TTPC

Last month, the House K-12 Sucommittee sent HB 0821 by Campfield, along with several other curriculum related bills, to the State Board of Education for review. The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition supported that decision. Instead of waiting for the Board of Education to review the matter and return with its report next March as requested by the House, Dewayne Bunch, the sponsor of the companion bill in the Senate, SB 1250, has put that bill On Notice this week in the Senate Education Committee. Please contact members of the Education Committee and encourage them to support the House action and send this bill to the Board of Education. The members of the Senate Education Committee are:

Dolores Gresham (R-Somerville), Chair
Reginald Tate (D-Memphis), Vice-Chair
Andy Berke (D-Chattanooga), Secretary
Charlotte Burks (D-Monterey)
Rusty Crowe (R-Johnson City)
Joe Haynes (D-Goodlettsville)
Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro)
Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville)
Jamie Woodson (R-Knoxville)

The Senate Education Committee meets Tuesday at 3:30 pm, Legislative Plaza, Room 12.

Other major bills of interest to TTPC this week are:

*SB 1934 by *Burchett
Opposes Tennessee’s compliance with the Federal REAL ID Act of 2005
Senate Transportation Committee
Tuesday, April 14, 10:00 am
Legislative Plaza, Room 12.
TTPC Supports this bill

HB 0776 by Mike Turner
Pay Equity in the Workplace
House Employee Affairs Subcommittee
Tuesday, April 14, 1:30 pm
Legislative Plaza, Room 29
TTPC Supports this bill

HB 1426 by *Niceley, companion bill to SB1934
Opposes Tennessee’s compliance with the Federal REAL ID Act of 2005
House Public Safety Subcommittee
Tuesday, April 14, 3:45 pm
Legislative Plaza, Room 16.
TTPC Supports this bill

HB1838 by Todd
New requirements for Voter ID’s in Tennessee
House Elections Subcommittee
Wednesday, April 15, 10:00 am
Legislative Plaza, Room 31
TTPC Opposes this bill

HB 0451 by *Dunn
Requires, rather than encourages, school districts to include certain criteria in policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying. The Senate companion bill has already passed, 33 to 0.
House Education Committee
Wednesday, April 15, 11:00 am
Legislative Plaza, Room 16
TTPC Supports this bill

One of the major bills that TTPC has proposed this year is one that would add “gender identity or expression” to Tennessee’s hate crimes sentencing enhancement statute. Working with our House sponsor, Jeanne Richardson (D-Memphis), we have put that bill, filed HB0335, On Notice in the House Criminal Practice Subcommittee, on Wednesday, April 22. Please contact the members of the committee and ask them to vote YES on HB0335:

Eric Watson (R-Cleveland, Bradley County), Committee Chair
Janis Sontany (D-Nashville, Davidson County), Committee Vice-Chair
Eddie Bass (D-Prospect, Giles County)
Karen Camper (D-Memphis, Shelby County)
Chad Faulkner (R-Luttrell, Union County)
Judd Matheny (R-Tullahoma, Coffee County)