| It will be a busy week for many of the bills the Caucus is tracking. I hope you will have an opportunity to voice your concerns. Contact information for all committee members can be found at http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/. If you have an opportunity to attend one of these committee meetings, the times and locations are also listed on the GA web site.
Email addresses are rep.first.last@legislature.state.tn.us and sen.first.last@legislature.state.tn.us.
OPPOSE - SB3717/HB2964, by Sen. Tate and Rep. Hardaway. Requires paternity testing prior to listing a father on a birth certificate, even when the father has agreed to stipulate that he is the child’s father. The Caucus opposes this bill, as does the Department of Human Services and the Tennessee Bar Association. Placed on subcommittee calendar Public Health and Family Assistance of Health and Human Resources Wednesday, March 19.
Members of the House Public Health and Family Assistance subcommittee are Mary Pruitt, Chair, Chris Crider, Lois Deberry, Tom Dubois, JoAnne Favors, Sherry Jones, Debra Maggart and Jeanne Richardson.
SUPPORT - SB4012/HB3936, by Sen. Diane Black and Rep. Sherry Jones. Requires the Commission on Children and Youth to design and oversee a resource mapping of all federal and state funding sources and streams that support the health, safety, permanence, growth, development, and education of children in Tennessee. It is in the Senate Judiciary Committee and the House Child and Family Affairs Committee. Placed on Senate General Welfare, Health and Human Resources committee calendar Wednesday, March 19. Senate Committee members: Rusty Crowe, Chair, Rosalind Kurita, Vice-Chair, Raymond Finney, Secretary, Diane Black, Ophelia Ford, Douglas Henry, Roy Herron, Jack Johnson and Randy McNally.
SB4012/HB3936 also comes up on the calendar of the House Children and Family Affairs Committee Wednesday, March 19. House Committee members: John J. DeBerry, Jr., Chair, Sherry Jones, Vice-Chair, Jeanne Richardson, Secretary, Tommie F. Brown, Kevin Brooks, Glen Casada, Barbara Cooper, Joanne Favors, Richard Floyd, Matthew Hill, Brian Kelsey, Mark Maddox, Gary Rowe, Donna Rowland, Johnny Shaw, Mike Turner and Nathan Vaughn
OPPOSE - SB3146/HB2969, by Sen. Black and Rep. Hardaway. Requires mandatory paternity testing before a court can enter an order of child support. Placed on subcommittee calendar Family Justice of Children and Family Affairs Tuesday, March 18. Committee members: Rep. Mark Maddox, Chair Glen Casada, Barbara Cooper, Richard Floyd, Sherry Jones, Donna Rowland and Johnny Shaw.
SUPPORT - HJR116 (Rep. Brenda Gilmore) requests the Department of Correction to review the National Bill of Rights for Children of the Incarcerated and to update a1995 report on Children and Families of Incarcerated Felons. It is in the House State Government Subcommittee. Placed on subcommittee calendar State Government of State and Local Government Wednesday, March 19. Committee members: Gary Moore, Chair, Curry Todd, Vice-Chair, Jim Coley, Vince Dean, Curtis Johnson, Ulysses Jones, Joe Pitts, Mary Pruitt, Randy Rinks, Park Strader, Ben West and Eddie Yokley.
Holly Spann
VP Legislation
TWPC & NWPC
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