's
in
shelby
county
there's,
memphis,
there's
germantown,
caryville,
lakeland,
arlington,
bartlett
and
millington,
and
those
other
six
municipalities
are
also
affected
by
what
goes
on
within
the
city
limits
of
memphis
and
they're
asking
for
for
help.
R
So
we
had
14
state
representatives.
Tennessee
grew
up
by
about
a
half
a
million
people
last
year,
mostly
in
central
tennessee.
We
didn't
grow
at
all.
You
know
why
people
want
three
things:
they
don't
want
to
debate
where
people
live,
they
want
safe
streets,
they
want
quality
schools
and
they
want
jobs
and
you
don't
get
jobs
without
safe,
treats
safe
streets
and
quality
schools.
That's
all
we're
asking
for
in
this
and
to
have
a
debate
about
where
a
law
enforcement
officer
lives,
in
my
opinion,
is
just
ridiculous.
J
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
You
know
I'm
not
going
to
stand
up
here
and
pretend
I
was
ever
leaning
toward
voting
for
this
bill.
I
wanted
to
listen
to
the
argument
and
the
leader.
I
I
think
you
said
something
that
you
know
after
taking
an
oath
to
office
here,
swearing
that
I
would
never
vote
for
anything
knowingly
unconstitutional.
J
You
know.
I
I
think
I
heard
you
say
yeah.
This
is
intended
just
for
memphis
and
I
think
the
tennessee
car
constitution,
article
11
section
9,
says
any
act
of
general
assembly,
private
or
local
in
form
or
effect
applicable
to
a
particular
county
or
municipality,
either
in
its
governmental
or
proprietary
capacity
shall
be
void.
Well,
you
said
on
the
house
floor,
your
legislative
intent
was
just
that
that
deems
it
unconstitutional
the
home
rule
provision
of
the
state
constitution.
J
T
But
when
you
look
at
the
actual
numbers,
that's
used
to
drive
that
it
takes
in
tipton,
county
fayette,
county
shelby,
county
marshall,
county,
mississippi,
tate
county,
mississippi,
desoto,
county,
mississippi
and
crittenden
county
arkansas
and
then
memphis
and
shelby
county.
So
when
you
add
all
eight
of
those
entities,
seven
counties
in
the
city
of
memphis,
then
yeah.
It
looks
like
we
rise
to
the
top
as
number
one
in
the
nation
for
being
the
worst
this
and
that.
T
But
when
you
bag
them
out,
you
take
out
all
of
those
various
counties.
Memphis
is
farther
down
the
list.
So
part
of
our
problem
is
we
created
in
this
situation
where
it
looks
like
memphis.
Is
this
place
now
I'm
not
discounting
memphis
or
any
other
city
for
its
problems?
It's
crime!
It's
it's!
It's
not
just
memphis
it's
everywhere,
but
I
want
us
to
be
clear
about
where
these
numbers
come
from
and
think
about
that
as
we
move
forward
with
trying
to
grow
memphis
trying
to
get
citizens
back
that
the
city
of
memphis.
T
K
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
just
want
to
point
something
out
that
some
of
the
numbers
that
have
been
mentioned
here
are
specific
to
the
city
of
memphis
they're
reporting
they're,
not
part
of
the
msa
statistics,
so
I
do
want
to
just
go
ahead
and
put
that
on
the
record
that
we
are
talking
about
very
specific
numbers
here,
and
I
also
do
want
to
follow
up
with
what
my
colleague
from
shelby
county
just
said.
Memphis
is
a
beautiful
place.
It
is
a
great
place
to
live.
K
We
have
the
best
barbecue
sorry
and
we
have
great
music,
great
history,
great
people.
This
is
nothing
against
the
city
of
memphis,
but
I
do
believe-
and
I
believe
many
of
you
believe-
and
our
citizens
believe
that
our
rising
crime
level,
whether
it's
property,
crime,
violent
crime
or
homicides
or
keeping
us
back,
they
are
holding
us
back,
and
we
have
to
get
a
grasp
on
that.
Thank
you.
J
Thanks,
mr
speaker,
I
believe
it's
been
pointed
out
in
subcommittee
committee
and
here
on
the
floor.
