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ON YOUR MARK, GET SET...

We are less than 24 hours away from the Speaker banging the gavel. The second legislative session of the 113th Tennessee General Assembly convenes tomorrow at 12:00pm. 

BEFORE THE SESSION CONVENES

Brooks and Bert Mathews are graciously opening their home this evening at 5:30pm to kick off our 2024 reelection campaign. This is our last opportunity to benefit from your financial support before the legsilative session adjourns. We would love to see you there and continue to receive your generous support. To donate or join our growing list of hosts for tonight's fundraiser, please click here ([link removed]).

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HOUSE RULES CHANGES

Today, the House Select Committee on Rules convened at 11:00am to consider amendments to the House's Permanent Rules of Order. Yet again, the Republican supermajority has changed the rules at the last minute.

On behalf of the Democratic Caucus, I introduced four amendments ([link removed]). We sought to: extend each member's time limit for debate on the House floor from five to fifteen minutes; require the Speaker to appoint all members to standing committees, regardless of being elected by a local government or in a special election; and, require committee chairs to allow the peaceful display of signs or placards in committee hearings. All of my proposed amendments were unfortunately defeated with a single voice vote on all amendments.

However, the Rules Committee did adopt rules amendments offered by a Republican member who clearly acted on behalf of the House Republican Caucus and benefited from a prior private agreement among his party members on the Committee. The Republicans adopted a slate of amendments to: remove the requirement for the Speaker to recognize the members who first rises to speak on the House floor; punish members ruled out of order by limited their ability to speak on the House floor; extend the prohibition for guests on the House floor to thirty minutes after session adjourns; prohibit visual aids or props in any committee room or House floor at any time; prohibit members from approaching the dais and speaker's rostrum without permission; add limits on each member's time for debate on the House floor; allows leadership to enact time limits on any member's bill before the House; limit comments during Welcoming and Honoring to one minute; limit members' presentation of bills or resolutions before a committee to five minutes; and, require all parliamentary inquiries and points of order to be first presented to party leaders on the House floor.

THANK YOU!

On behalf of my entire family, I want to thank you once again for the opportunity to serve you and our fellow Tennesseans. Representing Tennessee families and leading the House Democratic Caucus are true privileges for which I am very grateful.

Come visit me in the State Capitol this year! I love to see friendly faces during session.

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