Tennessee House of Representatives
Tennessee House of Representatives | |
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Tennessee General Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | Lower house |
Term limits | None |
History | |
New session started | January 8, 2019 |
Leadership | |
Speaker of the House | Glen Casada, (R) Since January 8, 2019 |
Speaker pro Tempore | Bill Dunn, (R) Since January 8, 2019 |
Majority Leader | William Lamberth (R) Since January 8, 2019 |
Minority Leader | Karen Camper (D) Since January 8, 2019 |
Structure | |
Seats | 99 |
Political groups | Majority party
Minority party
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Length of term | 2 years |
Authority | Article III, Tennessee Constitution |
Salary | $19,009/year per diem employee benefits[1] travel reimbursement |
Elections | |
Last election | November 6, 2018 (99 seats) |
Next election | November 2, 2020 (99 seats) |
Redistricting | Legislative Control |
Meeting place | |
House of Representatives Chamber Tennessee State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee | |
Website | |
Tennessee House of Representatives |
The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Contents
1 Constitutional requirements
2 Districts
3 Speaker of the House
4 Composition of the 111th General Assembly
4.1 Officers[3]
4.2 Members
5 House Committees
6 Education level among members
7 Past composition of the House of Representatives
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Constitutional requirements
According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consist of 99 members elected for two-year terms. In every even-numbered year, elections for state representative are conducted simultaneously with the elections for U.S. Representative and other offices; the primary election being held on the first Thursday in August. Seats which become vacant through death or resignation are filled by the county commission (or metropolitan county council) of the home county of the member vacating the seat; if more than a year remains in the term a special election is held for the balance of the term.
Districts
Members are elected from single-member districts. The districts are traditionally numbered consecutively from east to west and north to south across the state; however, in recent redistricting this convention has not always been strictly adhered to, despite a constitutional provision requiring districts to be numbered consecutively.
Districts are required to be reapportioned every ten years following the federal census in order to be of substantially equal population. However, from 1902 until 1962, the General Assembly ignored this provision. It was estimated that by that point that some districts in the Memphis area had approximately ten times the population of some in rural areas. In 1962 this issue was taken to court. Despite U.S. courts having traditionally declined to rule on such issues, the US Supreme Court opted to hear this case and ruled that the legislature had to comply with the state constitution, as its failure to do so was in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (see Baker v. Carr). Subsequent litigation has further refined the rules regarding this; in the late 1990s a majority-black district in rural West Tennessee was required to be created.
The 1960s redistricting was credited by some observers with creating the first Republican majority in the Tennessee House since Reconstruction in 1968; this situation lasted only until the next election in 1970. 1970 also marked the first election of a Republican governor in a half century and saw both houses of the legislature begin to assert themselves as a counterbalance to executive authority; prior to this time legislators had not had their own staffs or even their own offices and were largely at the mercy of what the governor's staff chose to tell them and in many ways were often something of a "rubber stamp."
Speaker of the House
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the House. The Speaker is elected to a two-year term at the beginning of the 1st half of each session of the Tennessee General Assembly. Additionally, the Speaker is second in line for succession to the governorship, after the Speaker of the Senate, in the event of such need. The Speaker appoints members to all committees as well. Even though the Speaker does not have to make committee assignments proportional to the party composition, usually that discretion is used when determining such. Usually, consideration of the abilities, preferences, party representation, and seniority of the members are taken into account. The chairperson, vice chairperson, and secretary of each committee also are chosen by the Speaker and must be given the same considerations in their selection. The Speaker is a voting member of all standing committees of the House, as is the Speaker pro Tempore. The Speaker also serves as co-chairperson of the Joint Legislative Services Committee and must approve, in concurrence with the Speaker of the Senate, the directors of the offices of Legislative Information Services, Legal Services, Legislative Administration, and Legislative Budget Analysis. Additionally, the Speaker is in charge of all facilities, professional and clerical staff, and custodians and security personnel of the House.[2]
The current Speaker is Glen Casada of Williamson County.
