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From YouTube: House Session- 12th. Legislative Day- March 8, 2021
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House Session- 12th. Legislative Day- March 8, 2021
A
Mr
sergeant
of
arms
invite
the
members
into
the
chamber
and
close
the
doors.
I
hereby
clear:
the
house
representatives
of
the
112th
general
assembly
of
state
tennessee
now
in
session
with
the
members
please
stand
with
the
visitors
in
the
gallery.
Please
stand
and
stand
stand
through.
The
pledge
of
allegiance
representative
doggett
will
serve
as
chaplain
of
the
day
representative
doggett.
Thank.
B
You,
mr
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
members
good
evening.
Let's
go
to
god
in
prayer,
our
holy
father
in
heaven,
we're
so
thankful
for
this
day
that
you've
blessed
us
with
another
day
of
life
that
you've
given
us.
The
opportunity
we've
had
to
come
here
tonight
to
assemble
to
represent
the
people
of
our
respective
districts
father.
B
We
pray
your
continued
blessings
upon
us
as
we
navigate
throughout
this
session
that
the
things
that
we
say
and
do
here
that
we
make
sure
are,
are
good
and
true
and
helpful
to
the
citizens
that
we
are
so
honored
to
serve
father.
We
pray
that
you
would
continue
to
watch
over
us
bless
our
communities.
B
We
have
several
that
that
we
represent
that
are
on
hard
times
that
are
with
sickness
and
ailments
and
father.
We
pray
that
if
it's
thy
will
that
you
would
see
that
they
get
the
things
that
they
stand
in
need
of
and
father
again.
We
want
to
thank
you
for
your
son
jesus
christ,
who
came
and
died
on
the
cross
that
we
might
have
remission
of
sins
and
a
home
with
thee
in
heaven
one
day
and
we
pray
these
things.
In
christ's
name,.
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Thank
you.
I
know
that
you
said
that
there's
some
steps
in
doing
this,
but
ultimately
we're
talking
about
exclusionary
practices,
exclusionary
discipline
and
we
do
miss
students
that
have
aces
and
students
who
have
special
needs,
and
I've
had
great
concern
expressed
to
me
from
teacher.
I
haven't
had
a
single
teacher
that
has
asked
me
to
vote
for
this
legislation.
L
L
M
16,
makes
sure
that
your
students
and
all
of
our
students
go
through
a
process
to
make
sure
that
nobody
is
missed,
that
the
professionals
are
brought
in
to
make
sure
that
these
children
are
screened,
because
the
ultimate
action
of
removing
a
child
from
the
classroom
should
be
the
last
thing
that
happens
and
house
bill.
16
makes
sure
of
that.
M
It
also
makes
sure
that
your
local
lease
are
the
ones
that
could
that
tell
the
principles
and
work
with
the
principals
on
what
steps
are
going
to
be
taken
with
this
child
to
make
sure
that
they
get
the
help
they
need.
So
there's
multiple
places
in
this
bill
that
make
sure
that
students
that
have
a
disability
are
going
to
be
identified
because
once
they're
identified
under
idea
or
special
ed
they're
protect,
they
are
protected
by
federal
law
and
without
house
bill
16.
Those
kids
can
be
arbitrarily
removed
from
a
classroom
and
they
get
missed.
L
But
I'm
I
must
be
mistaken,
but
I
thought
I
heard
you
say
at
the
beginning
that
they
that
student
could
be
moved
from
that
teacher's
classroom
for
good
and
part
of
the
issue
is
working
out
that
misbehavior,
where
it
happened
and
with
the
people
it
happened
with,
and
I
I
I
don't
see
complete
attempts
to
remedy
the
situation
and
and,
like
I
said,
we
know
through
research
that
there
are
more
ways
to
to
do
discipline
that
generates
better
outcomes
for
all
kids.
That
are
fair
and
they
also
make
your
school
safer.
N
A
M
M
If
there's
still
an
issue
there
and
you've
ruled
everything
else
out
under
this
bill,
the
teacher
does
have
the
ability
to
ask
for
that
removal.
Permanent
of
that
student.
The
lea
will
then
tell
the
principal
what
options
they
have.
It
could
be
in
school
suspension.
It
could
be
relocation
to
another
classroom.
It
could
be
virtual
learning
to
spend
time
with
their
parents
and
let
them
spend
time
with
their
parents
and
maybe
help
them
with
corrective
action.
M
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H
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
thank
you,
mr
sponsor.
I'm
actually
signed
on
to
this
bill,
but
I
do
have
a
question
a
couple
years
ago
and
it's
kind
of
along
the
lines.
