►
Description
House Floor Session- 33rd Legislative Day (B)- May 4, 2021
A
A
A
A
D
D
C
A
D
Chairman
farmer,
you're
recognized
yeah.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
members.
What
this
bill
does
this
creates
the
opioid
abatement
fund.
This
is
how
we're
going
to
handle
settlements
from
three
distributors
and
one
manufacturer
and
the
subsidiaries
thereof
of
opioid
monies.
That's
going
to
come
into
the
state.
I
want
to
thank
those
who've
worked
with
me
from
the
cities
and
counties
and
folks
I
mean
all
over
the
state
with
regards
to
lawyers
who
represent
district
attorneys
and
these
settlements
and
stuff.
So
I'd
like
to
say
also
that
I
believe
this
is
an
agreement.
D
F
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
chairman
farmer.
I
just
want
to
tell
you
many
members
may
may
not
know
this,
but
the
legislature
rarely
considers
settlements
as
it
relates
to
the
last
one
was
a
tobacco
settlement
and
it
didn't
go
very
well,
but
thanks
to
chairman
farmer
and
the
ag's
office,
I
think
that
this
is
going
to
be
a
good
choice
for
our
state.
I
think
there's
a
couple
things
I
just
want
to
clarify
for
the
record.
He
mentioned
a
40-60
split
between
the
monies.
F
The
ag
is
working
very
hard
trying
to
settle
these
lawsuits.
I
also
wanted
to
say
for
the
record
that
there
are
several
lawsuits
that
local
counties
have
that
are
separate
or
state
lawsuits
and
those
are
preserved
in
this
bill,
so
that
those
who
did
have
those
lawsuits-
those
would
still
be
there
and
settled.
F
Apart
from
this,
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
said
that
for
the
record,
I
do
think
this
is
going
to
be
good
for
all
of
our
communities
who
have
been
dealing
with
this
opioid
problem
since
2001
in
our
states,
and
this
is
going
to
give
them
our
local
communities,
the
resources
and
our
state
the
resources
it
needs
to
try
to
re-establish
a
new
norm
post
all
the
reforms
that
we've
done
over
the
years.
But
we
want
to
just
say
that
for
the
record.
Thank
you.
G
D
Chairman
farmer
and
and
thank
you
for
that
question-
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Now
this
legislation
only
applies
to
mckesson
corporation
cardinal,
health,
ameri,
amerisource
bergen
corporation
and
johnson
and
johnson
or
any
subsidiaries
thereof,
and
I
know
that
there
are
certain
attorneys
that
had
representing
a
large
amount
of
cities
and
and
counties
across
the
state,
and
that,
as
I
understand
it,
the
way
the
legislation
is
written,
it's
not
going
to
affect
those
lawsuits
that
are
in
place,
especially
the
big
one.
I
believe
it's
the
endo
lawsuit.
That
was
a
big
one
that
we
left
out.
D
So
there's
a
carve
out
for
that
and
I
don't
know
exactly
which
lawsuit
or
who
was
representing
your
area
or
your
district
representative.
So
I
couldn't
answer
that
question
specifically,
but
this,
but
I
haven't
had
anyone
from
your
district
contact
me
to
say,
hey,
we
feel
like
we're
being
put
in
a
bad
situation
or
anything
like
that.
So.
A
A
A
D
D
D
A
D
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Member
members.
Tenncare
currently
covers
chiropractic
care
up
to
the
age
of
18..
What
house
bill
419
does
is
allow
chiropractic
care
to
be
covered
above
the
age
of
18.
Also,
therefore
helping
our
our
constituents
with
with
the
ability
to
keep
themselves
healthy.
With
that.
Mr
chairman,
mr
speaker,
I
renew
my
motion.
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I'm
going
to
go
out
of
order
here
and
say
that
today
we
have
the
great
pleasure
of
having
four
generations
of
frasier's
in
our
audience
here.
If
you
would
make
alice.
Frazier
welcome,
she's,
a
retired
inspector
general
of
the
federal
department
of
education
for
texas
and
new
york
region
and
with
her,
of
course,
is
rochelle
frazier,
who
calls
her
grandmama
and
we
have
meena
beard,
who's,
rochelle's,
daughter
and
kasim
beard,
who
is
amina's
son
four
generations,
I'm
out
of
order,
sir?
But
thank
you.
A
A
A
D
C
A
D
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
house,
bill
6
is
a
completion
grant
for
the
tennessee
promise.
Currently
we
have
a
51
percent
graduation
rate
in
tennessee
promise.
What
this
bill
does
is
help
those
students
that
are
at
most
risk
to
life
coming
up
and
binding
them
to
and
therefore
they
would
leave
their
educational
aspirations
in
college.
What
this
bill
does
is
create
a
grant
program
to
help
them
across
the
finish
line.
So
we
can
graduate
more
kids
in
tennessee
promise.
D
G
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
That's
a
good
deal,
mr
sponsor,
but
mr
speaker,
I
was
really
you.
Hadn't
ruled
me
out
of
order
all
year,
so
I
want
to
recognize
our
gifted
newly
elected
election
commissioner,
commissioner
kendra
lee.
If
you'll
stand
up,
oh
there,
she
is.
I
thought
she
was
right
there
there.
She
is,
if
you
make
her,
feel,
welcome,
please.
D
D
A
A
A
A
A
H
J
I
have
a
quick
question
for
you.
I
noticed
it
says,
schedule
one
drugs
and
I
think
marijuana
is
included
in
that.
Is
there
any
minimum
or
minimum
amount,
or
is
it
just
that
that
will
trigger
this,
or
is
there
like
some
amount?
That's
in
this.
I
didn't
see
any
amounts
in
this
in
this
particular
piece
of
legislation.
J
H
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
This
is
any
of
the
the
schedule,
one
and
cocaine
meth
and
fentanyl,
because
children
are
beginning
to
pick
up
their
parents,
drugs
and
ingest
them.
So
there
was
a
little
boy
that
was
four
that
found
his
daddy's
heroin
and
and
ingested.
It
so,
and
then
there
was
a
10
month
old
that
found
his
the
parents
fentanyl.
So
it's
any
of
the
schedule,
one
plus
the
others
are
listed.
J
K
B
A
C
A
A
A
A
K
A
A
A
B
C
E
A
A
B
L
B
B
A
A
M
E
A
I
A
I
I
I
I
I
So
I
I'm
wondering
why
we
want
to
reduce
it
from
26
weeks
to
12
weeks,
especially
since
we're
still
in
the
mid
middle
of
a
pandemic,
and
the
other
thing
is,
I'm
still
getting
calls
and
I'm
sure
many
members
continue
to
get
calls
from
their
constituents
where
they
cannot
even
get
a
call
back
from
the
department
of
labor.
We're
still
doing
that.
M
A
N
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
This
amendment
takes
into
concern
some
of
my
friends
some
of
the
concerns
raised
by
my
friend
from
shelby
county.
This
amendment
would
adjust
those
monthly
or
those
weekly
payments
for
inflation
that
haven't
been
adjusted
in
20
years.
It
sets
timelines
in
the
legislation
for
responses
from
the
department
of
labor.
N
I,
like
all
of
my
colleagues,
have
received
several
concerns
from
our
constituents
over
the
past
year.
None
of
them
included
I'm
being
paid
unemployment
for
too
many
weeks.
They
included
that
I'm
not
getting
a
timely
response
from
the
department
of
labor
the
department
of
labor
hasn't
paid
me.
My
appeal
hasn't
been
heard,
and
this
is
not
enough
to
move
on.
I
introduced
this
amendment
to
address
these
concerns,
but
I
have
another
shawl
withdrawal.
This
amendment,
mr
speaker,.
N
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
for
those
listening.
I
would
like
to
point
out
that
this
amendment
keeps
section
one
three,
four
and
five
of
the
sponsors
bill
as
amended.
That's
80
percent
of
his
current
language,
but
it
adds
language
that
increases
the
amount
in
section
1
annually
adjusted
for
inflation
holds
working
tennesseans
harmless.
N
N
A
A
M
M
M
As
our
unemployment
claims
went
up,
there
was
an
estimate
that
our
benefits
would
last
for
12
weeks.
Instead,
we
siphoned
off
money
from
the
cares
act.
The
federal
government
underwrote
our
state
unemployment,
trust
fund
and
we
were
able
to
pay
and
our
balance
was
able
to
stay
up.
I
I
don't
know
about
y'all.
I
would
like
to
have
the
opportunity
for
the
cares
act,
money
to
be
issued
and
used
for
other
things
to
keep
people
employed
as
opposed
to
paying
unemployment
benefits.
M
So
what
are
we
doing?
