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House Floor Session- 48th. Legislative Day- February 14, 2022
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Mister
sergeant
arms
invite
the
members
into
the
chamber
and
close
the
doors
out
here
by
claire
the
house
of
representatives
of
the
112th
general
assembly
state
of
tennessee
now
in
session.
Will
the
members
please
stand?
Will
the
visitors
in
the
gallery
please
stand
and
remain
standing
through
the
pledge
of
allegiance
representative
love
will
serve
as
chaplain
of
the
day
on
this
day,
representative
love,
you're,
recognized.
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If
I
try
to
love,
as
god
loves
amen,
I
would
pray,
but
I've
already
preached
mr
speaker,
so
I
don't
want
to
belabor
the
point,
but
let's
go
ahead
and
pray
gracious
god
we
thank
you
for
this
night.
We
thank
you,
god
for
a
chance
to
love,
as
you
have
loved
us
bless
us
lord
this
night
as
we
deliberate
resolutions
bills
and
as
we
seek
god
to
love.
As
you
have
loved
us,
it's
in
your
name.
We
pray,
amen.
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You
bring
up
and
reference
valentine's
day
today,
and
I
was
thinking
of
the
99
members.
The
majority
of
us
have
someone
that
is
incredibly
special
to
us.
We
have
a
spouse.
We
have
somebody
at
home,
working
and
keeping
the
house
together,
while
you're
here
working
on
making
sure
this
state
is
right,
and
I
just
wanted
to
shout
out
to
my
sweet
wife,
my
valentine
and
in
valentines
all
over
the
state
that
are
part
of
your
valentines
from
one
end
of
this
state
to
the
other.
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They
make
it
possible
for
you
to
be
here
and
they're
keeping
the
home
fires
burning,
keeping
the
children
going
good,
keeping
the
businesses
right
they're
doing
what
it
takes
at
home
to
make
it
for
you
to
be
here.
So
all
you
all
that
are
watching.
We
love
you
happy
valentine's
day.
God
bless
you
amen.
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He
was
a
veteran,
he
taught
wrestling
coached
many
state
champions
and
he
was
one
of
those
teachers.
I
actually
never
had
him.
I
went
to
middle
school
at
mlk,
but
I
never
had
him
as
a
teacher,
but
he
was
one
of
those
teachers
that
you
everybody
in
the
school
yearned
to
have.
He
knew
everybody's
name.
He
stayed
in
contact
with
every
one
of
his
students.
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He
was
the
finest
example
of
a
teacher
that
I've
possibly
ever
known
in
my
life,
and
I
ended
up
going
back
after
college
and
taught
for
a
while
and
ended
up
at
mlk
and-
and
he
remembered
me-
and
we
stayed
in
touch
over
the
years,
but
he
passed
away
yesterday
and
I'll
just
ask
your
prayers.
If
I
could
have
a
moment
of
silence
for
paul
elton
bass,.
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Parkerson.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Mr
speaker,
I
got
a
couple
of
welcomes.
Well
first,
I
want
to
wish
chairman
faison
happy
valentine's
day
coming
from
the
heart
and
mr
speaker,
I
think
speaker
pro
tem
pat
marshall,
would
want
me
to
do
this.
Since
you
were
gone,
you
didn't
get
a
chance
to
hear
about
ties
for
turns.
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You,
mr
speaker,
as
amended
this
bill,
will
require
the
commissioner
on
the
department
of
human
services
to
include
an
annual
block
grant
presentation
the
spelled
out
spending
of
tanf
dollars
in
accordance
with
the
four
purposes
of
tanf.
As
chairman
terry
mentioned,
this
bill
passed
the
senate
last
year,
so
the
amendment
creates
an
effective
date
for
this
year.
With
that,
mr
speaker,
I
redo
my
motion.
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Thank
you,
mr
b
speaker
house,
bill
1752
is
expands
the
definition
of
emergency
services
in
the
state
of
tennessee.
There
are
20
counties
that
have
no
access
to
a
hospital.
There
are
17
counties
that
do
not
have
access
even
to
a
freestanding
emergency
department.
So
simply
this
allows
individuals
to
be
treated
and
reimbursed
with
their
current
insurance
plan
for
emergency
services.
They
can't
up
charge,
they
can't
overcharge
or
have
a
facilities
charge,
but
this
expands
the
access
of
emergency
care
throughout
tennessee,
and
with
that,
mr
speaker,
I
renew
my.
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Representative
smith,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
in
code
already
are
definitions
that
clearly
define
that
an
emergency
is
required.
If
someone
has
a
an
honest
belief
that
they're
in
jeopardy
of
losing
their
life,
if
they
are
in
jeopardy
of
losing
a
limb
or
some
other
threat
of
emerge
of
immediate
death,
and
so
in
that
particular
case,
unless
it
was
a
a
a
severe
cut
or
a
severe
bleed.
No,
that
would
not
be
considered
an
emergency.
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O
Mr
speaker,
this
bill
makes
two
changes
to
our
state's
public
finance
statutes.
