“In over 20 years of the State Of Tennessee Legislative Sessions, this year’s w ill be one of the most important and heaviest scheduled sessions” State Senator Mae Beavers announced during her appearance at the Cannon County Republican Party meeting Monday night. Some of the big issues facing the State Senate and Representatives this legislative session include: Illegal Immigration, Refugee Resettlement, Common Core and Defense of Marriage. Most of the open discussion dealt with the definition of marriage in the state of Tennessee.
Representative Mark Pody spoke on the Defense of Marriage Act and a couple of bills he is watching that may go through the floor by next week. One of those bills is that brand new cars shouldn’t have to go through emission testing for the first three years. Another bill would place sales tax money collected on tires in the funds of TDOT. The 109th General Assembly convened for the 2016 sessions Tuesday at noon.