What
are
we
doing
here?
We're
indexing
it's
a
math
equation
when
it
when
it
you
boil
down
to
it.
How
do
we
increase
dollars
in
the
fund?
We
do
that
in
a
couple
of
ways
number
one
is:
is
we
are
going
to
index
the
benefits
to
the
unemployment
rate
at
the
time,
so
based
upon
the
economic
conditions
that
the
nation
and
the
state
is
seeing?
That
will
determine
the
duration
of
the
benefits
paid?
M
I
propose.
Our
proposal
in
front
of
you
is:
is
that
if
unemployment,
the
unemployment
rate
seasonally
adjusted
by
annually,
is
five
and
a
half
percent
or
less,
then
the
number
of
benefits
are
reduced
to
12
weeks
again,
we've
added
a
25
increase
across
the
board
with
this
proposal,
as
unemployment
rises
for
each
half
percent
over
five
and
a
half
an
additional
week
of
benefits
are
added
onto
this
and
when
we
first
started
this,
this
situation
this
looking
at
this
legislation,
it
was
a
solvency
issue.
M
M
As
we
read
the
news,
our
president
is
proposing
additional
federal
dollars
into
the
system,
we'll
wait
and
see
how
that
that
works
out,
and
so
what
we're
doing
here
today
is
taking
the
tennessee
portion
of
benefits
and
restructuring
it.
But
why?
Because
we
want
a
trust
fund
to
be
a
trust
fund,
we
don't
want
it
to
be
a
maybe
fund.
M
We
don't
want
it
to
be
a
situation
where
hey.
If
I
need
these
benefits,
are
they
going
to
be
there?
We
needed
to
be
solvent,
we
needed
to
be
strong.
We
needed
to
be
there
with
our
dollars,
not
necessarily
underwritten
by
the
federal
government
and
to
my
colleagues
who
have
brought
up
a
number
of
issues.
M
M
M
So
we're
going
to
start
looking
at
some
issues
inside
the
unemployment
realm
and
we
will
make
that
available.
So
if
anybody
would
like
to
come
and
sit
in,
learn
more
to
discuss
and
discuss
more
issues
that
we'll
be
taking
on
in
the
next
semester.
I
welcome
you
to
do
that,
but
today
we're
talking
about
trust,
fund
solvency
and
a
way
to
fix
it
on
the
state
level,
and
I
would
submit
to
my
colleagues
from
shelby
county
who
I
admire,
that
at
one
point
during
the
pandemic,
employees
were
receiving
875
a
week.
O
O
If
you
click
on
those
current
openings,
you
have
opportunities
that
include
nurses.
You
have
opportunities
that
include
truck
drivers.
You
have
an
opportunity
for
a
technician
at
a
surgical,
clinical
center.
You
have
workforce,
workforce
development
on
and
on
and
on
mr
speaker,
so
my
point
with
that
is.
We
in
this
legislature
have
created
an
environment
for
our
economy
to
thrive.
We
were
one
of
seven
states
in
the
nation
that
actually
grew
economically
in
2020.
So
if
there
isn't
ever
a
time
for
us
to
address
this
issue,
it's
now,
we
are
not
washington.
O
We
cannot
print
money.
We
cannot
print
money
here.
So
we
have
to
ensure
the
solvency
of
these
programs
to
ensure
those
that
fall
on
hard
times
are
able
to
gain
access
to
unemployment.
When
I
was
15,
my
dad
started
a
new
company
and
he
was
on
unemployment.
He
left
his
employer
not
on
his
own.
On
his
own
accord,
but
had
to
leave
his
employer
and
had
to
start
a
new
company,
we
were
unemployment
with
a
family
of
five.
O
So
I
understand
the
challenges,
but
unemployment
is
a
bridge
to
the
next
step
currently-
and
I
just
confirmed
this
with
tia
currently
right
now.
The
max
benefit
is
275
from
the
state
and
you're
getting
an
additional
300,
no
matter
what
level
you're
at
you're
getting
an
additional
300
from
the
federal
government,
which
is
575
dollars
that
runs
through
september.
O
So
why
would
I
go
out
and
look
for
an
employment
and
look
for
an
opportunity
when
I'm
making
575
dollars
a
week?
You
have
so
many
opportunities
in
this
state
to
go,
gain
a
career
and
gain
employment.
Each
one
everybody
in
our
district
has
has
employers
that
simply
can't
find
people
to
work.
One
of
our
great
restaurants
in
knox,
county,
copper,
seller,
calhoun's,
27,
restaurants.
He
needs
300
employees
today,
but
he
can't
find
people
to
work
because
of
the
subsidies
being
paid
by
the
federal
government
it.
The
system
we're
in
is
unsustainable.
O
So
chairman,
thank
you
for
bringing
this
bill
during
this
time,
and
I
know
the
effective
date
is
some
time
out,
but
you
you've
made
the
comparison
in
finance
to
joseph
in
the
biblical
story
of
joseph
in
addressing
what
we
can
right
now
in
the
years
of
plenty.
So
if
there
is
a
famine
and
if
there
are
hard
times
and
we
have
to
make
adjustments,
we're
able
to
do
that
and
that
fund
is
there
to
help
people
be
that
bridge
to
the
next
opportunity.
O
M
Jim
vaughn,
thank
you,
sir.
Thank
you
chairman
zachary.
I
know
that
there's
a
couple
of
hundred
thousand
jobs
available
in
the
hospitality
industry
this
weekend,
the
in
you
know
I
know
what
we
all
hear
the
rhetoric
that
says
oh
well.
If
they
were
good
paying
jobs,
more
people
would
apply
for
them.
We
had
500
jobs,
advertise
job
fair
in
collierville
this
weekend
at
united
technology's
carrier
plant
for
machinists
electricians,
skilled
labor
jobs,
because
we
can't
find
enough
people
to
fill
them.
M
That
was
me.
I
went
to
unemployment,
but
you
know
what
I
quickly
realized
that
it
was
not
gonna
that
there
was
not
enough
money
there
to
be
a
lifestyle.
It
was
not
gonna.
Allow
me
to
sustain
my
family,
but
what
it
was
going
to
do
was
going
to
be
some
money
to
handle
some
incidentals.
While
I
got
my
act
together,
I
certainly
didn't
expect
myself
to
be
there
six
months
later,
and
so
I
understand
what
this
fund
is
about.
I
understand
what
the
intentions
are:
I've
been
a
beneficiary
of
it.
P
P
It
is
a
bridge,
but
it's
a
it's
a
very
shaky
and
it's
a
unstable
and
it's
a
pretty
scary
bridge
too,
when
you
don't
know
when
you've
got
a
family
to
support,
and
you
don't
know
where,
then,
when
you're
going
to
have
a
job
the
next
time
right
now,
we
we
have
a
pretty
good
job
situation
in
tennessee,
but
it
hasn't
always
been
that
way
and
it
likely
will
not
always
be
that
way.
We're
we
might
end
up
having
these
problems
or
difficulties
high
in
employment,
high.
P
M
M
The
other
issue
that
I
would
advise,
my
other
colleague
from
shelby
county
is
in
the
language
of
this
bill.
It
takes
effect
in
december
of
2023,
which
is
frankly
further
out
than
I'm
comfortable
with.
I
wish
it
would
start
sooner,
but
the
reason
behind
that
is
is
that
two
things
number
one
is
is
we
wanted
to
let
this
shock
to
the
system
get
through
the
system
somewhat,
so
that
we
weren't
going
to
punish
the
workers
as
you
allude
to,
but
the
other
fact
is.
M
Is
we've
got
to
set
this
system
up,
that
we've
got
to
give
the
department
time
to
to
hire
vendors
restructure
it
program
the
system
so
that
we
can
start
down
this
road.
It's
important
that
we
get
them
started
today,
even
though,
frankly,
the
trust
fund
won't
feel
the
benefits
of
it
for
many
years
from
now.
So,
if
we
don't
get
started
today,
we
will
never
get.
P
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and,
and
I'm
going
to
stand
by
this.
I
think
this
punishes
workers.
You
know
we.
We
need
a
good
trust
fund.
We
need
a
good
business
climate
absolutely
in
the
state,
but
we
shouldn't
do
either
one
on
the
backs
of
working,
regular
working
people
in
this
state,
and
this
will
do
it
with
the
max
12
weeks
of
unemployment
benefits
you're
going
to
have
people
who
will
end
up
on
looking
for
federal
government
assistance
for
food
stamps,
for
more
assistance,
we're
going
to
have
people,
I
won't
say.
P
N
B
B
M
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
to
my
dear
dear
friend,
from
davidson
county,
we're
referencing,
the
u.s
department
of
labor
study
released
in
march
of
2020
that
spoke
to
the
trust
fund,
solvency
issue
and
then
early
on
in
the
pandemic.