Composition of the 111th General Assembly
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||
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Republican | Democratic | Vacant | ||
End of previous legislature | 74 | 25 | 99 | 0 |
Beginning of current legislature | 73 | 26 | 99 | 0 |
Latest voting share | 7001737000000000000♠73.7% | 7001263000000000000♠26.3% |
Officers[3]
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Rep. Glen Casada (R)
- Speaker Pro Tempore: Rep. Bill Dunn (R)
Members
District | Name | Party | Residence | Counties Represented |
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1 | John Crawford | Republican | Kingsport | Part of Sullivan |
2 | Bud Hulsey | Republican | Kingsport | Part of Sullivan |
3 | Timothy Hill | Republican | Blountville | Johnson, and parts of Carter and Sullivan County |
4 | John Holsclaw, Jr. | Republican | Johnson City | Unicoi and part of Carter County |
5 | David B. Hawk | Republican | Greeneville | Part of Greene County |
6 | James Micah Van Huss | Republican | Jonesborough | Part of Washington County |
7 | Matthew Hill | Republican | Jonesborough | Part of Washington County |
8 | Jerome Moon | Republican | Maryville | Part of Blount County |
9 | Gary Hicks | Republican | Rogersville | Hancock and Hawkins Counties |
10 | Rick Eldridge | Republican | Morristown | Hamblen County |
11 | Jeremy Faison | Republican | Cosby | Cocke and parts of Jefferson and Greene Counties |
12 | Dale Carr | Republican | Sevierville | Part of Sevier County |
13 | Gloria Johnson | Democratic | Knoxville | Part of Knox County |
14 | Jason Zachary | Republican | Knoxville | Part of Knox County |
15 | Rick Staples | Democratic | Knoxville | Part of Knox County |
16 | Bill Dunn | Republican | Knoxville | Part of Knox County |
17 | Andrew Farmer | Republican | Sevierville | Part of Jefferson and Sevier Counties |
18 | Martin Daniel | Republican | Knoxville | Part of Knox County |
19 | Dave Wright | Republican | Corryton | Part of Knox County |
20 | Bob Ramsey | Republican | Maryville | Part of Blount County |
21 | Lowell Russell | Republican | Vonore | Parts of Loudon and Monroe Counties |
22 | Dan Howell | Republican | Georgetown | Meigs, Polk and part of Bradley Counties |
23 | March Cochran | Republican | Englewood | McMinn and part of Monroe County |
24 | Mark Hall | Republican | Cleveland | Part of Bradley County |
25 | Cameron Sexton | Republican | Crossville | Cumberland, Van Buren, and part of Putnam County |
26 | Robin Smith | Republican | Hixson | Part of Hamilton County |
27 | Patsy Hazlewood | Republican | Signal Mountain | Part of Hamilton County |
28 | Yusuf Hakeem | Democratic | Chattanooga | Part of Hamilton County |
29 | Mike Carter | Republican | Ooltewah | Part of Hamilton County |
30 | Esther Helton | Republican | East Ridge | Part of Hamilton County |
31 | Ron Travis | Republican | Dayton | Bledsoe, Sequatchie, Rhea and part of Roane County |
32 | Kent Calfee | Republican | Kingston | Part of Roane and Loudon Counties |
33 | John Ragan | Republican | Oak Ridge | Part of Anderson County |
34 | Tim Rudd | Republican | Murfreesboro | Part of Rutherford County |
35 | Jerry Sexton | Republican | Bean Station | Claiborne, Grainger and part of Union County |
36 | Dennis Powers | Republican | Jacksboro | Campbell and parts of Union and Anderson Counties |
37 | Charlie Baum | Republican | Murfreesboro | Part of Rutherford County |
38 | Kelly Keisling | Republican | Byrdstown | Macon, Clay, Pickett, Scott, and part of Fentress County |
39 | Iris Rudder | Republican | Winchester | Moore and parts of Franklin and Marion Counties |
40 | Terri Lynn Weaver | Republican | Lancaster | Smith, Trousdale and parts of DeKalb and Sumner Counties |
41 | John Windle | Democratic | Livingston | Morgan, Jackson and Overton and part of Fentress County |
42 | Ryan Williams | Republican | Cookeville | Part of Putnam County |
43 | Paul Sherrell | Republican | Sparta | White, Grundy and part of Warren Counties |
