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Bill Proposes Making Businesses Indicate Which Bathrooms Open to Transgender People or Face Charges On 5/27/21 at 12:53 PM EDT The new Tennessee law that requires businesses and government buildings to have signs if they allow transgender people to use their desired bathrooms can result in six months in prison for those who don't comply. The bill's sponsor, Republican state Representative Tim Rudd, said that those who break the law may face a class B misdemeanor, despite the penalty going undiscussed during legislative hearings. Before it became law, Rudd had told other lawmakers in March tha...

Tennessee bill requiring women to bury, cremate remains after an abortion heads to governor’s desk Bill requiring burial or cremation of aborted fetal remains passes TN House, Senate By Kelli Cook | April 21, 2021 at 9:32 PM CDT - Updated April 21 at 11:01 PM “Normally the baby is abandoned in the abortion clinic and it’s thrown out in the trash or medical waste which is trash,” said Representative Tim Rudd of Rutherford County. Rudd is the primary sponsor of the original bill in the House. It was then approved in the Senate Wednesday morning. If the woman chooses a ...

Tennessee bill requiring women to bury, cremate remains after an abortion heads to governor’s desk Tennessee flag (Source: WVLT) By Kelli Cook | April 21, 2021 at 9:32 PM CDT - Updated April 21 at 11:01 PM “Normally the baby is abandoned in the abortion clinic and it’s thrown out in the trash or medical waste which is trash,” said Representative Tim Rudd of Rutherford County. Rudd is the primary sponsor of the original bill in the House. It was then approved in the Senate Wednesday morning. If the woman chooses a burial location other than the one provided by the f...

A bill that left the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday seeks to reduce the influence a Nashville court plays in hearing constitutional challenges after it issued an election ruling last year. In this screenshot of Tennessee’s state Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Tuesday, state Senator Mike Bell discusses his proposal to create a statewide chancery court to hear lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the state’s statutes. (Image via Courthouse News). (CN) — Tennessee statute directs the Davidson County Chancery Court in downtown Nashville to hear lawsuits challenging state la...

A persistent issue in Tennessee government is that of whether state law should trump the preferences of local jurisdictions. Two tests of the proposition are...