Before
the
cares
act
came
out,
we
noticed
how
the
funds
were
running
out
of
the
the
fund
that
were
replaced
eventually,
with
cares
act
money
it
become
it,
and
this
becomes
a
difference
of
philosophies.
M
M
I
understand
that,
but
at
the
same
time
I
do
understand
that
those
federal
dollars
come
with
all
kinds
of
strengths:
strings
that,
depending
upon
who's
ever
in
charge
of
the
administration,
whether
it
be
our
previous
president
or
whether
we
be
this
president,
have
drastically
different
policies
in
the
way
of
looking
at
things,
and
so
for
us
to
be
able
to
control
our
destiny
as
much
as
possible.
I
think
it's
important
that
we
we
maintain
our
hands
on
the.
N
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
I
appreciate
that.
However,
the
reality
is
is
that
we
are
always
going
to
rely
on
the
federal
government
to
balance
our
budget.
We're
always
going
to
rely
on
the
federal
government
to
provide
us
with
necessary
monies
for
key
programs.
We
unfortunately
turn
away
free
federal
money.
That's
our
own
tax
dollars
in
the
form
of
other
areas
like
ten
care
expansion,
but
I
won't
go
into
that
and
all
but
but
just.
N
Lastly,
I
want
to
address
this
false
narrative
that
people
across
tennessee
are
sitting
at
home,
trying
to
milk
the
system
and
not
getting
jobs,
because
right
now,
the
max
payment
that
per
week
is
275
a
week.
That's
six
dollars
and
88
cents
an
hour,
that's
less
than
the
minimum
wage.
That's
eleven
hundred
dollars
a
month.
Thirteen
thousand
two
hundred
dollars
a
year.
N
That
is
that
is
embarrassing
for
you
to
for
us
to
sit
here
and
claim
that
people
are
sitting
at
home
instead
of
working
in
the
state
of
tennessee,
because
they're
getting
more
money
from
unemployment
is
absurd.
Even
if
you
raise
it
up
to
this
575
dollar
mark.
That's
thousand
six
hundred
dollars
a
year.
The
federal
poverty
limit
or
federal
poverty
level
is
twenty
six
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
a
year
for
a
family
of
four.
N
There
are
real
problems
facing
tennessee
families
and
if
you
try
to
shift
the
blame
to
working
families
in
tennessee,
that
is
a
dangerous
game,
you're
playing
it's
a
false
narrative
and
it's
disrespectful
to
hard-working
families
out
there
who
rely
on
this
system.
Sponsor
has
relied
on
it.
At
times
my
colleague
has
relied
on
times,
and
I'm
sure
others
in
here
may
rely
on
it
at
times.
N
The
unemployment
system
is
in
place
for
a
reason,
so
don't
use
the
false
narrative
that
people
want
to
make
less
than
the
minimum
wage
as
an
excuse
for
them,
not
filling
jobs.
Workforce
issues
in
this
state
have
been
an
ongoing
problem.
This
isn't
new.
There
have
been
open
jobs
in
the
state
of
tennessee
for
a
long
time.
One
of
the
biggest
barriers
for
us
recruiting
jobs
to
tennessee
is
workforce,
training
and
education.
N
N
I
am
sick
and
tired
of
us
pointing
the
finger
at
working
families.
This
is
an
embarrassment,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
if
you
want
to
cut
the
time
limit
for
unemployment,
then
go
right
ahead.
I
dare
you,
that's
what
you're
doing
stand
up
for
working
families,
let's
make
the
system
work
for
them
like
we
do.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
M
Well,
there's
there's
been
a
term
used
here
today
from
both
my
impassioned
colleagues
from
across
the
aisle
that
keeps
talking
about
us
harming
working
families,
working
families.
This
whenever
we
talk
about
what's
wrong
with
the
unemployment
system,
we're
talking
about
the
people
who
are
not
working
and
like
it
or
not,
with
any
government
entitlement
system,
there
will
be
waste
fraud
and
abuse.
M
It's
again,
it's
it's,
not
everyone
who
applies.
It's
not
every
situation,
there's
a
broad
array
of
situations
out
there,
but
it
does
indeed
happen
I'll
just
have
to
share
this
with
you
believe
it
or
not.
The
when
you
look
on
the
interweb
and
people
are
on
the
twitter
talking
about
this
issue.
They
get
pretty
passionate.
Now
the
one
that
I've
I
thought
it
was
interesting,
one
that
I
received
that
said
hey.
M
I
would
not
have
been
able
to
afford
to
stay
on
unemployment
if
it
wasn't
for
the
federal
benefit,
and
I
thought
that
that
basically
summed
it
up
for
a
number
of
people
of
what
the
system
that
we
have
is
creating
is
that
this
is
a
lifestyle
alternative.
That's
not
the
origins
of
this
bill
by
any
means.
This
origins
of
this
bill
is
financial
mathematics
on
how
to
make
sure
that
a
trust
fund
is
available
to
the
citizens
of
tennessee
when
they
need
it.
M
That's
the
origins
of
this
bill,
but
we
have
seen
our
country
over
the
last
six
months
devolve
into
a
situation
to
where
people
are
counting
and
relying
on
the
checks
from
the
government
as
opposed
to
pulling
themselves
up
from
by
their
bootstraps
and
achieving
the
american
dream.
And
that's
that's
something.
That's
disturbing!
It's
not
every
person
it's
by
any
means,
I'm
not
impugning
anyone,
but
there
are
examples
of
it
out
there
that
I
think
we
all
need
to
be
cognizant
of.
G
G
M
G
Well,
I
can
attest
to
it
the
governor
said
we
were
the
most
sovereign
in
the
union
or
one
of
the
most
sovereign
in
the
union
when
it
came
to
our
unemployment
and
he
bragged
about
it,
and
he
said
that
this
saves
the
businesses
quote:
unquote
a
hike
in
there,
a
spike
in
their
unemployment
insurance
policy
costs.
You
don't
remember
that
you
clap
for
it
stood
up
and
clap
forward.
M
If
that
is
indeed
and
I've
I'll
I'll
believe
you,
my
colleague
from
shelby
county,
if
that
those
were
the
words
that
was
as
a
result
of
the
infusion
of
the
cares
act
money
into
it
to
stabilize
it,
it
was
the
diversion
of
federal
dollars
into
that
into
that
fund.
It
was
not
the
fund
standing
alone
and
pre-pa
pre-pandemic
state
representative.
M
G
M
Money
money
comes
from
somewhere
and
if
somebody
says
they're
going
to
give
it
to
you,
99
out
of
100
times,
they're
going
to
have
strings
attached
to
it,
and
I
believe,
from
what
I'm
reading
about
the
american
rescue
plan
or
maybe
the
american
families
plan.
It
may
be
one
of
the
different
plans
that
are
out
there
of
these
trillions
of
dollars
that
are
being
printed.
M
G
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
and
thank
you,
mr
sponsor.
I
completely
understand
that
and
I'm
sure
that
every
member
of
this
body,
the
governor's
administration,
both
speakers,
both
both
chambers,
understand
that,
because
we
are
the
most
dependent
state
on
federal
dollars
in
the
union.
So
we
understand
that
strings
come
attached,
but
we
still
take
those
dollars.
G
Above
everything
is
unemployment
every
every
day,
every
single
day,
my
my
my
assistant
talks
about
the
amount
of
calls
that
are
coming
in
in
regards
to
people
not
being
able
to
receive
or
tap
into
our
system
or
or
receive
the
benefits
that
that
they
should
receive
from
unemployment.
We
still
have
some
cases
that
go
back
well,
we
did.
G
But
we
still,
we
still
help
them,
because
these
are
working
tennesseans,
not
just
the
fact
that
they're
working
tennesseans
these
are
tennesseans
and-
and
you
know-
and
I've
heard
you
know
not
just
from
yourself
but
from
from
other
members
too-
that
that
that
alluded
to
the
fact
that
tennesseans
are
skirting
work
in
order
to
make
this
a
lifestyle
of
living
on
the
unemployment
benefits
but
but
is
and
I'll.
Let
you
answer
this.
If
you
want
to,
how
do
you
qualify
to
receive
a
check
from
unemployment.
M
G
G
My
house,
such
as
how
do
I
feed
my
child,
such
as
I
don't
have
gas
such
as
you
know,
we
can't
survive
like
this,
and
but
yet
you're
the
one.
That's
sponsoring
the
bill
to
reduce
it.
That's
a
bit
surprising
to
me
170
cases.