The
first
change
is:
it
says
that
local
governments
need
to
notify
the
comptroller
when
they
reissue
revenue
bonds.
The
same
way
they're
currently
required
to
when
they
reissue
general
obligation,
bonds
and
the
second
change
it
makes.
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M
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
thank
you
sponsor,
but
this
says
if
a
political
subdivision
shall
not
prohibit
or
otherwise
restrict
the
lawful
operations
of
a
church
which
includes
holding
worship,
services
and
it
says
for
purposes
of
worship
services,
specifically
in
the
amendment
that
we've
adopted.
So
I
guess
my
question
is
still
if
a
local
subdivision
of
this
state
has
no
choice
but
to
if
a
bridge
collapses
after
an
earthquake,
and
it
puts
up
cones
to
keep
people
from
driving
off
the
bridge
is
that
city
going
to
be
in
violation
of
this
statute
represent.
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You're
recognized,
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Members
house
bill
3
399
our
senate
bill
399
codifies
current
best
practices
by
local
law
enforcement
agencies
in
the
state
of
tennessee.
The
bill
was
written
with
input
from
the
tennessee
police
chiefs
association,
and
the
bill
will
require
that
each
law
enforcement
officer
that
is
specifically
assigned
to
the
traffic
division
of
a
lower
local
law
enforcement
agency
to
undergo
training
in
the
proper
investigative
procedures
when
traffic
accidents
involving
dui
is
being
investigated.
This
is
part
of
their
annual
continuing
education
with
the
post
commission.
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H
The
counting
method
is
confusing
and
complex,
creates
a
lack
of
confidence
in
the
vote
totals
and
what
we've
heard
from
constituents.
At
least
I
have
consistent
message,
has
been
keep
things
simple,
make
it
transparent,
and
so
that
confidence
is
kept
in
our
voting
system,
and
with
that,
mr
speaker,
I
renew
my
motion.
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H
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
I
do
have
a
few
anecdotal
stories
that
I
can
share
with
it
with
regards
to
creating
confusion
in
the
voting
place
in
november
of
2017
many
in
a
minneapolis
election,
five
polling
places
ran
out
of
ballots
because
so
many
voters
incorrectly
marked
their
their
ballots
with
ranked
choice.
Voting
it
does
not
in
oakland
in
2010,
in
a
mayoral
election,
they
had
10
recounts
10
cycles,
11
of
the
ballots
were
thrown
out
due
to
incorrectly
marked
ballots
and
the
winner.
H
While
we
were
seeking
a
majority,
they're
51
or
50,
plus
1,
the
winner
won
with
44
of
the
votes.
So
those
are
two
cases
there's
more.
In
2021
the
new
york
city
mayoral
election,
the
winner
won
with
31
of
the
total
ballots
cast.
So
it
is
not
necessarily
all
that
it's
cut
out
to
be
represented.
Thompson.
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Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
This
bill
will
allow
judges
to
personally
solicit
and
accept
campaign
contributions,
and
I
would
like
to
state
under
rule
4.4
that
this
will
not
change
anything
regarding
the
time
period
in
which
judges
will
be
able
to
raise
money.
It
will
still
remain
365
days
before
the
election
or
90
days
afterwards,
and
I
want
to
state
that,
on
the
record,
we
are
not
changing
any
of
those
criteria
with
that.
Mr
speaker,
renew
my
motion.
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I
want
to
thank
you
for
bringing
this.
This
has
been
a
somewhat
ridiculous
law
and
all
the
judges
that
I've
helped
over
the
last
30
years,
they're
in
an
event,
and
someone
wants
to
give
money.
So
you
got
to
see
my
wife
or
my
treasurer
standing
right
behind
me
to
give
them
an
envelope,
and
it's
just
ridiculous
that
we
put
this
burden
they're
in
office
for
eight
years.
They
can't
raise
money
the
first
seven
years,
365
days
before
the
election.
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So
we're
not
changing
any
of
that,
so
they
can
raise
for
90
days
after,
under
their
own
cannons
of
judicial
ethics.
They
can
raise
for
90
days
after
their
election
and
then
for
seven
years
after
that,
they're
precluding
from
raising
through
their
campaign
committees.
Now
we're
not
changing
any
of
that.
The
only
thing
we're
changing
is
exactly
the
situation
that
was
described.
They
can
personally
solicit
funds
and
are
responsible
for
all
the
ethical
obligations
that
come
with
that,
just
as
they
are
now.
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J
No
again,
that's
the
reason.
I
stated
this
very
clearly
we're
not
changing
any
of
the
time
periods.
Okay
and
the
the
candidates
of
judicial
conduct
make
it
clear
right
now
that
a
committee
for
the
judge
cannot
raise
for
365.,
try
to
make
it
crystal
clear
with
the
legislative
intended
that
we're
not
trying
to
change
any
of
that
right
now.
The
only
thing
we're
changing
is
that
the
judge
can
solicit
during
the
time
periods
that
are
already
provided
for
in
the
canons
of
judicial
ethics.
