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112th General Assembly of the Tennessee House of Representatives, House Session- 7th Legislative Day
A
A
Mr
sergeant
of
arms
invite
the
members
into
the
chamber
and
close
the
doors.
I
hereby
declare
the
house
representatives
of
the
112th
general
assembly
of
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
moody
will
serve
as
chaplain
of
the
day
representative
moody.
You
are
recognized.
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker
and
members
today
february
22nd
in
1732,
george
washington
was
born
our
first
president,
so
I
found
this
prayer
in
a
little
devotional
that
I
love
and
it.
This
devotional
was
put
together
by
a
former
chaplain
of
the
united
states
senate,
lloyd,
john
ogilvy,
and
it's
become
a
very
a
favorite,
a
favorite
of
mine.
B
B
A
A
D
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
speaker
and
members.
If
I
could
have
your
attention
just
a
moment
last
week,
obviously
there's
a
pretty
severe
snow
storm
and,
while
most
of
us
were
snowed
in
or
spending
time
with
work
or
business
and
kind
of
trudging,
through
that
there
were
a
few
dedicated
representatives
that
I
want
to
recognize
that
were
here
in
this
chamber
every
single
day
with
our
speaker
so
representative,
littleton,
eldridge,
reedy,
crawford
moon,
hardaway
and
marsh
we're
here
with
our
speaker,
speaker,
sexton,
and
we
all
appreciate
your
service
last
week.
Keeping
the
government
going
thank
y'all.
E
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
as
as
my
good
friend
leader
lamberth
mentioned
a
moment
ago
last
week
was
a
big
snow
event
in
tennessee
and
and
hopefully
for
most
of
us.
That
meant
we
got
to
have
some
fun.
Mr
speaker,
I
saw
you
did
a
little
sledding
down
capitol
hill,
but
but
unfortunately,
that
severe
weather
also
brings
things
that
we're
not
prepared
for
oftentimes
in
tennessee,
and
so,
if
I
could
have
the
members
stand
for
a
moment
of
silence.
Chairman
littleton
and
I
unfortunately
lost
a
man
in
dixon
county.
E
F
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
since
we're
talking
about
snowmageddon
21,
let
me
say
as
someone
who
was
one
of
those
people
when
they
said
stay
at
home
and
stay
off
the
roads,
I
was
neither
at
home.
Nor
was
I
off
the
roads,
but
I
can
tell
you
this,
as
I
was
traveling
north
on
I-65
wednesday
night
at
about
12
30.
F
In
the
morning
we
had
been
battling
for
about
four
hours
to
get
through
our
friends
to
the
south,
but
when
we
hit
the
tennessee
state
line,
it
was
like
the
red
sea
had
parted
and
in
front
of
us,
were
four
magnificent
orange
vehicles
clearing
the
way
for
us.
So
I
want
to
give
the
dedicated
men
and
women
of
tdot
a
big
shout
out,
because
I
can
tell
you
what
other
folks
were
driving
on
throughout
the
south.
It
was
not
the
pavement
that
my
four
tires
were
on,
so
thank
you
very
much
for
their
diligent
efforts.
G
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
just
want
to
let
everyone
know.
Last
week
was
a
pretty
tough
week
for
the
democratic
caucus.
Two
of
our
members
lost
their
parents.
Representative
mitchell
lost
his
mother
and
she
was
buried
saturday.
Last
saturday
and
representative
bill
beck
lost,
his
father
was
buried
the
week
before.
So
if
we
could
just
take
a
moment
to
just
reflect,
because
both
those
members
mean
a
lot
to
our
caucus,
and
I
know
that
they
will
miss
their
parents
very
dearly.
H
I
I
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
speaker
and
yeah.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
so
many
of
the
members.
You
know
we
have.
We
have
our
family
and
then
we
have
this
family
here
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
this
family,
for
everyone's
gracious
prayers
calls
texts
and
flowers.
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
all
so
much.
J
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
got
some
news
in
my
office
earlier
that
in
mcnary
county
in
my
district
there
was
a
young
child
that
fell
through
a
ice
in
a
pond
and
and
died
from
that
incident,
and
it's
a
very
unfortunate
thing
for
any
parent
to
go
through.
And
if
we
could
just
spend
a
moment
of
silence
here
to
honor
that
family
and
that.
J
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I
was
about
to
say
to
february
29th,
but
there
is
no
february
29th,
so
we're
going
to
move
it
back
to
tuesday
march,
2nd
tuesday
march
2nd.
So
if
you
have
ties
that
you
want
to
donate,
please
bring
them
by
my
office
or
drop
them
off
here
at
the
desk.
My
office
is
419
and
I
thank
all
of
the
members
that
are
supporting
ty's
returns.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Thank
you.
O
P
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Just
let
everyone
know.
Department
agency
subcommittee
does
have
a
calendar
this
week,
so
we
will
meet
at
tuesday
the
23rd
and
hearing
room
three.
Also,
we
will
set
a
special
calendar
for
all
legislating
regarding
alcohol
to
be
heard
on
tuesday
march
9th
2021,
all
alcohol
bills
to
be
considered
should
be
placed
on
notice
by
3
30
p.m.
On
wednesday
march
3rd,
any
amendments
to
be
considered,
including
amendments
to
the
omnis
premier
resort
bill,
will
be
filed
about
10
a.m.
Monday
march
8
2021..
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Mr
clerk,
mr
speaker,
as
a
reminder
to
the
body
the
house
bill
filing
deadline
will
be
the
close
of
business
wednesday.
That's
the
close
of
business.
This
coming
wednesday.
Also,
mr
speaker,
the
following
reports
have
been
filed
with
the
clerk's
office
and
are
available
for
review
by
any
member
who
wishes
to
do
so.
The
youth
transition
advisory
council
annual
report
2020
the
launch
tn
annual
report
2020
the
ncci
law,
only
workers,
compensation,
voluntary
loss,
cost
filing
the
competitive,
cable
and
video
service
act.
C
Minority
owned
business
participation
plan
report
for
2019,
the
2020
capital
post,
conviction,
case
report,
the
landscape,
analysis
of
tennessee
pharmacy
benefit
managers,
final
report,
the
advisory
council
on
workers,
compensation,
2020,
summary
of
significant
tennessee
supreme
court
workers,
compensation
decisions.
The
report
from
the
select
committee
to
review
the
audits
and
operations
of
the
comptroller's
office
and
the
treasurer's
office
proposed
amendments
to
tn
rules
of
appellate
procedure
proposed
amendments
to
tn
rules
of
civil
procedure,
the
dcs,
probation
and
juvenile
justice,
evidence-based
treatment
services,
annual
report
for
2020,
the
department
of
children's
services,
2020
annual
report.