I
appreciate
you
taking
care
of
these
170
families
that
that
that
needed
your
help,
but
but
but
you're
reducing
their
abilities,
if
they're
ever
in
the
situation
again
to
receive
those
benefits.
It's
almost
like.
We
celebrate
low
wages
here.
G
G
Some
people
live
in
remote
areas.
Some
people
can't
even
get
to
the
job
because
they
can't
get
their
unemployment,
so
they
can
have
gas
to
get
to
the
job
y'all.
We
are
leaving
out
the
human
factor,
and
then
we
say
this
is
this.
Is
people
and
I
think
y'all?
I
think
it's
insulting
honestly
and
I'm
not
saying
from
you,
I'm
I'm
just
in
general,
it's
insulting
to
say
that
someone
make
wants
to
make
a
lifestyle
out
of
the
crumbs
that
they
receive
from
the
state
of
tennessee
and
unemployment
benefits.
G
That's
insulting
we're
insulting
our
own
people
by
saying
that,
and
we
should
be
ashamed
of
ourselves,
and
so,
mr
sponsor,
you
know
I
get
it,
but
but
this
is
bad
timing.
We
got
more
money
coming
down
from
the
coming
down
in
the
next
few
months
than
we
can
imagine
than
we've
ever
had
infused
into
the
state.
G
There
are
many
opportunities
for
us
to
to
shore
up
our
trust
fund
through
some
of
that
money.
We
know
it's
gonna
be
some
money
in
there
for
unemployment,
and
you
know
this.
You
know
what
we're
doing
couldn't
be
at
a
worse
time.
I
know
it's
out
a
couple
years,
but
the
introduction
of
this
couldn't
be
at
a
worse
time.
You
know,
and
I
and
I'm
I'm
going
to
be
voting
no
on
this
bill.
It's
bad.
G
It's
just
bad
business
for
our
citizens,
because
we've
given
millions
and
millions
and
millions
of
dollars
to
businesses
that
come
into
this
state
we've
got.
Let
me
say
that
again:
we've
given
millions
and
millions
but
ain't
nobody
talking
about
cutting
those
incentives
to
those
businesses
that
we
give
to
that
corporate
welfare,
but
we're
talking
about
cutting
people,
the
peoples,
the
struggling
people,
unemployment
benefits
in
half
it's
a
bad
idea.
M
M
M
That's
the
other
side
of
the
coin
that,
frankly
we
it's
disingenuous
for
us
not
to
look
at
both
sides
of
it,
and
so
what
this
bill
does
again
stabilizes
the
trust
fund
for
when
it's
time
when
people
need
it
to
seek
a
better
life
to
get
out
of
a
bad
situation
that
they
find
themselves
in,
and
it's
also
a
side
effect
of
that,
whether
it's
intended
or
not
will
be
the
fact
that
our
workforce
should
thrive
and
should
increase.
Mr
speaker,
I
renew
my
motion
representative.
A
H
H
Had
the
resources
not
been
invested
early,
and
that
is
resources
from
from
the
financial
stimulus,
accountability
and
that's
from
coronavirus.
Additionally,
tennessee
businesses
would
have
had
their
unemployment
taxes
raised
by
837
million
dollars.
Employer
premiums
which
employers
pay
the
premiums
placed
an
enormous
burden
on
businesses.
Tennessee
would
have
to
transition
from
enjoying
the
lowest
taxable
wage
base
and
tax
table.
As
of
january
2020
to
the
highest
in
2021..
H
H
No
one
still
comes
in
the
door
to
apply
every
time.
There's
an
announcement
from
the
governor's
office
on
new
companies
coming
into
the
state
we
had
one
just
recently
in
the
last
two
or
three
weeks
in
knoxville
750
jobs
by
amazon
in
knox
county,
I'm
like
don't
bring
any
more
jobs,
don't
bring
any
more
companies
here.
We
don't
have
the
workforce
to
fill
the
jobs
we
have
so
I
my
head
is
off
to
you.
I
know
this
has
been
a
challenge
for
you.
H
A
A
A
J
J
J
There's
a
you
say
that
there's
a
you
want
to
keep
it
solving,
but
it's
if
there's
a
goal
that
we
don't
know
what
it
is
and
we
keep
moving
the
post.
I
I
could
support
the
bill
if
there
was
a
goal
in
mind
that
we
have,
but
it
seems
like
we're
shooting
here
at
the
dark,
and
I
wanted
to
kind
of
respond
to
my
colleagues
from
knox,
county
and
and
davidson
county
that
I
don't
think
the
issue
is
that
we
don't
have
the
jobs.
J
It
seems
like
from
what
I'm
hearing
from
my
colleague
from
knox
county,
it's
a
workforce
development
issue
and
I
think
that
we
should
put
more
money
into
training
to
get
people
that
can
fulfill
these
jobs
because,
apparently,
like
you
said,
we
have
240
000
jobs
that
need
to
be
filled,
but
apparently
we
don't.
They
don't
have
the
skill
set
to
obtain
these
jobs.
J
So
I
think
that
that's
something
that
we
should
look
at
and
I
think
that
if
we
did
have
a
goal
of
what
of
knowing
what
the
proper
amount
should
be
to
having
this
trust
fund,
that
would
probably
be
more
acceptable
and
be
a
little
bit
more
transparent
about
what
we're
really
trying
to
do
here.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
H
A
D
M
Representative,
given
the
fact
that
the
federal
the
way
that
we
have
deployed
federal
benefits
that
have
come
our
way,
which
hopefully,
within
two
years
will
will
we
will
have
come
through
the
pandemic
and
hopefully
normalize
the
situation.
Some
it's
difficult
at
this
point
in
time
to
pinpoint
a
number
I
could
tell
you
say:
hey:
we
need
a
billion
and
a
half
dollars
in
there
and
we've
only
got
950
million,
but
given
all
the
factors
and
the
variables
within
these
equations,
we've
got
about
it,
it's
quite
the
polynomial.
M
H
Is
there
any
expert
any
person
at
ut
or
in
the
state
of
tennessee
or
anywhere
else
anywhere
in
the
united
states
or
the
world?
That's
actually
put
a
number
to
this
polynomial
who
said
the
amount
of
money
we
have
to
put
in
the
trust
fund.
Is
this
number?
Has
anybody
done
that
that
you
know
of
camera
vaughn.
M
Upon
our
request,
the
boyd
center
for
business
and
economic
research
has
worked
with
the
department
of
labor
to
run
scenarios
based
upon
conditions
that
we
have,
but
again
will
the
same
input.
Be
there
two
years
from
now
three
years
from
now,
will
we
have
all
the
same
revenue
sources
of
revenue
streams
feeding
this
trust
fund?
Do
we
have
the
same
unemployment
levels?
Do
we
have
new
rules
for
qualification?
All
of
those
are
variables
that,
at
this
point
in
time,
are
pretty
difficult
to
say,
representative
stewart.
H
H
M
H
I
think
my
time
is
running
out
on
a
different
note:
don't
we
have
a
cap
right
now
on
when
your
unemployment
benefits
in
tennessee
ends?
And
the
reason
I
ask
is
I
don't
understand
the
relationship
your
some
people
have
talked
about
between
people
not
coming
down
and
getting
jobs
from
amazon
or
what
have
you
and
what
we're
talking
about
today,
because
right
unemployment
benefits
end
in
our
state.
You
have
them
for
a
certain
number
of
weeks
and
then
they're
over.
Isn't
that
correct?
M
President
presently,
representative,
at
six
months,
is
the
tennessee
limit.
However,
with
the
federal
extensions
that
we've
seen
throughout
the
system
again
you're
asking
for
a
set
of
given
knowns
that
each
week
there's
a
new
announcement
of
more
money
coming
for
whatever
reason
that
continues
this
cycle
of
federal
dollars
feeding
into
this,
and
so
but
the
state's
unemployment
system
stops
at
six
months.
H
H
We
had
a
group
that
was
made
up
of
several
of
us
and
several
of
the
governor's
staff.
I
think
we
did
a
very
good
job
and
we
spent
that
money,
in
my
opinion
very
wisely
on
a
lot
of
it
for
non-profits,
for
small
businesses
for
hospitals
and
health
care,
people
that
were
struggling,
but
we
tried,
from
the
very
start,
to
save
a
big
chunk
of
that
money
for
our
unemployment
trust
fund.
H
We
were
waiting
to
see
if
we
could
actually
use
that
money
and
in
the
end
we
got
to
put
in
a
one
billion
dollar
figure
to
the
unemployment
trust
fund
to
keep
it
stable,
which
I
think
is
what
you're
trying
to
do
today.
You're
trying
to
keep
this
where
when
we
really
really
need
it
for
our
workers,
it
will
be
there
and
I
think,
that's
what
we
did.
