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House Floor Session- 64th. Legislative Day- April 14, 2022
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C
Mr
sergeant
of
arms
invite
the
members
into
the
chamber
and
close
the
doors
out
here
by
declaring
the
house
representatives
of
the
112th
general
assembly
of
state
of
tennessee
now
in
session
with
members.
Please
stand
with
the
visitors
in
the
gallery.
Please
stand
and
remain
standing
through
the
pledge
of
allegiance.
C
D
You,
mr
speaker,
I
have
the
great
privilege
of
introducing
my
friend
today
as
the
chaplain
today.
Dr
robert
owen,
is
the
director
of
minority
affairs
at
tennessee
tech
university
who
you've
all
sams
might
know
had
a
great
week
this
week.
But
dr
dr
owens
and
I
have
known
each
other
for
more
than
20
years.
D
We
were
both
younger
men
with
no
gray
hair
and
our
families
were
able
to
grow
up
together,
and
so
he
currently
is
the
church
as
the
pastor
at
kanos
church
in
cookeville.
It's
still
the
same
small
community
building
that
he
and
I
met
in
with
his
lovely
wife,
his
lovely
wife,
dana
and
four
of
their
five
kids
are
up
here.
Dana
is
up
here
and
their
sons,
daniel
joseph
ezra
and
noah,
and
so
we're
thankful
that
they're
here
today
and
with
that
mr
speaker,
introduce
dr
robert
owens.
F
Let
us
pray
heavenly
father.
We
thank
you
for
this
beautiful
day
that
you
bless
us
with,
but
god
we
don't
forget
about
the
storms
that
came
through
last
night
for
those
that
have
damaged
property
or
may
be
injured.
We
ask
that
you
would
galvanize
a
community
to
support
them
and
those
that
are
still
struggling
from
past
storms
in
our
community
even
two
years
ago.
The
tornadoes
that
came
through
and
devastated
both
nashville
and
cookeville
god,
we
still
ask
you,
send
resources
for
those
that
that
are
recovering
from
those
storms
god.
F
I
ask
for
a
special
blessing
today
upon
all
these
folks
here
that
make
decisions
for
how
we
live,
that
you
would
guide
them
together
in
unity
to
make
the
right
decisions.
Lord,
and
I
ask
that,
as
we
head
into
tomorrow,
being
good
friday
and
sunday
being
resurrection
sunday,
that
you
keep
our
minds
focused
on
the
one
that
gave
us
everlasting
life
and
it's
in
his
name
that
we
pray,
amen.
C
E
Whereas
coach
frable
received
36
of
the
ap
panels,
50
top
votes
in
winning
this
prestigious
award
and
soon
thereafter
he
was
awarded
with
a
contract
extension
by
the
titans
and
whereas
mike
brabel
has
most
assuredly
proven
his
acumen
as
an
nfl
coach.
And
we
are
certain
that
his
tenure
with
the
titans
will
be
long
and
fruitful
and
now
therefore
be
resolved
by
the
house
of
representatives.
E
The
winner,
12th
general
assembly,
state
of
tennessee,
the
senate,
concurring
that
we
honor
and
congratulate
mike
brabel
on
being
named
the
associated
press
national
football
league
coach
of
the
year
for
the
2021
season.
Thank
him
for
leading
the
titans
to
success
despite
numerous
obstacles
and
wish
him
all
the
best.
As
he
prepares
for
the
2022
season.
G
G
G
G
They
went
for
disaster
cleanup
after
the
tornadoes
two
years
ago
and
they
work
with
the
at
the
hospitals
and
with
the
children
and
the
casey
homes,
and
we
just
appreciate
them.
They're
such
great
corporate
citizens
and
the
team
is
always
there
when
we
need
them
coach.
Mr
speaker,
could
the
coach
say
some
words
to
us?
Absolutely
coach,
you're
recognized.
H
Good
morning,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
just
want
to
thank
representative
beck.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
for
honoring
our
football
team.
This
is
a
reflection
of
our
football
players
and
our
and
our
coaches
on
behalf
of
amy
adams,
strunk
and
our
entire
organization.
Thank
you.
Like
representative
beck
said
we
we
want
you
to
be
proud
of
our
football
team
on
the
field.
We
want
you
to
be
proud
of
them
off
the
field.
It's
important
to
me,
it's
important
to
our
organization,
how
they
carry
themselves
in
this
community.
H
I
I
love
tennessee.
I
don't
want
to
coach
anywhere
else.
I
am
fortunate
to
to
be
able
to
to
be
a
part
of
this
state,
and
I-
and
I
know
that
our
football
team
is
a
reflection
of
the
the
men
and
women
of
this
state.