What
our
esteemed
colleague,
representative
cooper
was
asking
a
couple
years
ago
we
passed
a
bill
that
said
if
students
are
kicked
out
of
the
school
or
suspended
not
suspended,
but
expulsion
that
they
will
be
sent
to
an
alternative
setting.
Does
is
that
still
in
play
with
this
bill,
even
though,
if
this
bill
is
enacted.
O
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
want
to
thank
the
representative
for
bringing
this,
and
every
year
I
meet
with
the
teachers.
One
of
the
top
two
or
three
issues
they
bring
up
is
how
one
child
can
disrupt
their
classroom,
and
the
entire
classroom
sometimes
has
to
step
out
of
the
classroom
into
the
hall
to
wait
for
them
to
calm
down
and
they
have
no
recourse.
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You,
mr
speaker,
I
am
honored
indeed
to
sponsor
house
joint
resolution
82,
which
will
confirm
the
appointment
of
dr
linda
cash
to
the
tennessee
textbook
commission
for
a
term
ending
june
30
2013.
members.
I
have
known
dr
cash
since
2015.
In
fact,
she
is
the
director
of
schools
in
bradley
county,
and
I
was
immediately
impressed
with
the
way
she
approached
her
job
and
engaged
in
the
community.
E
I
know
her
to
be
a
strong
decision
maker,
a
visionary,
a
leader,
a
bridge
builder,
with
a
passion
for
making
sure
the
students
in
bradley
county
receive
the
best
education
possible
and
of
note.
Dr
cash
is
the
current
superintendent
of
the
year
for
the
professional
education,
educators,
association
of
tennessee,
who
strongly
endorses
her
nomination.
With
that.
Mr
speaker,
I
renew
my
motion.
A
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I'd
like
to
thank
the
tennessee
homeowners
association
for
working
with
me
to
craft
a
bill
that
does
not
overrule
an
hoa's
ability
to
enter
into
a
covenant
with
with
its
members,
while
at
the
same
time
it
does
allow
a
property
owner
in
an
hoa
to
address
a
health
or
safety
issue
that
may
arise
on
their
property
and
to
allow
them
to
put
up
a
private
property.
No
trespassing
sign,
and
with
that,
mr
speaker,
I
renew
my
motion.
A
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F
Mr
speaker,
the
amendment
rewrites
part
of
the
bill
to
require
the
time
frame
in
which
a
charitable
gaming
event
is
held
after
the
event
date
listed
in
the
event
application
be
no
later
than
60
calendar
days
or
june
30
21,
whichever
date
is
earlier
it
it
is
the
same
as
the
senate
amendment.
So
we
move
to
withdraw.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
with.
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All
this
bill
does
is
additionally
or
clarify
additionally,
the
statutory
requirements
that
the
attorney
general
must
use
when
going
through
the
approval
process
and
requires
them
not
to
approve
rules
that
do
not
meet
that
criteria.
This
bill
will
go
a
long
way
towards
simplifying
the
process,
and
should
an
agency
try
to
abuse
their
emergency
rule
function
will
prevent
it
with
that
explanation.
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K
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
It
just
narrows
the
scope,
that's
all
it
does
so
from
the
original
bill
that
was
fairly
broad.
The
amendment
just
narrows
the
scope
to
682
601,
which
is
just
the
section
of
code
dealing
with
the
health
board.
This
this
piece
of
legislation
doesn't
have
any
impact
on
the
powers
of
the
health
director,
the
health
department
or
the
mayor.
The
first
one
was
the
first
draft
was
very
broad.
This
has
been
narrowed
down
to
just
tca
682.
K
S
So,
if,
if,
if
the
health
board
as
it
as
it
it
exists,
now,
has
the
ability
under
present
law
to
curtail
our
our
activities
that
it
it
deems
to
threaten
both
basically
public
health?
How
will
this
change
their
ability
to
curtail
activities
that
would
chat
that
would
they
would
deem
to
be
against
public
health.
K
K
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
so
currently
as
these
boards
are
set
up
now
and
have
how
they
have
been
run
in
the
past
as
advisory
boards
during
this
pandemic.
This
is
revealed
in
code
tca
682
601.
That
was
put
on
the
books
30
years
ago
that
the
health
board
has
incredible
authority
in
each
county.
They
can
actually
trump
the
health
director.
They
can
trump
the
executive
in
that
county
and
if
we
are
not
in
a
state
of
emergency-
and
this
doesn't
pass,
they
actually
have
more
power
than
the
governor
does.