H
What
another
thing
that
I
want
to
tell
you
is
I'm
in
the
trucking
business
as
a
lot
of
you
know,
and
last
year,
when
the
pandemic
hit,
we
have
we
run
about
650
trucks.
We
had
about
50
trucks
empty
with
no
drivers
it
hit
and
our
business
fell
off
for
quite
a
bit,
but
our
business
is
booming
right
now.
So
it's
all
the
other
businesses
I
know
of
in
the
trucking
business.
We've
got
over
a
hundred
trucks
sitting
today
with
no
drivers
and
we're
paying
a
lot
of
money.
Q
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
First,
first
and
foremost,
it's
not
giveaway
money.
These
people
worked
into
the
system
paid
into
the
system,
their
employer
paid
for
them
working
into
the
system.
So
it's
not
a
giveaway
money.
First
and
foremost
on
the
record
representative
sponsoring
this.
I
know
your
heart.
Q
Q
I've
been
around
this
general
assembly
and
state
government.
Since
nineteen
eighty
nine
I
came
in
here
as
an
intern,
I
worked
as
a
senate.
Staffer.
I've
worked
government
relations,
firm,
I've
worked
for
the
governor,
I've
been
elected,
official
I'll,
tell
you.
In
the
30
plus
years,
I've
been
around
state
government.
Q
I
don't
care
where
they're
from
they're
working
tennesseans
that
are,
unfortunately
out
of
work
currently,
like
you
said,
you've
been
in
that
situation
before
you
didn't
volunteer
for
that
situation.
It
happened
to
you,
but
fortunately
you
have
the
skills
and
the
education.
It
probably
didn't.
Take
you
very
long
to
be
scooped
up
real,
quick,
which
someone
should
there's
a
lot
of
people
in
our
society
that
aren't
as
fortunate
as
you
are,
and
it
may
not
be
as
easy,
but
for
us
to
say
what
we're
doing
here
today
is
right
and
to
justify
it.
Q
I
mean
we
should
be
addressing
the
problem
of
what
took
this
administration
so
long
to
address
unemployment
instead
of
cutting
people-
and
you
know
we-
we
take
federal
money,
we
love
getting
that
federal
money.
We
hate
the
federal
government,
but
we
spend
that
federal
money
every
time
we
can
get
our
little
hands
on
it
in
this
state,
but
we're
happy
to
get
it
here
in
this
state,
but
we
call
it
a
handout.
Q
Well,
we're
the
biggest
welfare
state
in
the
union.
We
get
more
than
anybody
else
per
capita
in
the
entire
country,
but
I
don't
hear
anyone
standing
up
on
this
floor
saying
the
state
of
tennessee
needs
to
quit,
taking
handouts
so
representative
again,
I
know
your
heart,
I
know
what
you
stand
for.
This
is
wrong.
M
Jeremiah
thank
you
and
and
to
my
friend
and
colleague,
the
one
thing
that
I
would,
I
would
point
out
that
I
believe,
there's
a
little
bit
of
inaccuracy
is,
is
the
fact
that
the
employers
are
the
ones
that
pay
into
the
system.
That's
where
that's
where
this
comes
from.
So
let's,
let's
get
to
that
point.
But
again,
I
understand
the
the
issue
that
a
lot
of
people
are
having
with
the
department
of
labor's
performance
under
this
pandemic.
I
do
I
do
understand
that
no.
M
That's
why
I've
said
this
is
the
initial
salvo
of
us
looking
at
a
broken
system.
I
want
you
to
come
along
beside
me.
We're
going
to
have
we're
going
to
have
opportunities
to
work
together
to
make
our
unemployment
system
work
better
for
everyone,
employers
and
citizens
alike.
So
I
said
we're
going
to
have
an
unemployment
workshop
this
summer.
M
It
it's
one
of
those
things
where
we've
sent
a
bill
to
summer
study
and
we're
actually
going
to
study
it,
we're
going
to
look
into
it
and
see
how
we
can
make
this
system
better
we're
going
to
talk
to
the
department
and
find
out
how
we
can
indeed
help
them,
provide
the
constituent
service
that
we
believe
our
constituents
have.
So
this
is
the
opening
salvo
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
this
in
the
coming
in
next
session
and
if
we
have
to
take
sessions
after
that,
we
will
continue
to
do
so.
A
A
C
Pursuant
to
the
pursuant
to
the
motion
made
and
adopted
by
this
body,
time
limit
on
debate
was
set
for
five
minutes
per
person.
The
member
can
choose
to
use
that
five
minutes
to
speak
for
the
constant
five
minutes
or
they
may
ask
questions
of
the
sponsors.
The
response
of
the
sponsor
counts
towards
the
members.
Five
minutes.
C
D
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
chairman,
when
you
first
brought
this
bill
and
explained
it
to
me
and
chairman
powers
in
commerce
bill
review.
The
first
thing
that
I
thought
was:
why
didn't
we
think
of
this
sooner
and
if
the
pandemic
taught
us
nothing
else,
it
taught
us
how
fickle
the
unemployment
trust
fund
is,
how
quickly
it
can
be
depleted
and
how
paramount
it
is
that
we
make
sure
that
it's
solving
and
well
funded.
D
K
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I'm
going
to
be
quick.
I
just
also
have
to
stand
like
some
of
my
colleagues,
I'm
really
offended
by
the
intimation
that
tennesseans
are
lazy
or
that
people
don't
want
to
go
back
to
work
because
they're
living
large
on
unemployment-
and
I
just
I'm
compelled
to
stand
up
for
at
least
for
house
district
13
and
say
that
is
absolutely
the
people
in
house.
M
Jim
vaughn
thank
you
and
to
the
representative
from
knox
county.
I
appreciate
your
your
perspective
on
things,
but
I
do
take
a
little
bit
of
exception
to
the
fact
that
I
think
that
when
we
watched
the
replay
of
this
tape
at
no
time
did
I
ever
say
that
tennesseans
were
lazy.
Nor
did
I
ever
say
that
any
tennessean
was
lazy
so,
but
I
understand
you're
entitled
to
your
opinion
and
we're
trying
to
do
something
to
ensure
that
a
trust
fund
can
be
trusted.
But
thank
you
for
your
comments.
K
A
A
A
A
C
M
C
M
This
bill
takes
a
lesson
learned
from
the
pandemic
and
codifies
it
had
had
a
workforce
development
issue
having
to
do
with
medical
laboratories
pre-pandemic
that
we
saw
that
illustrated
by
the
some
of
the
delay
times
in
getting
testing
ramped
up
what
this
bill
does.
Is
it
codifies
the
requirements
of
the
governor's
executive
order
and
requires
the
same
training
for
private
medical
laboratories
that
our
state
public
health
laboratories
have?
And
with
that?
Mr
speaker,
I
renew
my
motion.
Q
A
A
A
A
C
M
A
M
C
F
D
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
just
a
a
quick
question
here.
One
of
the
premises
of
this
bill
was
to
drive
these
doctors
and
residencies
out
to
our
underserved
communities.
Is
there
anything
in
the
bill
some
type
of
reporting
mechanism
that
requires
these
colleges
and
universities
to
track
the
success
of
that.
M
Chairman
vaughn,
it's
not
conceived
it's
not.
The
reporting
is
not
necessarily
in
the
bill.
It
will
be
reporting
that
it
will
be
easily
tracked
a
portion
of
this
again.
The
premise
of
the
bill
is:
is
that
through
ut
and
etsu,
we're
going
to
be
building
residencies
in
general
practice,
family
practice,
pediatric
pediatrics
and
those
are
fields
that
aren't
necessarily
the
top
of
the
list
when
it
comes
to
hospital
administered
medical
residencies.
F
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Thank
you,
chairman
vaughn,
for
working
on
this.
This
is
something
you've
been
working
on
for
many
years.
I
think
one
of
the
things
that's
really
interesting
about
this
process
is
that
we
find
that
84
of
doctors
who
perform
their
residency
stay
where
they
do
their
residency
and
so
by
being
able
to
expand
this
program
in
the
state,
not
just
the
ut
and
etsu,
but
also
through
lmu
and
these
rural
counties.
F
What
we're
able
to
do
is
get
sub-specialty
and
specialty
people
in
these
in
the
in
this
field
into
our
rural
communities,
where
it's
very
difficult
to
get
people
to
come,
and
so
this
is
a
really
good
opportunity
for
us
to
try
to
get
some
more
residents
here
and
provide
good
quality
health
care
to
our
rural
areas
as
well.
Thank
you.