Just
like
you
guys
are,
and
we
want
to
lead.
I
want
to
lead
our
football
team
just
the
same
way
that
you
want
to
lead
the
men
and
women
in
our
state.
So
thank
you
so
much.
This
is
an
honor.
G
Today
we
also
have
from
the
titans
the
senior
vice
president
adelphia
burch
iii.
As
the
chief
legal
officer.
He
joined
the
organization
after
spending
23
years
with
the
nfl
office
in
new
york,
he's
a
tennessean.
His
father
was
the
first
african
american
to
be
on
the
supreme
court
here
in
tennessee
and
mr
speaker,
with
your
permission,
we'd
like
for
adolfia
burch,
the
third
to
say
some
words,
please
absolutely
you're
recognized.
I
Thank
you
speaker.
I
am
reminded
of
the
time
I
had
to
do
a
graduation
speech.
I
was
making
the
address
and
I
asked
my
dad
for
some
words
like
listen.
I
need
some
advice.
I'm
really
worried
about
what
I
need
to
say
and
his
advice
and
response
was:
don't
worry,
they're
not
there
to
see
you
so
so
in
any
of
it.
Look
on
behalf
of
the
organization.
I
I
think
this
is
a
great
honor.
Thank
you,
coach
for
all
you've
done.
I
Thank
you
to
all
of
you
for
your
public
service
for
your
leadership.
We
as
an
organization
strive
to
be
the
best
we
can.
We
strive
to
live
by
the
motto,
win,
serve
and
entertain,
and
today
is
about
service
entertaining
and
winning.
So
we
hope
that
we
well.
You
got
that
right,
but
we
we.
We
hope
that
we
can
continue
to
to
help
serve.
This
community
serve
this
state
and
we
are
honored
to
be
a
part
of
this.
So
thank
you
very
much
to
tighten
up.
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
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C
A
J
K
Clemens,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
I
am
honored
today
to
have
a
guest
with
me.
My
middle
child
finn
clemons
is
here
with
me
on
the
house
floor.
Of
course
he,
like
some
other
kids,
came
to
see
our
penny
hardaway
and
got
the
bonus
of
seeing
coach
brabel
and
my
other
two
children
are
also
here
but
having
their
father's
patience
and
lack
of
attention
span.
They're
in
my
office
watching
tv,
this
one's
the
only
one
that
survived
so
everybody
help
me
welcome
my
son
finn
clemons.
Thank
you.
D
H
D
D
M
Mr
speaker,
many
of
us
are
able
to
serve
because
we
have
supported
spouses
back
home
just
want
to
wish
my
wife
a
happy
anniversary
of
33
years.
Last
year
I
shared
she
was
15..
I
was
19.
when
we
started
dating
not
married.
I
had
some
confusion
there,
but
anyways
just
want
to
wish
my
wife
a
happy
33
year
anniversary
and
thank
you
for
bringing
me
two
two
sons
into
my
life.
Thank
you.
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L
Speaker
these
bills
arrive
from
a
year-long
finding
from
the
second
look
commission
a
department
of
the
tennessee
commission
on
children
and
youth.
The
commission
was
created
in
response
to
the
need
to
review
and
improve
how
the
state
handles
severe
child
abuse
cases
we
meet,
along
with
the
child,
counselors
judges,
law
enforcement
and
dcs
workers
and
many
others
each
month
and
do
a
deep
dive
investigation
of
these
specially
chosen
cases.
L
Any
known
information
regarding
the
address
or
location
of
a
child
who
has
been
alleged
to
be
abused
or
neglected
if
the
child
resides
in
the
located
on
the
residential
rental
property,
provides
an
exemption
for
civil
or
criminal
liability
for
such
persons.
So
there
was
a
little
boy
that
was
not
at
school
and
he
had
been
the
day
before
he
had
bruises
and
and
could
not
hardly
walk
so
the
caseworker
went
to
this
apartment
building
and
the
management
wouldn't
give
them
the
address
and
that
little
boy
died
that
night.
L
C
C
E
C
E
E
E
H
Mr
speaker,
I
was
glad
to
carry
this
administration
bill.
What
this
bill
does
is
a
computer
science
bill
that
will
help
to
make
sure
our
students
are
better
prepared
for
technology
jobs.
It
does
so
in
three
key
ways:
by
setting
rigorous
standards
requiring
course
offerings
and
providing
free,
professional
development
for
tennessee
educators.
C
C
E
C
O
C
O
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
This
piece
of
legislation
is
brought
by
governor
bill
lee.