K
So
it's
an
error
in
code
that
is
imbalanced,
and
so
this
piece
of
legislation
brings
back
proper
balance,
because
this
does
not
affect
the
powers
of
the
health
director
or
the
health
department.
It
does
affect
the
powers
of
an
unelected
health
board,
limiting
their
ability
to
function
as
an
oligarchy
ruling
in
a
county
at
the
objective
of
a
county
mayor
or,
if
we're
not
in
a
state
of
emergency
and
the
governor
can't
step
in
to
those
counties.
K
If
we
don't
pass
this
legislation,
these
health
boards
would
have
more
power
in
that
county
than
the
governor
does,
and
that's
not
the
way
our
system
of
government
works.
We
do
not
have
four
branches
of
government.
We
didn't
have
a
fourth
bureaucratic
branch
of
government.
We
have
a
legislative,
executive
and
judicial.
This
was
drafted
in
a
way
that
the
decision-making
in
each
one
of
those
counties
would
function
just
like
it
does
with
the
state
where
commissioner
piercy
has
broad
authority
and
broad
power,
but
the
governor
is
our
elected
executive.
K
K
That
is
not
the
role
of
the
bureaucracy,
and
if
people
don't
like
the
decisions
they
may,
their
mayor
makes
or
they
want
a
doctor
being
the
executive
they're
welcome
to
vote
for
somebody
who
would
run
to
fill
that
position,
but
this
simply
takes
an
unelected
board
moves
them
to
an
advisory
board,
restoring
the
powers
that
were
within
the
health
board
to
the
health
department.
This
does
not
affect
the
health
department
or
the
health
director.
S
But
these
boards
that
you
are
referring
to
as
oligarchy-
I
think
you
said
they
are
appointed
by
the
local
councils
or
commissions.
They
are
not.
They
are
not
just
appointed,
they
have
to
be
confirmed,
so
they
go
through
bless
you
the
the
the
process
and
for
us
to
sit
here
and
say
that
we
would
want
to
follow
the
politicians
instead
of
following
the
science.
S
I
think,
is
it's
a
wrong
message
to
be
putting
out,
especially
during
a
pandemic.
We
need.
We
need
to
know
that
we
can
follow
the
experts
and
not
somebody
who's
worried
about
getting
reelected,
and
I
would
actually
think
that
the
politicians
would
be
happy
about
this,
because
you
have
somebody
who
is
actually
following
the
science
following
what
needs
to
be
done
instead
of
following
somebody,
who's
worried
about
getting
reelected
six
months
from
now.
S
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P
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
first
of
all
I
wanted
to
get
on
the
record.
I
wanted
to
publicly
thank
dr
jahanger
here
in
nashville
for
doing
an
excellent
job
in
a
pandemic
in
the
fourth
most
infectious
state
in
the
union
in
which
the
state
in
which
we
live,
thank
goodness
for
the
decisions
he
made
and
the
rest
of
the
metro
health
board
in
saving
countless
lives
in
in
nashville
tennessee
and
throughout
the
state
of
tennessee.
P
P
You
know
I'm
looking
for
someone,
maybe
with
a
medical
degree,
maybe
to
be
looking
out
for
us
in
a
pandemic,
not
not
someone
trying
to
score
political
points.
So
I
think
this
is
disastrous
to
the
health
of
of
my
community
and
the
health
across
the
state.
In
the
middle
of
a
pandemic,
we're
adding
on
to
making
something
political,
thank
goodness
the
people
in
my
community
in
charge
were
able
to
do
a
mass
mandate
and
they
showed
courage
and
really
didn't
care
about
politics
to
do
the
right
thing.
P
K
Chairman
zachary,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
members.
Let's
be
really
clear
about
what
this
legislation
is.
While
this
legislation
is
related
to
health,
this
legislation
could
also
be
related
to
mental
health.
It
could
be
related
to
transportation,
it
could
be
related
to
the
military.
It
could
be
related
to
any
department
that
we
have
in
government.
We
have
a
federal
and
a
state
constitution
that
does
not
have
a
rip
court
on
it.
That
says
in
a
state
of
emergency
or
in
a
case
of
emergency
pull
this
cord,
and
none
of
this
applies.
K
We
have
three
branches
of
government.
We
do
not
want
four
branches
of
government.
If
you
don't
like
it,
then
that's
between
you
and
the
founders
of
our
country,
but
we
have
three
branches
of
government.
We
have
a
legislative
and
executive
branch,
new
judicial
branch.
We
do
not
have
a
fourth
bureaucratic
branch
of
government,
nowhere
in
the
federal
or
the
state
constitution
does
it
give
an
unelected
board
the
power
to
do
anything
we
give
those
boards
certain
powers,
there's
no
other
board
in
the
state
of
tennessee.