P
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
just
wanted
to
echo
chairman
williams
thoughts
that
ever
since
I've
been
here,
I've
had
medical
societies
and
faculty
at
ut
and
and
and
and
pretty
much
everyone
else,
at
least
in
my
county,
advocating
what
you're
presenting
in
this
bill.
So
I
appreciate
you
bringing
it
to
us.
M
Vaughn,
thank
you,
sir
well,
I
am
while
I
hail
from
the
district
of
champions
today,
I'm
from
representative
shaw's
district,
a
rural
area-
that's
still
not
enjoying
the
same
economic
bounty
that
everyone
that
a
lot
of
other
areas
of
the
state
are.
So
this
is
one
of
my
opportunities
to
play
a
little
offense
as
opposed
to
playing
defense,
and
it's
very,
I
appreciate
the
folks
from
ut.
I
M
A
A
A
C
Mr
speaker,
as
an
announcement
for
the
body,
the
clerk's
office
has
prepared
a
consent
calendar
too
in
an
effort
to
get
everyone's
congratulatory
items
passed
by
the
end
of
session.
We've
made
a
consent.
Calendar
two
for
today
also
a
message
calendar
too
for
this
evening
to
try
to
get
those
items
bounced
back
over
to
the
senate
that
is
available
in
dashboard
now,
so
you
can
go
ahead
and
start
reviewing
that
consent
calendar.
It
has
also
been
emailed
to
every
member
of
the
body.
C
A
B
A
B
Sir,
I
think
this
is
a
bill
that
should
have
been
done
quite
a
few
years
ago.
It's
a
student's
right
to
know.
It
explains
about
the
colleges,
the
community
colleges,
the
universities,
tcats
and
the
military,
and
what
it
costs
to
go
to
tcats
and
and
community
colleges
and
universities,
and
what
you,
if
you
successfully
complete
what
you're
going
to
be
eligible
to
do
and
what
kind
of
money
you
can
make.
R
R
R
A
A
A
L
L
R
R
We
need
to
increase
what
we're
doing
to
crack
down
on
this
drag
racing
in
our
communities,
because
this
is
a
significant
issue.
People
should
be
able
to
live
in
their
house,
enjoy
their
property
and
not
have
to
worry
about
somebody
coming
down
the
road
so
fast
they
could
kill
themselves
or
kill
somebody,
that's
just
going
about
their
daily
lives.
So
thank
you
very
much.
I'm
proud
to
co-sponsor
this.
I
hope
everybody
will
vote
for
this
bill.
It's
a
very
peace,
important
piece
of
legislation.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,.
I
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
I'd
also
like
to
thank
the
sponsor
and
concur
with
what
was
just
said.
This
says,
we've
got
to
get
the
attention
these
people
who
are
doing
this
in
memphis.
I
couldn't
believe
my
eyes.
I
saw
on
facebook
where
they
had
actually
stopped
traffic
on
I-240
right
at
walnut
grove
and
familiar
with
memphis.
This
is
a
major
intersection.
B
L
K
F
F
So
in
testimony,
the
young
man
testified
that
he
was
trying
to
take
her
home,
but
he'd
get
into
racing
and
drag
racing
and
it
cost
a
life,
and
this
field
here
now
will
put
more
teeth
into
it
and
make
something
happen.
That
did
not
happen
several
years
ago
in
my
life,
and
with
that,
mr
speaker
and
sponsor,
thank
you
for
the
bill.
S
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
sponsor
yield.
Mr
sponsor,
I
think
you
hear
the
climate
of
the
floor
and
what
people
think
about
the
bill,
and
I
too
have
witnessed
this
kind
of
madness
across
the
state
and
across
the
community
that
I
you
know,
I
frequent
and
it's
scary.
It's
really
scary,
but
it's
just
not
organized.
You
have
these
copycats,
these
young
boys,
with
these
fast
cars,
these
copycats
doing
110
miles
an
hour
on
the
expressway.
S
My
colleague
from
shelby
county
talked
about
what
he's
seen.
I
witnessed
that
as
well
some
time
ago,
I'd
love
to
have
you
involved
in
this.
I
worked
on
the
bill,
try
to
take
the
car
and
the
license
and
to
put
them
in
jail
if
you're
not
going
to
be
orderly
and
civilized
on
these
roads,
because
those
become
lethal
weapons,
they're
missiles,
they're,
big
multi-caliber
bullets
when
they
hit
you
and
it
takes
your
life
just
like
that.
S
If
you
want
to
be
a
drag
race
to
go,
train
and
get
out
and
do
it
in
an
organized
way
and
get
paid
for
it,
but
not
on
our
streets,
there
has
to
be
no
tolerance
for
this
kind
of
madness,
because
it
is
very
serious.
So
with
that,
I'm
glad
to
bring
the
bill
love
to
have
your
support
in
the
future.
I'm
working
on
something
that's
a
little
bit
more
strenuous.
I
just
don't
think
we're
going
far
enough,
but
I
think
it's
a
great
step,
mr
speaker,
sponsor.
Thank
you.
A
B
B
A
A
A
A
K
B
A
M
M
A
A
B
A
A
A
B
A
B
A
A
P
Okay,
well,
you
know
I've.
I
know
we've
discussed
this
in
committee
and
everything
and
I
had
some
issues
and
I
hate
to
say
it.
I
still
have
a
couple
of
issues
and
I
know
I
like
a
lot
of
the
bill.
I
know
the
licensing
requirements
are
maybe
too
stringent
and-
and
I
agree
with
you
on
that-
but
basically
the
way
I
read
this
it-
it
totally
deregulates
the
locksmith
profession
and,
in
my
view,
the
your
the
blacksmith
profession
needs
at
least
some
regulation.
P
P
It
would
seem
like
for
this,
but
the
way
I
read
this,
it
basically
wipes
out
all
those
qualifications,
a
including
you
can
have
a
a
former
felon
who
is
a
burglar
or
a
car
thief,
or
something
like
that
be
able
to
come
along
smith
later,
and
I
am
very
uncomfortable
about
that,
so
that
those
are
my
biggest
concerns
right
now
and
and
if,
if,
if
that's
the
case,
those
that
is
definitely
the
case.
I
I
still
can't
support
the
bill.
B
M
B
B
P
Thank
you,
and
I
I
think
I
agree
with
everything
you
just
said,
but
I
still
think
we
need
something
to
prevent
certain
people
from
being
locksmiths
in
this
state.
No,
we
need
more
likes
miss,
but
some
people
don't
need
to
be
like
smiths
and
I
I
I
I'll
have
to
oppose
it.
If
it's
intact,
like
it
is,
if
you
would
want
to
maybe.
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
to
the
sponsor.
I
would
think
that,
with
like
any
profession
that
someone
that
is
going
to
go
out
and
advertise
that
they
are
a
locksmith,
that
they
would
have
a
business
license,
that
they
would
carry
insurance
liability
insurance
and
so
by
repealing
this,
what
we're
doing
we're
not
taking
those
parts
that
that
that
a
business
owner
would
do
away
we're
just
taking
some
of
this
red
tape
off
and
and
what
we're
doing
so.
I
fully
support
you
and
thank
you.
A
O
A
C
A
G
G
Q
G
G
Thanks,
mr
speaker,
I
heard
your
infliction,
but
I
didn't
open
it
up.
Your
member
did
so
just
so.
I'm
clear
a
good
democrat
ran
this
bill.
Last
year,
y'all
killed
it,
and
now
the
republican
is
running
it
and
y'all
gonna
pass
it
same.
Thing
happened
with
naming
image
and
likeness
student
athletes
right.
A
good
democrat
ran
it
for
the
last
five
or
six
years,
and
a
republican
ran
it
this
year
and
y'all
passed
it,
but
the
same
republican
killed
it
last
year.
G
Yes,
and
we
should
run
legislation,
and
mr
speaker,
maybe
you'll,
have
maybe
you'll
have
a
republican
run,
some
legislation
that
makes
bill
jacking
punishable
by
fine
because
it's
prevalent
in
this
chamber.
But
thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
for
your
indulgence
and,
and
I
guess
to
the
sponsor
it's
a
good
bill.
It
was
a
good
bill
last
year
too,
though,
and
and
and
thank
you
for,
I
guess,
jacking
my
colleague
and
passing
the
bill.
Thank
you.
A
O
A
C
A
A
E
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
want
to
start
by
thanking
at
least
two-thirds,
if
not
more
of
this
chamber
and
our
friends
across
the
hall
as
well,
have
signed
on
to
this
bill.
This
is
a
bill
that
many
of
us
have
been
working
on
for
I've
been
here.
This
is
my
seventh
year.
I've
worked
on
it
every
year
that
I've
been
here,
and
I
know
that
others
had
begun
that
work
even
before
then.