What
this
does
is
this
bill
creates
an
institute
for
american
civics
at
the
university
of
tennessee
in
knoxville.
The
institute
will
initially
be
housed
at
the
baker
center
at
ut
knoxville
and
will
operate
as
an
academic
unit
within
the
university
of
tennessee.
O
The
institute
may
enroll
students
to
enter
a
degree.
Grading
program
provide
general
education
courses
to
other
students
at
the
university
of
tennessee,
higher
faculty
and
staff
host
events,
provide
internships
and
other
relevant
experiences
to
students
and
the
general
public.
The
institute
will
foster
a
deeper
understanding
of
structures
and
institutions
of
federal
state
and
local
government.
O
Further
the
understanding
of
principles
and
philosophies
that
contributed
to
the
foundation
and
development
of
the
united
states.
The
state
of
tennessee,
promote
civil
discourse
and
constructive
debate,
enhance
education
in
the
fields
of
politics,
economics,
philosophy,
american
history,
american
government
and
other
related
fields
as
appropriate,
with
a
focus
on
the
rights
and
responsibilities
of
american
citizenship,
fundamental
democratic
principles
and
how
those
principles
are
expressed
in
our
federal
state
and
local
institutions.
O
It
also
provides
nonpartisan
resources
to
students,
faculty
state
government
agencies
and
the
general
public
regarding
civic
affairs,
foster
civic
engagement
through
full
and
fair
discussion.
That
is
intentional
and
promoting
civil
dialogue
among
those
holding
conflicting
points
of
view.
It
also
assists
in
ensuring
that
the
university
of
tennessee
serves
as
a
robust
marketplace
of
ideas
for
all
students
and
faculty.
O
The
amendment
that
was
put
on
in
committee,
I'm
gonna,
go
through
a
summary
of
of
the
amendment.
It
makes
technical
changes
such
as
editing
the
university
of
tennessee
knoxville
to
the
university
of
tennessee
at
knoxville.
Clarification
of
the
administrative
and
oversight
roles
of
the
ut
utk
chancellor
versus
the
ut
president
chancellor,
provides
administrative
support
for
director
search.
O
It
also
adds
staggered
terms
for
the
board
of
fellows,
and
it
also
does
not
have
any
connection
to
hillsdale
college.
The
fiscal
note
concerns
that
may
be
out
there.
There's
56
salaried
positions,
that's
an
estimate
based
on
similar
programs
at
other
other
schools,
over
20
positions
or
interns
and
student
workers
that
the
director
can
move
funding
around
depending
on
enrollment.
O
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F
O
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Thank
you,
my
good
friend
representative
from
chattanooga.
This
has
been
a
very
bipartisan
bill
from
the
very
beginning
you
supported
it
from
the
very
beginning
the
senate
has
had
bipartisan
support,
so
it's
actually
good
to
see,
democrats
and
republicans
supporting
a
good
piece
of
legislation.
So
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
on
both
sides
of
the
aisle
for
supporting
this.
J
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
and
sponsor.
I
applaud
you
for
making
it
clear
that
some
extremist,
university
or
college
from
michigan
would
not
be
part
of
this,
but
you
listed
several
things
that
they
were
going
to
do
within
this
institute
and
it
sounded
like
they
were
going
to
be
debating
a
lot
of
maybe
divisive
topics.
J
O
J
Mitchell:
okay:
we
we
passed
legislation
here
earlier
this
session
on
this
floor,
that
more
or
less
said
any
divisive
topics
that
would
make
someone
feel
bad
about
their
heritage
or
or
any
other
civic
discord
would
be
legal
to
teach
on
college
campuses.
From
what
you
described.
What
you
read-
and
I
know
this
is
not
your
legislation,
it
it
laid
out
more
or
less
you.
You
even
used
the
word
debate
those
critical
topics
and
I
don't
think
they
can
make
that
mission
statement
with
what
we
passed
on
the
floor
earlier
this
year.
O
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
thank
you
for
my
good
friend
from
nashville.
This
legislation
does
not
stifle
any
free
exchange
of
ideas,
and
actually
this
legislation
promotes
in
a
civil
way
of
how
we
should
act
and
debate
an
issue.
That's
the
whole
purpose
of
establishing
this
institute
is
to
bring
a
civil
dialogue
to
the
room.
So
so
you
made
my
point
so
thank
you
for
bringing
that
point
represent.
J
K
K
You
know
this
is
one
of
those
pieces
of
legislation.
That's
badly
needed.
This
is
the
type
of
academic
setting
which
will
benefit
our
state
and
could
benefit
our
state
for
years
to
come.
