Bill Title: As introduced, designates Emancipation Day, August 8 each year, as a state legal holiday. - Amends TCA Title 15.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-5)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-05 - Received from House, Passed on First Consideration [HB1544 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

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Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Rick Staples [D]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	HD-015	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Yusuf Hakeem [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-2702	HD-028	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative G.A. Hardaway [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-5625	HD-093	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jesse Chism [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-6954	HD-085	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Antonio Parkinson [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-4575	HD-098	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator London Lamar [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-2509	SD-033	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brandon Ogles [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-061	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Harold Love [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-3831	HD-058	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Karen Camper [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-1898	HD-087	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jeremy Faison [R]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-6871	HD-011	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jason Hodges [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-067	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jason Potts [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-059	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dwayne Thompson [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	HD-096	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joe Towns [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-2189	HD-084	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mike Stewart [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-052	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sam Whitson [R]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	HD-065	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jerome Moon [R]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-5481	HD-008	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Esther Helton-Haynes [R]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-1934	HD-030	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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