Tennessee House Bill 22 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-18 - Withdrawn.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, vacates and reconstitutes commission; reduces number of members on commission appointed by the governor from 24 to 15; removes governor as an ex officio member of the commission; increases from one to seven the number of appointees who must be a member of a racial minority; increases from three to eight the number of appointees who must have an academic background in history or historic preservation; revises evidentiary standard to obtain a waiver from the commission from clear and convincing to preponderance of the evidence. - Amends TCA Title 4.

As introduced, vacates and reconstitutes commission; reduces number of members on commission appointed by the governor from 24 to 15; removes governor as an ex officio member of the commission; increases from one to seven the number of appointees who must be a member of a racial minority; increases from three to eight the number of appointees who must have an academic background in history or historic preservation; revises evidentiary standard to obtain a waiver from the commission from clear and convincing to preponderance of the evidence. - Amends TCA Title 4.

Rep. Darren Jernigan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-18	House	Withdrawn.
2019-01-10	House	Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee
2019-01-10	House	Ref. to State Committee-- Government Operations for Review
2019-01-10	House	P2C held on desk.
2019-01-09	House	Intro., P1C.
2019-01-08	House	Filed for introduction

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0022&ga=111
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0022.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Fiscal/HB0022.pdf