RHB/2/19
Sponsored by Vivien Webster, Michelle Jiang of Baylor School
This legislation was filed in the Finance and Administration category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1) Terms in this act shall be defined as follows: |
| 4 | a. Voice Vote: A style of voting in which the committee chair asks for “ayes” and “nays” and |
| 5 | determines whether a bill passes based on the volume of the responses. |
| 6 | b. Roll Call Vote: A style of voting in which the committee chair asks each House member |
| 7 | individually to vote “aye” or “nay”, recording the votes on a tally sheet. |
| 8 | c. Committee Chair: The leader of a House Committee, responsible for directing committee |
| 9 | sessions; the chair is picked by the Speaker of the House. |
| 10 | d. Speaker of the House: The presiding officer of the Tennessee House of Representatives |
| 11 | e. Show of Hands Vote: A style of voting where the chair calls for those in favor to raise their |
| 12 | hand, calls for those opposed to raise their hand, and tallies the results to determine the passage |
| 13 | of the bill. |
| 14 | f. Rising Vote: A style of voting, similar to the show of hands vote, in which those in favor and |
| 15 | those opposed stand when prompted to by the chair. |
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| 17 | Section 2) Passage of new bills in the House of Representatives shall be decided exclusively via roll |
| 18 | call voting. |
| 19 | I. This is in direct compliance of Section 83, Subsection 10 from the “Permanent Rules of |
| 20 | Order” from Tennessee House of Representatives 111th General Assembly. |
| 21 | a. Section 83, subsection 10 states “All votes constituting final action on any bill or |
| 22 | resolution shall be by roll call vote.” |
| 23 | b. This rule has been disregarded on several occasions by the Tennessee House of |
| 24 | Representatives. |
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| 26 | Section 3) An alternate form of voting to replace the voice vote on matters other than the passage |
| 27 | of a bill (i.e amendments) is a vote via a show of hands or rising vote. |
| 28 | I. Voting via showing of hands or rising maintains the efficiency of the vote, without the |
| 29 | subjectivity of the voice vote. |
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| 31 | Section 4) Any committee chair found in noncompliance of this bill shall be subjected to expulsion. |
| 32 | I. As stated in Article II, section 12 of the Tennessee constitution, the House reserves the right |
| 33 | to “punish its members for disorderly behavior” with actions such as expulsion, censorship, fines, |
| 34 | or other reprimands. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | Section 5) This act requires no funding. |
| 37 | Section 6) All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. |
| 38 | Section 7) This act shall take effect on January 1, 2025. |
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