As
long
as
we're
facilitating
civil
discourse
and
and
I'm
comfortable
with
the
languages
of
this
bill,
it
ensures
nonpartisan
neutral.
K
Both
sided
discourse,
which
I
think
is
vital
and
just
as
it
is
on
this
floor,
it's
vital
in
educational
and
academic
setting.
But
you
know
it's
one
of
those
things
that
you
could
go
either
way
and
the
leadership
of
this
entity
and
the
guidance
that
this
body
provides
and-
and
I
see
in
here
that
the
members
of
this
board
are
going
to
be
appointed
in
consultation
with
legislative
leadership.
K
And
I
I
don't
know
what
that
exactly
means
or
how
that's
going
to
play
out,
but
I
hope
it
will
play
out
for
the
benefit
for
which
I
think
this
legislation
is
intended
now
in
years
past.
As
it
was
said,
we've
passed
some
legislation
up
here
that
I
think
unduly
and
unlawfully
limit
discourse
in
some
ways
or
steer
discourse
in
some
ways,
one
way
or
the
other
and
have
had
the
impact,
maybe
not
the
intended
impact,
but
the
effect
of
muting
some
populations
about
certain
topics.
K
So
I'm
in
support
of
this
legislation,
but
I
just
wanted
to
to
really
stand
up
and
say:
let's
make
sure
that
we
accomplish
the
stated
aims
of
this
and
not
let
it
go
from
one
line
or
one
shoulder
of
the
highway
to
the
other.
Let's
keep
it
between
the
lines
and
make
sure
that
everyone
is
heard.
Every
viewpoint
is
heard,
appreciated
and
thoughtfully
discussed.
So
with
that,
I
thank
you.
K
I
think
the
supports
of
this
and-
and
I
and
I
wish
this
body
and
the
academic
institution
that
we're
setting
up
here,
which
is
vitally
important
to
the
future
of
our
republic.
I
wish
you
the
best
of
luck
and
I
hope
it
gets
carried
out
for
the
intended
instead
of
purposes.
Thank
you,
mr
sponsor
and
speaker.
O
P
Thank
you,
mr
speaker
and
leaders.
Thank
you
for
this
this
legislation.
This
isn't
what
I
would
consider
an
awesome
piece
of
legislation,
but
then
keep
in
mind,
though,
and
let's
let's,
let's
honestly
members,
I'm
in
fact
I'm
going
to
sign
on
to
this
bill.
But
let's,
let's
keep
in
mind
that
we
we
have
passed
legislation
down
here
that
could
create
just
a
little
bit
of
push
and
pull,
and
maybe
an
interpretation
maybe
as
to
how
you
know
this.
These
these
programs
will
play
out
and
be
discussed
so
lead
again.
P
P
I
think,
leader,
with
your
help,
also
that
we
need
to
push
to
make
sure
that
local
civics
is
is
put
into
the
sixth
grade
state
civics
into
the
seventh
grade
and
federal
civics
into
the
ninth
grade
or
the
eighth
grade
for
next
year
to
be
able
to
prep
our
kids
to
go
into
programs
like
this
when
they
get
into
college,
because
it's
almost
too
late,
if
we're
going
to
be
starting
them
from
the
beginning
of
learning,
what
our
system
of
government
and
how
it
works
and
the
mechanics
of
it.
I
applaud
you
on
the
legislation.
P
O
C
Q
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
I
I
think
the
previous
my
colleague
that
spoke
before
he
actually
echoed
what
I
was
going
to
say.
I
think
this
is
an
important
piece
of
legislation,
but
I
think
at
the
when
they
start
to
get
to
on
a
higher
education.
It's
not
that
it's
too
late,
but
I
wish
that
we
could
expand
it
so
that
we
could
get
our
younger
people
involved
in
the
political
process
early
on
in
their
educational
educational
experience,
because
it's
very
important
that
they
understand
how
to
vote.
Q
Why
they're
voting
and
who
they're
voting
for
and
the
reason
why
we
have
this
political
process
in
the
first
place.
So
I
would
hope
that
we
can
give
some
consideration,
as
we
move
forward
to
next
year,
that
we
can
put
some
legislation
in
place
where
civics
can
be
taught
in
the
at
least
in
the
high
school
in
the
high
schools,
because
right
now
they
have
to
pass
a
civics
test,
but
it's
just
a
part
of
a
class
that
they
take
for
a
little
while
of
a
semester.
Q
This
way,
if
we
have
a
civics
class,
hopefully
they
could
pique
their
interest.
