The bill appears to be a direct response to Republicans being unable to permanently expel two Black lawmakers in 2023.
Democratic state Rep. Justin Jones of Nashville gestures during a vote on his expulsion from the state legislature at the State Capitol Building on April 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee.After failing last year to permanently expel two Black state lawmakers over a protest for gun reform, Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives have advanced a bill that would bar the re-appointment of lawmakers to their formerly held positions.— Reps.
Both Pearson and Jones, who are Black, were expelled. The vote to expel Johnson, who is white, fell short of the two-thirds majority required. Johnson herself recognized that she likely survived the expulsion voteState law requires jurisdictions of House districts where vacancies occur to appoint someone to complete a lawmaker’s term.House Bill 2716, sponsored by Republican Rep.
“This bill is unconstitutional, and my community is sick and tired of being pushed around by people who don’t respect the constitution,”To address the legality question, the state House also passed a measure that would enshrine the bill’s rule into the state constitution. That measure passed, but won’t be enforced until it is passed in the next session of the state legislature, after which voters must approve of it before it becomes law.
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