A Tennessee lawmaker s efforts to bar local authorities from challenging a state law s constitutionality has stalled in the Senate after failing to gain enough votes it needed to pass the floor Monday night.
Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, delayed the Monday vote on the measure after it drew bipartisan concerns from his colleagues. The issue will be placed on Wednesday s floor calendar.
A similar measure, which would allow a challenged state law to take effect until the court issues a final ruling otherwise, had passed the House 64-26 Monday night. Kelsey s amendment, however, would take it one step further by banning local suits against the state seeking clarity on whether a state law is constitutional.
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Bill letting students opt out of LGBTQ material heads to gov
April 14, 2021
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A Tennessee bill requiring school districts to alert parents of any instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity and let them opt their student out is heading to Republican Gov. Bill Lee.
The legislation cleared its last hurdle in the GOP-supermajority Legislature with a 64-23 House vote Wednesday. The Senate approved the bill last week.
Supporters argued the bill strengthens parental rights, rebuffing concerns from opponents that it could further alienate already-marginalized students.
Democratic Rep. John Ray Clemmons asked the bill sponsor what she is afraid of children being taught.
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Bill giving Tennessee schools option to use bleeding control kits passes state House
Schools would be able to develop a Stop the Bleed program and the bill would provide civil immunity for employees using it in an emergency situation. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 11:28 PM EDT April 7, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. A bill that would allow Tennessee schools to develop and implement a Stop the Bleed program passed the House on Wednesday and is headed to the state Senate.
The program would place bleeding control kits in schools, in an easily accessible location. Kits would need to include a tourniquet, a compression bandage, a bleeding control bandage, protective gloves, a marker, scissors and instructional materials on how to stop excessive bleeding.