We
would
make
them
want
to
continue
their
education
as
their
father,
further
their
education
and
that
and
once
they
go
into
higher
education,
but
thank
you
for
this
piece
of
legislation
and
I
hope
that
we
can
work
together
to
try
to
get
civics
back
into
high
school
as
a
required
course.
Thank
you.
O
D
R
R
R
That's
where
the
rubber
meets
the
road
to
me.
How
are
we
going
to
select
those
instructors?
Is
it
going
to
be
diverse
enough
that
it
can
probably
address
our
history?
That's
the
question
that
I
post
to
you
now:
how
will
we
select
and
will
it
be
diverse
enough
for
us
to
actually
address
those
challenges
and
concerns?
We
have
about
teaching
civics.
O
R
Doesn't
address
it?
Does
that
mean
that
we're
not
going
to
monitor
it
to
make
sure
that
it's
it's
balanced?
That's
not
unilateral.
We
need
to
make
sure
we
balance
it,
because
if
we
don't
have
the
capital
people
that
are
diverse
enough
to
teach
it
we're
going
to
skew
the
facts,
it's
just
something
that
human
beings
do.
How
do
we
make
sure
that
it's
balanced.
O
R
Mr
representative,
I'd
like
to
have
you
worried
that
as
we
go
forth
and
this
legislation
passes
that
if
it's
not
properly
balanced,
that
we
look
at
it
and
try
to
make
sure
and
encourage
that
they
make
sure
that
this
group
of
people
that
are
going
to
be
controlling
the
knowledge
that
go
into
our
kids.
Mind
that
it's
balanced
I'd
love
to
have
your
word
on
that.
We'll
go
back
and
look
at
it
and
try
to
make
it
a
proper,
properly
balanced.
F
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
thank
you
sponsor
for
bringing
the
legislation
you
and
I
have
talked
about
the
importance
of
having
the
opportunity
to
have
discussions
about
civics
how
our
government
works
and
how
we
do
what
we
do
down
here.
So
I
think
this
is
very
important
I'll
be
supporting
the
legislation.
I
think
that
it
is
vitally
important
to
have
students
understand
how
the
general
public
understand
how
policy
is
made
and
how
governing
occurs.
So
again.
Thank
you
for
bringing
the
legislation.
O
K
C
C
L
D
L
C
C
C
L
F
L
K
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
well.
The
telehealth
part
I
mean
we
have
advocated
for
years.
I
know
that
I
have
joined
across
the
aisle.
I
know
the
speaker
and
others.
We've
worked
for
several
years
to
provide
telehealth
services
in
the
state
of
tennessee
to
make
health
care,
quality,
affordable
health
care,
more
accessible
to
individuals,
specifically
in
rural
parts
of
the
state
of
tennessee,
where
there
may
not
be
clinics
or
access
to
multiple
options
for
health
care
services.
So
I
don't
understand
your
response
with
regards
to
the
telehealth
being
the
problem.
L
K
K
I
understand
you
may
want
to
be
limiting
a
certain
aspect
or
type
of
health
care
in
the
state
of
tennessee.
However,
I
would
remind
this
body
that
is
lawful
and
legal,
and
over
the
past
several
years
we
had
limited
women's
access
to
reproductive
health
care
services
across
the
state
of
tennessee.
This
would
further
limit
the
access
for
women
across
the
state
of
tennessee
and
limit
family
planning.
K
So
with
that,
I
would
urge
caution
on
behalf
of
this
body
and
consider
whether
or
not
we
are
putting
up
more
hurdles
for
women
to
exercise
their
constitutional
rights
and
have
access
to
reproductive
health
care
services.
These
are
vital
services
that
make
a
real
difference
in
families
across
the
state
of
tennessee
and
in
many
lives.
So
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
sponsor.
C
C
E
C
C
E
C
C
C
Q
C
C
D
Thank
you,
mr
speaker
house.
Amendment
number
two
seeks
to
clarify
the
confusion
arising
from
the
term.
Subject:
child
in
house
criminal
justice
committee
amendment
number
one
the
amendment
is
a
friendly
amendment
has
been
approved
by
both
the
department
of
children,
services
and,
more
importantly,
the
sponsor
of
the
bill.
With
that
explanation,
mr
speaker,
I
move
adoption
of
house
amendment
number
two.
C
Representative
mr
option
of
amendment
number
two
probably
seconded
any
discussion
on
the
amendment,
see
none
any
objection
to
the
question
seeing
them.
We
are
on
the
board.
All
those
in
favor
of
adopting
amendment
number
two
vote
iowa
when
the
bell
rings.
Those
opposed
vote
no
has
every
member
voted.