44 | William G. Lamberth | Republican | Cottontown | Part of Sumner County |
45 | Johnny Garrett | Republican | Goodlettsville | Part of Sumner County |
46 | Clark Boyd | Republican | Lebanon | Cannon, and parts of Wilson and DeKalb Counties |
47 | Rush Bricken | Republican | Tullahoma | Coffee and part of Warren County |
48 | Bryan Terry | Republican | Murfreesboro | Part of Rutherford County |
49 | Mike Sparks | Republican | Smyrna | Part of Rutherford County |
50 | Bo Mitchell | Democratic | Nashville | Part of Davidson County |
51 | Bill Beck | Democratic | Nashville | Part of Davidson County |
52 | Mike Stewart | Democratic | Nashville | Part of Davidson County |
53 | Jason Powell | Democratic | Nashville | Part of Davidson County |
54 | Vincent Dixie | Democratic | Nashville | Part of Davidson County |
55 | John Ray Clemmons | Democratic | Nashville | Part of Davidson County |
56 | Bob Freeman | Democratic | Nashville | Part of Davidson County |
57 | Susan Lynn | Republican | Mt. Juliet | Part of Wilson County |
58 | Harold M. Love, Jr. | Democratic | Nashville | Part of Davidson County |
59 | Jason Potts | Democratic | Nashville | Part of Davidson County |
60 | Darren Jernigan | Democratic | Old Hickory | Part of Davidson County |
61 | Brandon Ogles | Republican | Franklin | Part of Williamson County |
62 | Pat Marsh | Republican | Shelbyville | Bedford and part of Lincoln County |
63 | Glen Casada | Republican | Franklin | Part of Williamson County |
64 | Scott Cepicky | Republican | Culleoka | Part of Maury County |
65 | Sam Whitson | Republican | Franklin | Part of Williamson County |
66 | Sabi "Doc" Kumar | Republican | Springfield | Robertson County |
67 | Jason Hodges | Democratic | Clarksville | Part of Montgomery County |
68 | Curtis Johnson | Republican | Clarksville | Part of Montgomery County |
69 | Michael Curcio | Republican | Dickson | Hickman and parts of Maury and Dickson Counties |
70 | Clay Doggett | Republican | Pulaski | Giles and part of Lawrence County |
71 | David Byrd | Republican | Waynesboro | Hardin, Lewis, Wayne and part of Lawrence Counties |
72 | Kirk Haston | Republican | Lobelville | Henderson, Chester, Decatur and Perry Counties |
73 | Chris Todd | Republican | Humbolt | Part of Madison County |
74 | Jay Reedy | Republican | Erin | Houston, Humphreys and part of Montgomery County |
75 | Bruce Griffey | Republican | Paris | Henry, Benton and Stewart Counties |
76 | Andy H. Holt | Republican | Dresden | Weakley, and parts of Obion and Carroll Counties |
77 | Bill Sanderson | Republican | Kenton | Dyer, Lake and part of Obion County |
78 | Mary Littleton | Republican | Dickson | Cheatham and part of Dickson Counties |
79 | Curtis Halford | Republican | Dyer | Gibson and part of Carroll County |
80 | Johnny Shaw | Democratic | Bolivar | Parts of Hardeman and Madison Counties |
81 | Debra Moody | Republican | Covington | Tipton County |
82 | Chris Hurt | Republican | Halls | Lauderdale, Crockett and Haywood Counties |
83 | Mark White | Republican | Memphis | Part of Shelby County |
84 | Joe Towns | Democratic | Memphis | Part of Shelby County |
85 | Jesse Chism | Democratic | Memphis | Part of Shelby County |
86 | Barbara Ward Cooper | Democratic | Memphis | Part of Shelby County |
87 | Karen Camper | Democratic | Memphis | Part of Shelby County |
88 | Larry Miller | Democratic | Memphis | Part of Shelby County |
89 | Justin Lafferty | Republican | Knoxville | Part of Knox County |
90 | John DeBerry | Democratic | Memphis | Part of Shelby County |
91 | London Lamar | Democratic | Memphis | Part of Shelby County |
92 | Rick Tillis | Republican | Lewisburg | Marshall and parts of Franklin, Lincoln, and Marion Counties |
93 | G. A. Hardaway | Democratic | Memphis | Part of Shelby County |
94 | Ron M. Gant | Republican | Rossville | Fayette, McNairy and part of Hardeman Counties |
95 | Kevin Vaughan | Republican | Collierville | Part of Shelby County |