E
These
folks
of
many
of
them
are
working
two
and
three
jobs
just
to
feed
their
families,
and
I
want
to
tell
you
this
has
been
a
personal
mission
for
me,
and
this
is
a
great
win.
It's
a
battle
that
we've
won:
it's
not
the
war.
We
still
have
a
long
way
to
go,
because
our
ultimate
goal
is
to
get
this
to
the
point
that
we
could
make
sure
they
are
at
a
living
wage,
and
then
we
could
tie
their
wage
increase
for
these
dsps
to
those
of
our
state
employees.
E
We
don't
want
to
tie
it
there
now
because,
frankly,
it's
too
low,
but
we
want
to
keep
working
on
it,
and
I
tell
you
I
thank
you
again
for
those
of
you
who
have
stood
beside
me
helped
get
this
through
and
again
on
behalf
of
those
folks
who
are
going
to
benefit
from
this
in
the
state-
and
I
tell
you
it's
a
mission
for
me-
I
had
an
uncle
who
was
developmentally
and
intellectually
disabled
my
grandmother
on
her
her
deathbed
and
I
was
there.
She
had
had
a
stroke.
E
She
couldn't
communicate,
but
we
could
figure
out
what
she
was
talking
or
about
what
she
was
trying
to
what
she
was
concerned
about,
and
that
was
who
was
going
to
take
care
of
her
son.
My
uncle
my
mother
committed
to
do
that,
and
my
mother,
with
my
father's
help,
had
him
in
their
home
for
25
years
until
his
death,
and
it
was
difficult.
They
were
you
know
the
last
few
years
there
were
just
a
lot
of
physical
challenges
for
my
mom
and
for
my
dad
it
was
difficult
on
relationships
it.
E
It
was
a
very
difficult
time
and
a
difficult
thing,
but
my
uncle
had
my
mother
to
take
care
of
him.
Not
everybody
has
that
this
will
make
sure
that
people
who
are
in
that
position
get
adequate
care,
and
I
am
so
proud
to
have
brought
this
and
I'm
so
proud
to
join
you
in
supporting
this
bill,
and
with
that,
mr
speaker,
I
would
renew
my
motion.
A
K
A
A
A
F
Thank
you,
mr
speaker
and
members,
as
you
may
have
seen
in
the
news
recently,
nascar
intends
to
bring
racing
back
to
the
historic
fairgrounds
at
nash
at
motor
speedway
here
in
davidson
county.
This
legislation
allows
for
those
races
and
related
events
to
be
held
at
the
fairgrounds
to
be
treated,
and
those
events
will
be
treated
in
the
same
manner
as
the
other
sports
related
facilities
in
the
state,
as
as
it
relates
to
their
tax
structures.
F
This
authorizes
these
events
to
participate
and
be
included
in
the
same
laws
as
in
regards
to
sales,
tax,
local
options,
sales,
tax
and
local
seat
privilege
tax.
The
revenue
generated
from
this
bill
will
allow
the
metropolitan
board
of
fair
commissioners
to
properly
maintain
and
develop
the
speedway.
With
that
description
of
the
amen
of
the
bill,
as
amended,
mr
speaker,
I
move
passage.
I
A
A
B
B
B
B
I
B
This
amendment
provides
necessary
detail
on
how
the
liquidation
process
should
occur
in
order
to
maximize
the
state's
return
on
the
outstanding
investments.
These
investments
were
made
about
a
decade
ago
and
the
tennessee
investors
have
been
aware
that
the
wind
down
process
was
required
to
begin
december.
31St
2021.
D
D
D
All
of
it
back,
mr
speaker,
that's
the
next
thing
for
you
to
tackle.
10
invesco
was
a
fraud
and
all
of
those
venture
capitalists
that
are
running
around
with
taxpayer
dollars
in
their
pockets.
Pretending
like
they
invested
them
in
some
type
of
venture
that
was
going
to
return,
provide
returns
on
the
investment.
N
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
as
my
good
friend
from
rutherford
county
up
here
just
pointed
out,
the
original
caption
for
this
bill
consists
of
a
mention
of
a
non-profit
production
of
sheep.
So
I
was
just
curious.
If
there
was
some
story,
the
speaker
wanted
to
share
with
us
about
the
non-profit
production
of
sheep.
A
A
A
S
I
just
happened
to
look
up
in
the
balcony,
so
one
of
our
constituents
here
and
I
have
to
acknowledge
her
especially
coming
here
doing
this
very
inclement
tornadic
weather
earlier
in
the
day.
Anybody
that
would
come
here
and
want
to
watch
us
today
need
to
be
acknowledged.
I
see
miss
amber
sherman
in
the
balcony.
Amber
stanley
wave
at
us
want
y'all
to
make
her
feel
welcome.
One
of
our
good
community
people.
C
A
A
A
L
L
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
what
this
bill
establishes
is
the
school
turnaround
program.
It's
a
it's
a
pilot
program
where
we're
going
to
look
at
five
priority
schools
which
those
are
the
the
lowest
performing
schools.
This
is
an
effort
to
keep
those
schools
off
of
the
achievement.
School
district
keeps
them.
L
It
keeps
them
in
a
program
where
there's
local
buy-in.
It
provides
state-funded
training
for
for
teachers
in
those
schools
in
an
attempt,
hopefully
to
get
those
schools
off
of
the
priority
list.
This
is
a
four
year
pilot
program
and
then
we
will
evaluate
the
results
at
that
time,
and
with
that
I
renew
my
motion
representative.
A
L
Representative,
yes,
sir,
it
is
that
this
this
would
be
stepping
in
while
the
while
those
schools
are
still
under
the
control
of
the
leas
and
that
they
put
together
a
school
turnaround.
It's
a
plan,
and
so
the
lea
actually
appoints
a
committee
to
put
together
that
plan,
and
it
consists
of
teachers,
parents,
school
board
members.
So
so
it's
a
program
that
that
the
lea
actually
has
a
big
part
in
and
then
they
actually
select
a
service
to
help
provide
this
training.
L
And
then
the
state
will
pay
for
this
and
and
again
if
they
do
not
come
off
of
that
priority
list
which,
as
you
mentioned,
that's
the
goal,
is
to
get
them
off
the
priority
list.
Then
the
the
organization
that
comes
in
to
provide
that
training
they
do
not
get
paid
their
full
contract
if
they
do
not
make
it
off
the
priority
list.
So
it's
a
pay
for
for
performance,
rep.
D
D
A
A
C
B
A
D
A
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
What
this
bill
does
it
creates
a
physician's
assistant
board
and
they're
the
only
one
right
now
that
doesn't
have
under
the
tca
title:
63
they
don't
have
their
own
board,
and
so
this
would
establish
that
it
puts
seven
physicians,
assistants,
one
position
and
one
consumer
member
on
this
board.
So
with
that
explanation,
I
renew
my
motion.
A
A
A
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker
house
criminal
justice
committee.
Amendment
number
one
is
not
the
same
as
senate.
Amendment
number
one
and
the
committee
amendment
makes
the
bill.
Therefore,
mr
speaker,
I
move
adoption
of
house
criminal
justice
committee
amendment
number
one
and
defer
to
the
sponsor
for
explanation.
A
A
C
A
R
A
C
L
L
D
A
L
Recognized.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
What
this
bill
does
is
currently
the
board
of
directors
of
the
tennessee
education
lottery
corporation,
enforce
and
supervise
all
compliance
regarding
sports
wagering
in
the
state,
and
there
is
currently
a
sports
wagering
advisory
board
and
what
it
does
is
allows
the
sports
wagering
advisory
board
sole
authority
in
the
regulation
of
sports
wagering
in
the
state,
and
with
that
I
renew
my
motion
representative.
A
A
A
O
A
A
M
C
Mr
speaker
item
one
on
message:
calendar
one
house
bill
13
by
chairman
keisley
and
others
relative
to
public
health.
Mr
speaker,
on
april
28
2021
the
senate
substituted
house
bill
13
for
senate
bill
187
adopted
amendment
1
and
reset
house
bill
13.
On
april
29
2021
the
senate
further
considered
house
bill.
13
adopted
amendment
3
and
passed
house
bill
13
as
amended.
A
Chairman
keisley
moves
concurrent
senate
amendment
number
one
and
three
probably
second,
in
any
discussion
on
the
amendments
scene.
None
any
objection
to
the
question
scene,
none
all
all
those
in
favor
send
amendments
one
vote.
I
when
the
bell
rings.
Those
opposed
vote
no
has
every
member
voted.
Does
any
members
change
their
vote?
Karen.