Does
any
member
wish
to
change
or
vote
little
tonight
he's
enough.
E
C
C
L
C
C
D
C
D
C
C
C
D
O
C
C
E
C
M
M
C
K
D
O
S
Says
that
students
don't
learn
because
of
teachers
instruction
and
makes
takes
it
further
to
say
because
of
that,
the
teacher
preparation
program
was
the
reason.
It
states
that,
because
of
certain
reports
that
tell
us
this,
can
you
tell
me
which
reports
or
what
studies
or
research
or
data
tells
us
that
if
a
child
isn't
reading
it's
because
the
teacher
wasn't
trained
properly.
M
M
C
C
D
C
B
B
B
Community
organizations
and
associations
I
was
elected
as
state
representatives
to
serve
in
the
same
area
working
15
years
in
the
area
allowed
me
to
know
the
issues,
one
being
environmental,
where
neighborhoods
bounded
by
the
mississippi
river
on
the
west,
downtown
memphis
on
the
north
and
third
street
on
the
east.
A
major
thoroughfare.
B
B
The
cumulative
cancer
risk
associated
with
exposure
found
in
southwest
is
four
times
higher
than
the
national
average.
The
results
of
this
study
indicate
that
southwest
memphis,
a
region
of
significant
income,
racial
and
social
disparities
is
also
a
region
under
significant
environmental
stress
compared
the
surrounding
areas
and
communities.
B
Additionally,
water
pollution.
The
water
pollution
is
caused
when
water
bottles
bodies
such
as
rivers,
lakes,
oceans,
ground
water
and
the
aquifer
get
contaminated
with
industrial
and
agricultural
affluence.
When
water
becomes
polluted,
it
adversely
affects
all
forms.
Life
forms.
The
tennessee
department
of
environmental
conservation
has
made
great
strides
towards
improving
environmental
in
its
counties,
but.
B
B
B
B
It
was
the
brainstorm
of
state
representative,
barbara
cooper
and
ulysses
jones
in
conjunction
with
clifford
black,
a
local
educator
that
had
a
vision
to
improve
the
education
performance
of
living
conditions
and
living
conditions.
Among
the
people
in
shelby
county,
it
became
a
freestanding
public
forum
with
focus
on
education,
health
and
race,
environment
and
economic
and
economics.
B
B
The
program
allows
citizens
opportunities
to
exchange
ideas
with
educators
and
consultants
on
how
to
improve
the
well-being
of
residents
by
understanding
how
to
reduce
exposures
to
hazardous
chemicals
in
their
communities
and
how
to
educate
themselves
on
the
information
necessary
for
economics
independence
over
the
years
forums
have
been
held
in
several
locations
in
memphis
that
include
the
downtown
sheraton
hotel,
the
university
of
memphis
in
the
zone
and
the
memphis
city
schools.
Teacher
learning
academy
cooper
jones
is
best
known
for
the
formation
of
community-based
super
learning
class.
B
H
C
C
B
B
B
B
B
B
Marquita
also
became
one
of
the
charter
members
of
the
coalition
of
black
trade
unions
carriage
team,
a
nationally
recognized
neighbor
community
environmental
justice
alliance.
She
founded
sowing
seeds,
an
environmental
organization
for
20
years
or
more
marquita
has
shown
nothing
but
kindness
and
sensitivity
to
others.
B
B
H
C
C
C
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Mr
kahara
nash
is
an
investment
consultant
who
co-founded
equity
for
all
that
investigates
funding
practices
on
wall
street.
Mr
nash,
is
a
constituent
who
lives
in
district
86,
downtown
memphis
paper
jones
is
honoring,
mr
nash,
with
the
living
legend
awards
for
his
service
in
economic
development,
financial
literacy,
business
education
and
community
involvement.
B
C
C
E
A
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Justin
pearson
is
the
special
assistant
to
the
ceo
of
year
up
national
mr
pearson
work
closely
with
the
boxtown
community,
where
he
has
family
who
are
residents
and
property
owners.
Boxtown
is
a
very
depressed
african-american
community,
located
in
the
southwest
area
of
district
86
that
is
overburdened
by
environmental
stress.
B
A
P
Her
legislation
back
just
out
of
respect
for
the
member
and
at
least
give
her
a
chance
to
be
to
respond
to
the
reasons
why
these
these
resolutions
are
being
sent
back,
because
I'm
still
trying
to
figure
out
myself
why
these
resolutions
are
being
sent
back.
What
is
the
issue
with
the
resolutions
so
that
so
that
there
can
be
some
type
of
discussion
on
the
resolution?