That
is
a
permissive
bill.
It
won't
make
them
do
anything
now.
I've
never
lived
in
memphis,
but
my
son
went
to
the
law
school
liar
and
at
the
time
he
graduated
university
of
memphis
law
school
was
the
number
one
in
the
country
for
the
students
graduating
students
to
pass
the
bar
exam.
The
first
time
now,
if,
if
we
pisces
memphis,
has
another
tool
in
her
toolbox
to
keep
people
safe.
J
P
P
P
P
Q
Q
S
Jim
faison,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
representative,
when
they
say
permissive,
they
are
saying
this
bill
does
not
force
your
police
chief
or
your
firefighter
chief
to
hire
anybody
from
anywhere.
It
just
gives
them
the
ability
to
hire
if
they
choose
so
from
somebody
outside
of
shelby
county
and
it
would,
it
would
overstep
or
supersede
the
local
government.
A
Q
Q
Q
I
really
want
you
to
hear
this,
sir.
I
think
you'll
you'll
find
this
pertinent
mayor.
Strickland
was
the
chairman
of
the
committee,
the
budget
committee
for
the
memphis
city
council,
and
he
directed
the
cut
and
benefits
for
the
memphis
police
department,
he's
the
one
that
ran
our
memphis
finest
away.
Q
If
you're
not
getting
any
bites,
it
means
you're
using
the
wrong
bait.
That's
simple!
So
this
field
is
wrong
on
so
many
levels.
Mr
sponsor
it's
wrong
because
you
and
your
co-sponsors,
although
I
appreciate
all
of
my
shelby
county
legislative
delegation
members,
it's
wrong
because
you
are
attempting
to
bypass
the
city
council
and
give
authority
to
the
mayor,
in
spite
of
the
city
council
who
sets
policy
who
sets
policy
for
the
mayor,
this
would
be
the
same
as
having
congress
direct
the
governor
to
ignore
the
tennessee
general
assembly.
Q
That's
not
the
way
government
works,
I'm
not
coming
into
your
hometown
and
try
to
bypass
the
elected
representatives
of
the
people.
If
my
folks
don't
like
what
I
do,
they'll
vote
me
out.
If
they
don't
like
what
the
city
council
is
doing,
they
will
vote
them
out.
So
we
don't
need
the
tennessee
general
assembly
telling
the
mayor.
What
to
do.
Q
Q
S
Q
S
The
gentleman
from
shelby
county
will
be
reminded
that
the
state
of
tennessee
can't
pass
laws
for
people
that
contract
with
us
that
only
keep
you
inside
the
state
of
tennessee.
There
have
been
multiple
times
since
I've
been
elected,
that
a
member
will
bring
it
and
try
to
change
the
law
in
tennessee
that
we
contract
and
use
employees
that
are
only
based
in
tennessee.
Every
time
that's
been
struck
down
because
it's
not
constitutional.
S
Q
Thank
you
speaker
to
the
sponsor
you
you
may
want
to
well.
My
research
indicates
that
they
do
have
the
policy,
so
I
would
really
be
surprised
if
your
research
indicates
otherwise,
but
now
that
you
voice
your
opinion
that
it's
unconstitutional,
I'm
kind
of
wondering
where
that
leaves
us
with
their
hiring
policies.
Q
Q
Q
You
don't
want
the
tennessee
general
assembly
skipping
the
authority
of
your
aldermen
or
your
city,
council
people
and
your
constituents
wouldn't
have
you
do
it?
They
wouldn't
stand
for
it.
So
I'm
asking
you
to
follow
your
oath
for
constitutional
support
and
vote
no
on
this
bill.
I
appreciate
what
my
colleagues
think
they're
doing.
I
respectfully
disagree.
A
A
A
A
M
A
A
A
D
D
You,
mr
speaker,
this
bill
came
to
me
members
from
the
district
attorney's
association.
It
seeks
to
close
a
loophole
in
state
law.
This
bill
adds
convictions
of
continuous
sexual
abuse
of
a
child
to
the
list
of
offenses
that
require
a
judge
to
revoke
the
defendant's
bail
immediately
upon
conviction.