96 | Dwayne Thompson | Democratic | Cordova | Part of Shelby County |
97 | Jim Coley | Republican | Bartlett | Part of Shelby County |
98 | Antonio Parkinson | Democratic | Memphis | Part of Shelby County |
99 | Tom Leatherwood | Republican | Arlington | Part of Shelby County |
House Committees
Upon his election as Speaker, Glen Casada dramatically changed the committee structure, increasing the number of committees to 16 (2 select, 14 standing), with even more subcommittees.[4]
During the 111th General Assembly, the committees are: [5]
Committees | Chair | Subcommittees |
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Agriculture and Natural Resources | Curtis Halford (R) | Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chair: Jay Reedy (R) |
Calendar and Rules | Jason Zachary (R) | |
Commerce | Timothy Hill (R) | Banking and Investments, Chair: Dennis Powers (R) Business, Chair: Curtis Johnson (R) Utilities, Chair: Pat Marsh (R) |
Consumer and Human Resources | Clark Boyd (R) | Consumer, Chair: Mike Sparks (R) Employee Affairs, Chair: John Holsclaw (R) |
Education | Mark White (R) | Education Administration, Chair: David Byrd (R) K-12, Chair: John Ragan (R) Curriculum, Testing, and Innovation, Chair: Debra Moody (R) Higher Education, Chair: Jim Coley (R) |
Finance, Ways, and Means | Susan Lynn (R) | Finance, Ways, and Means, Chair: Andrew Holt (R) |
Government Operations | Martin Daniel (R) | |
Health | Bryan Terry (R) | Facilities, Licensure, and Regulations, Chair: Kevin Vaughan (R) Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Chair: Sabi Kumar (R) Public Health, Chair: Jerry Sexton (R) |
Insurance | Ron Travis (R) | Tenncare, Chair: Matthew Hill (R) Life and Health Insurance, Chair: Robin Smith (R) Property and Casualty, Chair: Darren Jernigan (D) |
Judiciary | Michael Curcio (R) | Civil Justice, Chair: Mike Carter (R) Criminal Justice, Chair: Andrew Farmer (R) Children and Families, Chair; Mary Littleton (R) Constitutional Protections and Sentencing, Chair: Micah VanHuss (R) |
Local | John Crawford (R) | Elections and Campaign Finance, Chair: Tim Rudd (R) Cities and Counties, Chair: Jerome Moon (R) Property and Planning, Chair: Dale Carr (R) |
Naming, Designating, and Private Acts | John Windle (D) | |
State | Kelly Keisling (R) | Corrections, Chair: Bud Hulsey (R) Departments and Agencies, Chair: Bill Sanderson (R) Public Service Employees, Chair: Bob Ramsey (R) |
Transportation | Dan Howell (R) | Infrastructure, Chair: Sam Whitson (R) Safety and Funding, Chair: Terry Lynn Weaver (R) |
Committees | Chair |
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Rules | |
Ethics |
Education level among members
Among Republicans, around 30% of all members hold no degree beyond high school completion, less than 20% hold a Master's or other post baccalaureate degree, and less than 10% have a law degree. Among Democrats, less than 15% of all members hold no degree beyond high school, 33% hold a Master's or other post baccalaureate degree, and 25% have a law degree.[6]
Past composition of the House of Representatives
See also
- Tennessee Senate
References
^ https://www.tn.gov/hr/employees1/benefits.html "Benefits". Tennesseen Department of Human Resources."
^ "Speaker of the House of Representatives - Tennessee General Assembly". www.capitol.tn.gov. Retrieved April 1, 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "House Leadership - TN General Assembly". www.capitol.tn.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
^ "House Speaker Glen Casada vastly expands House committee system; names 2 Democratic chairs". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
^ "Legislative House Committees - TN General Assembly". www.capitol.tn.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
^ http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/
External links
- Official website
Coordinates: 36°09′56″N 86°47′03″W / 36.1656°N 86.7841°W / 36.1656; -86.7841
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