P
A
P
Representative
parkerson,
thank
you
for
that,
mr
speaker,
and
I
appreciate
that
that
would
be
a
great
plan
b,
but
I'm
speaking
as
to
discussion
on
the
floor
right
now.
If,
if
that
member
out
of
respect,
can
we
at
least
allow
that
member
to
defend?
Because,
usually
when,
when
there's
a
resolution,
a
motion
is
made
to
refer,
it
should
at
least
open
up
a
discussion
between
the
person,
the
member
that's
referring,
and
the
member
that's
presenting.
If
that's
okay
with
you,
mr
speaker,.
H
Q
N
I
know
we've
gone
through
three
or
four
of
these.
Already
these
these
were
filed
on
the
house
floor.
These
are
individuals
that,
obviously
you
know,
there's
a
member
that
has
made
a
motion
to
go
back
to
committee.
These
never
came
through
the
committee.
All
of
us
can
file.
You
know
honoring
resolutions
on
the
floor,
but
to
go
back
through
a
committee
that,
yes,
it's
closed
at
this
point,
but
could
potentially
open
to
have
additional
discussion
is
the
way
most
resolutions
and
laws.
N
E
A
E
D
A
E
A
E
A
E
O
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
moved
to
concur
in
the
senate.
Amendment
number
one
and
what
this
amendment
does
is
the
legislation
has
passed
in
the
house
inadvertently
removed
part
of
the
code
that
already
allowed
the
state's
free
clinics
to
arrange
telemedicine
collaboration.
The
senate
amendment
allows
these
entities,
as
well
as
community
mental
health
centers,
to
continue
to
collaborate
remotely
and
provides
the
federally
qualified
health
centers
to
do
the
same
move
past.
A
A
E
A
A
E
M
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
the
difference
in
the
amendment
that
we
passed
and
the
amendment
that
the
senate
passed.
We
had
given
health
care,
emergency
staffing
powers.
We
gave
the
health
commissioner
or
her
designee
the
ability
to
declare
that
health
care
staffing
emergency.
The
senate
removed
her
designee
from
the
amendment
and
then
we
had
it
that
it
could
be
declared
for
180
days.
They
reduced
it
to
120
days.
A
I
I
M
M
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
I'd
like
to
say
that
that
sometimes,
while
that
appears
to
be
a
a
very
celebrated
position
to
hold,
but
I
can't
have
to
say
that
the
the
burden
that
it
also
brings
is
one
that
that
sometimes
gets
a
little
heavy
for
my
weak
shoulders,
sir,
but
I
do
the
best
I
can
to
carry
that
mantle
for
the
district
of
champions.
Thank
you.
A
A
L
E
A
You've
heard
the
caption:
are
there
any
objections
without
objection?
Those
rules
are
suspended.
Representative
jernigan,
I
move
adoption
of
acr
number
one.
Five,
one
representation
moves,
adoption
of
hjr,
1151
property
seconded
any
objections
to
the
question,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
of
hjr
1151
say
I
those
opposed
say
no.
I
hereby
declare
it
adopted
that
objection.
The
motion
to
reconsider
is
tabled.
E
N
N
Leader
lambeth,
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
While
we
will
be
diligently
at
work
on
monday,
our
friends
in
the
senate
have
asked
to
take
a
bit
of
a
long
weekend
over
easter
and
we're
perfectly
fine
with
that.
With
that,
mr
speaker,
I
move
that
the
rules
be
suspended
for
immediate
consideration
of
sjr
number
one
thousand
six
hundred
and
fifty
five.
A
N
Lambert,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
members.
I
believe
what
they
will
do
basically
is
allow
the
senate
to
come
back
in
on
wednesday.
I
don't
think
that
they
have
a
calendar
on
monday.
Just
permits
them
to
do
their
committees
on
monday
and
tuesday.
They
will
be
working,
but
not
on
the
senate
floor.
So
with
that,
I
moved
to
concur
at
sjr
number
one
thousand
six
hundred
and
fifty
five.
A
N
Thank
you,
mr
speaker
and
members.
I
had
a
couple
of
questions
up
here
on
that
last
announcement.
We
will
be
on
the
house
floor
monday
at
five
o'clock.
The
senate
will
not
be
on
their
floor
probably
on
ours
either,
but
we
will
be
here
five
o'clock,
so
we
have
a
full
calendar
thanks
to
the
calendar
rules
chairman.
Thank
you,
sir,
and
leader.
Gant
will
announce
that
in
a
moment.
So
somebody
asked
me
a
second
ago.
Will
we
be
here?