M
J
Under
the
current
rules,
their
treasurer
or
spouse
or
campaign
committee
could
do
that
very
thing,
and
it
potentially
would
create
a
conflict
of
interest
under
this.
The
judge
themselves
could
do
that
very
thing
and
I
would
argue,
potentially,
would
create
a
conflict
of
interest.
Every
situation
is
different,
but
I
would
say
every
judge
out
there
needs
to
be
very
careful
either
under
the
current
status
or
if
we
were
to
pass
this
bill
under
this
status
of
taking
money
from
attorneys
that
practice
in
their
court
on
a
regular
basis.
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Clemens,
okay,
so
that
that
therein
lies
the
problem
and
under
the
current
system.
If
the
judge
follows
the
rules
to
the
t,
they're
not
going
to
know
what
you
gave,
how
much
you
gave
whether
you
said
no
and
just
showed
up
or
not,
but
that
that
bar
of
impropriety
goes
up
huge.
If
a
judge
calls
me
and
says,
representative
clemens,
will
you
give
me
x
dollars?
M
That
is
the
very
reason
why
I
think
this
is
a
dangerous
piece
of
legislation,
while
there
you
know,
while
the
way
it's
being
done
now
is
certainly,
you
know,
has
issues
that
direct
question
and
putting
the
lawyer
in
a
position
of
saying
no
to
a
judge
before
whom
a
case
might
come
or
might
be
bending
that's
a
very
suspect
situation
that
raises
that
level
of
impropriety.
So,
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Thank
you
sponsor
leo.
J
Lambert
thank
you
for
bringing
that
up,
and
that
is
exactly
the
situation
that
needs
to
be
forced
in
this
circumstance.
Right
now,
the
judge
is
required
to
tell
their
campaign
committee
go
out
there
and
raise
money.
They
review
the
report
and
sign
it
before
it
is
turned
in
it's
not
like.
They
don't
see
the
name
zone
there
they
go
to
their
own
fundraiser.
J
This
is
putting
that
direct
conflict
if
it
exists
at
the
forefront
and
making
it
transparent.
So
if
an
attorney
is
uncomfortable
telling
a
judge
because
they're
in
that
courtroom,
often
enough
that
they
feel
it'll
create
a
conflict,
then
that
needs
to
be
said
that
conversation
needs
to
happen
of
your
honor.
I'm
in
your
courtroom
all
the
time.
I
don't
think
that's
going
to
be
fair
to
you,
I
or
any
of
the
constituents
that
may
be
voting
for
you,
I'm
going
to
take
a
pass
right
now.
J
That
conflict
is
shielded
behind
a
veil
where
this
shadow
game
goes
on,
and
these
committees
and
treasurers
or
family
members
are
able
to
raise
money.
The
judge
knows
who's
exactly
is
giving
let's
just
bring
it
out
in
the
open
shot.
A
little
light
on
it
and
have
those
direct
conversations
so
that,
if
the
answer
is
no
because
there's
a
conflict,
the
answer
is
simply
no.
J
There,
the
judge
cannot
specifically
solicit
that
campaign
contribution.
It's
all
we're
changing,
so
the
judge
can
literally
be
standing
in
the
exact
same
room
while
their
fundraiser
or
treasurer
or
family
member
is
making
phone
calls.
They
could
be
standing
right
there,
but
they
can't
be
on
the
phone.
They
can
hear
the
results
of
those
conversations
they
have
to
review
the
disclosures
before
they're
turned
in
and
sign
them.
They
hopefully
attend
their
own
fundraisers,
but
there's
this
pretend
veil
that
somehow
the
judge
doesn't
know
who
gave
well.
Of
course
they
know.
J
So
what
we're
doing
is
removing
that
veil
and
just
saying
look
if
the
judge
is
going
to
fundraise,
they
need
to
fundraise.
If
they're
fundraising
to
folks
that
create
a
conflict,
they
should
not
be
doing
so.
So,
if
that
makes
it
uncomfortable
for
them
to
make
that
ask,
then
they
shouldn't
be
making
that
ask.
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F
This
is
just
a
remix
of
it
to
add
the
black
caucus
language,
but
I'm
not
I'm
not
with
any
controversial
stuff.
This
year,
as
y'all
maybe
have
seen
I'm
trying
my
best
to
stay
on
non-controversial
and
my
colleague
over
there.
He
said
he
had
an
issue
with
it,
but
we've
already
passed
it.
So
I
don't
want
to
waste
a
house's
time.
So
with
that,
mr
speaker,
I
move
to
withdraw
without.
G
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
members.
I
want
to
give
a
first
a
shout
out
to
twra
and
murray
county
parks
for
coming
together
on
friday
down
in
murray
county,
to
reach
an
accord
that
they're
going
to
help
murray
county
parks,
allow
more
children
who
don't
have
access
to
the
outdoors,
the
way
to
experience
that
and
help
develop
the
denali
wildlife
management
area
to
be
one
of
the
best
in
the
country.