A
C
B
H
C
H
A
A
H
B
D
B
A
A
C
D
You,
mr
speaker,
I
move
we
adopt
a
conference
committee
report
and
make
it
the
action
of
the
house,
but
before
we
vote
on
that,
a
brief
explanation
is
in
order.
If
you
remember
house,
bill
570
came
through
here
and
we
all
supported
it
as
a
constitutional
issue,
meaning
that
rules
that
were
passed
and
not
approved
could
go
into
effect.
Even
over
the
objections
of
the
government
operations
committee
house
bill
570
stopped
that
by
putting
the
ability
to
put
the
stay
in
beyond
just
75
days,
all
the
way
to
the
fifth
legislative
day.
D
D
A
Chairman
reagan,
who's
adoption
of
the
conference
committee
report
make
it
the
action
of
the
house
any
discussion.
Any
objection
to
the
question
see
none
all
those
in
favor
of
the
conference
committee
report
vote
iowa
when
the
bell
rings.
Those
opposed
vote
no
has
every
member
voted.
Does
anybody
change
your
vote.
A
C
G
A
A
C
A
A
C
D
L
Yeah,
so
essentially,
what
what
this
bill
addresses?
It's
it's
sort
of
just
a.
It,
was
an
odd
little
nuance
in
the
law
where,
if
a
member
happened
to
fly
here
rather
than
drive,
this
allows
them
to
get
that
mileage
reimbursement
so
that
the
senate
that
they
tweaked
a
couple
things
on
on
that
reimbursement,
as
well
as
far
as
like
being
able
to
do
the
nashville
per
diem
rate.
Things
like
that.
L
D
L
One
big
thing
it
does
for
those
within
the
50
mile
radius.
I
think
currently
you
are
not
able
to
get
paid
if
you
travel
here
on
a
friday
which
again
is
just
kind
of
another
strange
little
nuance
there.
It
fixes
that
where,
if
you
have
to
come
here
on
friday
for
office
work,
you
can
get
you
can
get
reimbursed
for
that
as
well.
M
B
B
A
A
P
P
D
A
B
C
F
C
S
C
Whereas
senate
joint
resolution,
number
159
of
the
111th
general
assembly,
which
proposed
amendment
of
article
1
of
the
constitution
of
tennessee
relative
to
prohibiting
slavery
and
involuntary
servitude,
was
considered
and
agreed
upon
by
a
majority
of
all
the
members
elected
to
each
house
of
the
two.
Each
of
the
two
houses,
as
shown
by
the
yeas
and
nays,
entered
on
their
journals.
C
1865.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
by
the
senate
of
the
112th
general
assembly
of
the
state
of
tennessee.
The
house
of
representatives
concurring
that
a
two-thirds
majority
of
all
the
members
of
each
house
concurring
as
shown
by
the
yeas
and
nays,
entered
on
their
journals,
that
it
is
proposed
that
article
1
section
33
of
the
constitution
of
tennessee
be
amended
by
deleting
the
section
and
substituting
instead,
the
following
section:
33
slavery
and
involuntary
servitude
are
forever
prohibited.
C
Nothing
in
this
section
shall
prohibit
an
inmate
from
working
when
the
inmate
has
been
duly
convicted
of
a
crime,
be
it
further
resolved
that,
in
accordance
with
article
11,
section
3
of
the
constitution
of
tennessee,
the
foregoing
proposed
amendment
shall
be
submitted
to
the
people
at
the
next
general
election,
in
which
a
governor
is
to
be
chosen.
The
same
being
the
2022
november
general
election
and
the
secretary
of
state
is
directed
to
place
such
proposed
amendment
on
the
ballot
for
that
election.
C
S
Mr
speaker,
thank
you
and
members.
This
bill
was
actually
passed.
Last
year
we
were
ahead
of
the
senate
and
unfortunately,
the
senate
was
not
able
to
do
it.
This
year
the
senate
beat
us,
and
so
we
are
concluding
it
again
this
year.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
members
that
have
participated
in
this
process
and
made
this
happen.
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker
representative.
I
I've
not
understood
this
entire
time
that
this
has
been
running
through
committee.
While
we're
doing
this,
the
prohibition
against
slavery
is
already
in
our
constitution.
There's
no
need
to
rewrite
this.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
I'll
quote
two
of
your
colleagues
from
shelby
county
enough
is
enough:
let's
stop
tampering
with
the
constitution.
It's
a
good
constitution,
one
of
the
best,
but
we
continue
year
after
year
amending
it
for
all
the
wrong
reasons
and
the
second,
I
don't
understand
why
we
keep
trifling
with
the
constitution.
B
S
I
think,
and
as
it
states
that
that
condition
of
servitude
exists
based
upon
a
certain
condition
if
you
are
incarcerated
and
you're
serving
time,
it
could
be
considered
that,
as
we
have
already
talked
about
on
the
floor
today,
that's
been
a
a
really
bad
stain
on
our
country
and
under
no
circumstances
should
we
ever
want
this
to
be
even
interpreted
that
it
exists,
and
it's
simply
in
my
opinion,
this
is
simply
was
an
oversight
and
think
we're
cleaning
it
up,
and
I
agree
with
you:
the
constitution
is
very
sacred.
We
all
respect
it.
S
It's
that
document
that
binds
us
you
know,
and
I
don't
think
that
we
should
just
often
go
into
there,
but
at
some
points
in
time,
but
it's
something
that
has
been
with
us
for
such
a
very
very
long
time.
We
have
to
go
in
and
just
straighten
things
out
just
a
little
bit,
and
this
is
obviously
something
I've
never
done.
It's
something
that
never
thought.
S
T
T
A
S
This
bill
has
been
here
for
a
couple
of
years
and
trying
to
get
it
right
that
particular
language
was
inserted
with
us
working
with
the
department
of
correction
that
has
no
bearing
on
anyone
working
and
us
having
to
try
to
provide
jobs
for
those
that
may
want
to
work.
Obviously
you
know,
I'm
from
you
know
a
different
time,
an
era
where
young
men
are
expected
to
work,
and
but
this
does
not
say
that
you
have
to
provide
a
job
for
them.
S
If
there's
no
work
there,
the
department
of
corrections
is
going
to
be
still
running
their
shop
and
they
run
their
shop,
we're
not
dictating
how
their
shop
is
ran,
but
we
did
get
the
input
from
them
on
this
particular
piece
of
language.
It
did
not
come
from
me
exactly.
It
came
from
them
because
we
wanted
to
make
sure
in
committee
last
year
that
we
had
it
right,
and
I
trust
the
department
of
corrections,
and
I
thank
them
for
participating
in
helping
us
get
it
tweaked
like
that.
T
I
actually
think
that
the
first
sentence
in
your
proposal
that
slavery
and
involuntary
servitude
are
forever
prohibited
is
perfect
and
we
don't
need
the
second
sentence,
because
I
am
concerned
that
the
second
sentence
might
imply
that
maybe
we
would
pay
prisoners,
minimum
wage
or
or
maybe
a
given
wage
that
somebody
who
is
filing
a
lawsuit
thinks
that
they
should
be
paid,
and
I
know
that's
not
your
intent,
and
you
told
us
in
committee
that
it's
not
your
intent,
but
we
never
know
what
someone
who
files
a
lawsuit.
What
kind
of
angle
they
may
have.
T
T
S
Mr
speaker,
thank
you
again
and
thank
you
as
well
for
that
and,
as
we've
indicated
earlier,
people
that
are
incarcerated,
obviously
they're
not
considered
as
people
with
favorite
status,
and
I
think
that
that
members
that
are
in
our
attorney
general's
office
and
the
people
that
are
here
they're,
very
smart.
We
have
some
smart
people
that
take
care
of
us.
We
have
very
smart
people.
S
The
bureaucrats
here
been
here
for
years,
they're
smart
in
many
ways,
far
more
than
the
members
and
from
my
understanding,
we've
talked
with
the
attorney
general's
office
and
we're
not
worried
about
there
being
some
lawsuits.
However,
you
live
in
america
and
anything
you
can
file.
You
can
file
a
lawsuit
on
a
chicken
sandwich.
If
you
want
to,
however,
I
think
we
can
win
and
I
don't
see
that
as
a
threat
to
what
it
is
that
we're
doing.
A
A
S
Mr
speaker,
here
again,
let
me
emphatically
stress
how
appreciative
I
am
from
the
members
of
the
committee,
the
chair
people
yourself,
those
that
were
that
were
here
last
year
that
helped
us
get
this
done
and
for
all
you
all
that
are
participating
this
year,
as
well
as
the
healthy
debate
and
different
perspectives
on
it.
But
thank
you
all
one
and
all
very
much.
Thank
you,
mr.