N
Yes,
the
answer
is
be
here
please
on
monday,
all
right,
mr
speaker,
it's
that
time
of
year,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
the
modified
and
limited
flow
motion.
So
what
I'm
about
to
announce
is
the
flomo
suspension
of
the
rules
that
will
potentially
potentially
have
a
budget
on
the
floor
for
next
thursday,
as
well
as
several
other
bills
that
are
behind
the
budget
that
are
of
minimal
expense
to
the
taxpayers
of
tennessee.
There
is
a
list
that
I'll
be
mentioning
in
just
a
moment
with
that.
N
2261
2802
2656
708,
1999,
1201,
2103,
2573,
1981
1976,
two
thousand
eight
hundred
and
eighty
two,
two
thousand
eight
hundred
and
eighty
three,
two
thousand
eight
hundred
eighty
six,
two
thousand
eighteen,
eighty
four,
two
thousand
eight
hundred
eighty
five
house
joint
resolution,
715
and
senate
joint
resolution
55.,
mr
speaker,
also
that
rule
number
49,
the
48-hour
rule
that
all
bills
move
from
calendar
rules
can
be
said.
On
the
next
floor,
calendar
rule
number
49,
the
25
bill
limit
rule
so
that
more
than
25
bills
may
be
placed
on
the
calendar
for
final
consideration.
N
I
need
one
day
rule
number
59
notice
provision
so
that
all
bills
from
the
senate
with
messages
can
be
announced
and
or
automatically
placed
on
the
next
message.
Calendar
rule
number
67
so
that
the
canadian
subcommittee
meetings
can
be
held
at
times
other
than
those
specified
in
the
house
weekly
schedule
and
with
less
than
72
hours
notice.
Q
N
Again,
several
of
these
bills
are
the
budget
documents
that
we
potentially
if
the
committees
were
to
move
those
through
next
week,
potentially
could
have
that
on
the
floor
as
early
as
next
thursday.
So
this
limited
flow
motion
will
handle
those,
and
then
there
are
some
bills
that
have
some
costs
that
are
behind
the
budget
that
you're
either
under
a
certain
amount.
N
That
would
be
relatively
easy
for
us
to
take
up
or
items
that
are
a
particular
timeliness
that
would
need
to
be
taken
up
for
us
to
be
able
to
conclude
our
business
at
some
point
in
the
next
few
weeks,
and
so
that's
really
just
limited
to
these
bills.
That's
why
I
took
my
time
if
you
heard
a
bill
that
you
were
a
sponsor
of.
Please
understand.
Q
N
We
have
been
able
to
avoid
that
in
years
past
by
doing
a
limited
flow
motion
for
the
budget
and
a
few
other
bills.
I
don't
know
at
this
juncture,
so
there's
no
plans
necessarily
for
another
flow
motion,
but
depending
upon
how
things
go
over
the
next
couple
of
weeks,
we
could
do
one
at
some
juncture,
but
if,
if
the
bills
progress
through
the
system,
the
way
they
are
right
now,
we
may
actually
be
able
to
get
everything
to
the
floor
without
an
additional
flow
motion.
D
A
D
I
A
E
D
N
Yeah,
I
have
not
put
a
side
by
side
comparison
of
last
year's
flow
motion
next
to
this
one,
but
there's
nothing
that
that
I
saw
on
here
that's
any
different
than
what
we've
done
the
last
couple
of
years
in
a
limited
flow
motion.
So
if
there's
anything
you
see,
please
let
me
know,
but
the
intention
is
for
this
to
be
the
same.
One
we've
done
the
last
couple
of
years,
different
bill
numbers,
obviously,
but
the
actual
rules
that
are
being
suspended
are
the
same
ones.
A
E
K
E
E
E
H
S
M
N
B
B
The
copper
jones
living
legend
award
on
sunday
april,
the
24th,
and
I
wish
them
all
of
the
tributes
I
will
explain
to
them
why
they
will
not
be
getting
their
award,
and
I
appreciate
everything
that
everybody
has
and
I
respect
your
thoughts.
These
are
honorable
citizens.
They
are
not
criminals,
I
don't
think
any
of
them
have
any
records
and
they've
been
working
for
other
people.
Thank
you
so
much
appreciate
you
allowing
me
to
make
those
remarks.
J
D
M
M
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
members.
As
a
reminder,
slow
motion.
Notwithstanding
the
amendment
filing
deadline
and
deadline
for
presenters
and
speakers
for
monday's
house
government
operations
committee
will
be
the
close
of
business
today,
instead
of
the
normal
close
of
business
on
friday
as
friday
as
a
holiday
again
close
of
business
today
for
that
deadline.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.