K
That
has
the
power
to
issue
orders
and
mandates
with
criminal
penalties.
At
the
objection
of
elected
officials,
if
you
don't
like
who
your
mayor
is
you
don't
like
who
the
governor
is,
then
you
can
vote
for
somebody
else.
Then
a
doctor
should
run
as
the
executive.
It
doesn't
matter.
If
you
don't
like
the
structure
of
it.
That's
the
way
our
government
is
structured
and
set
up,
so
this
bill
again
could
be
related
to
anything
transportation
military.
K
We
have
every
every
four
years
we
elect
men
who
have
not
served
in
the
military
but
then
command
the
most
powerful
military
in
the
world,
but
as
a
good
leader,
you
surround
yourself
with
experts
in
various
fields
and
that's
what
every
leader
needs
to
do
and
in
a
health
crisis
you
have
to
surround
yourself
with
health
experts
and
that's
simply
what
this
bill
does.
It
removes
the
power
from
an
unelected
health
board
and
says
the
health
director
and
the
health
department
in
these
counties
will
guide
the
health
policy
under
the
direction
of
the
elected
executive.
B
B
K
Thank
you,
chairman
moon,
and
what
chairman
moon
is
referencing
members.
The
knox
county
health
department
had
as
one
of
their
items
they
were
requesting
that
the
governor
provide
them
the
authority
to
regulate
every
county.
That
touched
knox
county.
Well,
I
can
assure
you,
the
county
mayors
in
those
surrounding
counties
did
not
support
that
chairman
moon
is
representing
blount
county
and
mayor.
Mitchell
was
one
of
those.
So
thank
you
chairman.
T
A
K
T
T
K
You,
representative
mckenzie,
I
don't
think
I
can
make
it
any
more
clear.
This
is
the
fact
that
we
have
an
unelected
board
in
four
counties
that
has
more
authority
than
the
elected
county
executive,
they're,
actually
making
decisions
beyond
even
what
the
health
director
would
advise
and
then,
if
this
bill
does
not
pass,
they
will
have
more
power
in
these
counties
than
the
elected
governor
who's.
The
elect
who's,
the
leader
of
our
executive
branch
for
the
state.
T
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
You
know,
as
as
you
spoke
eloquently
about
our
great
military
and
the
men
and
women
who
who
serve
there's
a
process
as
well.
The
the
general
does
not
make
all
the
decisions,
though
those
decisions
are
left
to
for
tactical
and
logistical
terms,
to
the
people
who
are
best
qualified
and
trained
to
make
those
decisions.
It
seems
that
that
that
that's
what
this
process
yielded
it.
T
It
set
the
the
the
mayor
to
pick
the
best
and
the
brightest
on
his
or
her
from
his
or
her
community,
and
then
have
those
people
evaluate
this
again
this.
This
was
a
once
in
a
century
kind
of
event,
and
I
guess
my
last
question
is
what
what
does
being
unelected
have
to
do
with
the
health
of
a
nation,
the
health
of
a
county,
the
health
of
a
community.
T
A
K
A
A
F
A
A
A
R
R
Currently,
there
is
a
six-year
statute
of
limitations
for
collection
of
tax
liabilities
if
a
taxpayer
is
in
bankruptcy,
probate,
receivership
or
assignment
for
the
benefit
of
creditors
preceding
the
six-year
statute
of
limitations
continues
to
run.
If
house
bill
84
passes
the
statute
of
limitations,
we'll
stop
running
during
the
bankruptcy
probate,
receivership
or
assignment
for
the
benefit
of
the
creditors.
Proceeding,
mr
speaker,
I'm
happy
to
take
questions
or
humbly
receive
any
harassment,
as
my
colleagues
would
see
fit,
and
with
that,
mr
speaker,
I
renew
my
motion.
A
K
A
K
Matt,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
that
brings
up
another
question.
You
were,
I
think
it
was
you
and
I
that
were
talking
and
you're
signed
on
third
on
this
bill.
Is
it
true
that
you
went
to
leader
lamberth
and
leader
gant,
and
you
told
them
you
didn't
think
they
were
capable
of
getting
this
bill
passed.
So
you
asked
to
sign
on
to
carry
it
representative.
A
K
J
J
J
B
B
I
Something
very
important
came
to
my
mind
last
night:
did
you
see
that
oprah
interview
representative
madness,
I'm
trying
to
figure
out,
does
this
bill?