D
A
A
D
A
D
You,
mr
speaker,
members.
This
is
a
consumer
protection
bill.
It
came
to
me
from
a
constituent
in
my
district
and
those
probably
many
of
us
have
been
caught
up
in
that
vortex
or
black
hole
of
various
kinds
of
subscription
services,
as
my
constituent
did,
and
this
bill
simply
says,
if
you,
unknowingly,
unwittingly
or
even
even
willingly,
are
subscribed
to
a
service
online,
you
will
be
provided
online
with
a
way
to
unsubscribe
and
that's
the
essence
of
the
bill.
Mr
speaker,
I
renew
my
motion.
I
G
J
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
F
P
I
A
I
D
A
How
much
concur
in
senate
joint
resolution
1106,
probably
seconded
any
objection
to
the
question
scene?
None
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
all
those
opposed
say
no,
the
eyes
have
it.
I
declare
it
concurred
him
without
objection.
The
motion
week
series
table
representative
parkinson.
You
are
recognized.
N
A
A
Representative
parks
has
moved
adoption
house
joint
resolution
870
prop.
Second,
any
objection
to
the
question
scene:
none
all
those
favor,
a
house,
joint
resolution,
870
say
I
I
all
those
posts
say
no.
I
declare
it
adopted
without
objection.
The
most
rich
series
table
lear,
lambert,
you're,
recognized.
G
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
if
consulting
with
the
minority
leader,
we
have
several
rules,
suspension
just
to
get
bills
into
committee
and
the
posture
that
they
need
to
be
for
this
week
with
that.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
house
bill
2536,
be
heard
in
the
property
and
planning
subcommittee
next
week
refer
the
motion.
G
G
G
I
P
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Members.
The
final
calendar
of
the
insurance
subcommittee
will
be
heard
on
tuesday
march,
the
8th
the
last
day
to
put
bills
on
notice.
For
that
final
calendar
will
be
next
wednesday
march,
the
2nd.
Once
again,
the
final
calendar
for
insurance
subcommittee
will
be
heard
on
tuesday
march
8th.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Members.
M
M
R
R
L
Any
members
that
are
interested
in
expanding
train
service
across
the
state
of
tennessee
for
passenger
rail.
This
is
the
time
for
tennessee
to
do
that.
There's
a
lot
of
movement
with
the
infrastructure
bill.
That's
passed,
66
billion
dollars
going
specifically
to
rail
nashville
is
the
third
largest
city
without
amtrak
in
the
country,
knoxville
is
the
seventh
largest
city
in
the
country
without
amtrak
and
chattanooga
is
the
19th
largest
there's
a
lot
of
other
communities
and
great
opportunities.
L
The
current
proposal
that
has
come
out
from
amtrak
shows
a
line
coming
from
atlanta
to
chattanooga,
with
stops
in
tullahoma,
murfreesboro
and
nashville.
There's
a
lot
of
excitement
about
a
track
coming
to
bristol.
We
want
to
make
sure
it
doesn't
just
stop
in
bristol.
It
goes
through
bristol
and
of
course
we
want
to
take
this
across
the
state.
L
So
any
of
you
that
are
interested.
We
want
to
make
this
a
bipartisan
effort.
I've
had
a
lot
of
members
have
come
up
to
me
and
express
willingness
to
be
a
part
of
it.
So
I
really
appreciate
that
we
want
to
make
this
a
bipartisan
effort
to
help
the
state
of
tennessee
increase
passenger
rail
service
and
make
sure
that
we
are
ahead
and
all
on
board
for
passenger
real
estate
attendance.
L
So,
if
you're
interested
in
the-
and
thank
you,
mr
speaker
for
the
tom
and
for
speaking
to
me
about
this,
if
you
are
interested,
please
see
me
representative,
hakeem,
representative
manus
is
also
assisting
and
representative
crawford
agreed
to
sign
on.
If
any
of
any
of
those
members,
please
see
us
and
we'd
love
to
have
you,
as
a
member
of
the
tennessee
train
travel
caucus.
Thank
you.