Is
it
more
supportive
of
harry
or
do
you
think
it'd
be
something
more
like
william
would
support,
because
I'm
I'm
definitely
I'm
not
going
to
display
right
here,
but
I
will
my
vote,
which
team
I'm
on
so
which
one
in
this
brewing
fiasco
would
do.
You
believe,
would
support
your
bill.
The
most.
I
I
G
A
R
A
A
A
A
A
A
D
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
education
to
survey
all
local
education
agencies
to
determine
whether
the
number
of
licensed
speech,
language
pathologists,
is
sufficient
to
meet
certain
needs
and
report
its
findings
and
recommends
recommendations
to
the
education
committees
of
the
senate
and
house
of
representatives
by
january.
The
15th
2022.
B
A
G
G
All
right,
no
and
all
serious
representative,
we
we-
this
is
pretty
interesting
bill.
You're
carried,
I'm
excited
for
you,
there's
some
actually
some
acronyms
in
here
and
some
big
words
and
we
kind
of
want
to
make
sure
if
you're
passing
a
bill
that
you
get
the
acronyms.
You
understand
the
words
I
mean
we're
fixing
to
do
something.
The
bottom
of
the
bill
says
the
public
welfare
requirement.
So
I
notice
in
the
first
line
it
says
the
lease:
do
you
know
what
the
leas
stands
for.
G
D
G
G
D
G
No,
I
think
it's
very
good
that
you're
wanting
to
go
and
help
the
the
state
department
of
education.
So
I
in
concurrence
with
my
friend
chairman
gary
hicks,
we
were
wondering
if
you
do
and
take
part
in
in
the
surveys
when
we
get
all
these
surveys
back
in.
Are
you
going
to
come
and
bring
those
to
the
house
chamber
and
read
them
to
hear?
Are
you
going
to
bring
them
back
here
for
us.
G
Mr
speaker,
with
your
indulge,
I
just
have
one
more
question.
We
several
of
us
noted
that
you
have
the
chairman,
sapiki,
who
signed
on
his
number
two,
and
we
were
wondering,
did
you
feel
like
it
was
important
to
have
somebody
who
actually
made
it
to
the
pro
instead
of
just
college?
Is
that
why
you
brought
him
on
number
two?
Should
you
have
not
allowed
him
to
to
stay
on
number
one.
G
I
I
I
You
you
no
names
were
called.
Sir
no
names
were
called
I
I
will
say
this,
though
mr
speaker
is
that
it
if
they're
like
two
caged
lions,
walking
back
and
forth
eyeing
them,
and
so
far
representative
darby,
has
told
me
at
least
a
half
dozen
times.
I
could
take
him
in
a
hundred.
I
could
take
him
in
the
hundred.
I
know
I'm
faster.
I
know
I'm
the
better
athlete,
so
I'm
hopeful
that
this
as
the
weather
warms,
so
the
hamstrings
will
will
be
able
to
suffer
the
the
damage.
I
I'm
looking
for
the
representative
decathlon
between
team
darby
and
my
colleague
over
here
who
shall
remain
unnamed,
but
I
will
say
this
for
the
fellow
members
of
our
of
our
chamber.
Is
that
there's
nobody
that
is
more
sincere
and
more
diligent
in
trying
to
do
the
right
thing.
He
is
going
about
it
the
right
way
and
he
will.
He
will
be
a
great
member
in
this
chamber
for
as
long
as
he
wants
to
be
and-
and
we
welcome
you,
we
welcome
you
and
congratulations
on
your
first
bill
you'll
be
able
to
breathe
the
next
time.
I
M
A
A
C
A
F
E
J
Very
much
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Members.
Most
of
you
should
have
already
received
an
email.
If
you
not,
if
not
you
will
soon
for
the
this
year's
prayer
service.
This
will
be
on
wednesday
march
24th
at
7
a.m.
The
speaker
will
be
there.
I
will
be
there.
We
would
ask
that
you
guys
be
there
if
at
all
possible,
it's
going
to
be
over
at
the
gra
at
the
grand
old
opry
house.
There'll
be
plenty
of
parking,
there'll
be
shuttles
going
back
and
forth,
but
they
do
need
to
because
of
covert
protocols
I
mean.
J
Obviously
everything
will
be
much
more
spread
out
than
it
is
in
normal
years,
so
they
need
everybody
to
rsvp
ahead
of
time,
and
so
this
is
a
bipartisan
event
and
we
would
really
really
hope
that
everyone
would
come.
They'll
have
musical
guests,
natalie
grant
bernie
herms
the
lipscomb
university
choir
a
special
guest
playing
the
piano
while
we're
there.
That
will
remain
a
surprise
and,
of
course,
our
governor
bill.
Lee
will
be
there.