State Rep. Cameron Sexton

26 Aug, 2023

Sexton faces First Amendment lawsuit for rule that led to expelling women for holding small signs

By |2023-08-26T15:28:37-05:00August 26, 2023|Categories: Legislature|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

State House Speaker Cameron Sexton faces a First Amendment lawsuit over House rules that bar members of the public from holding signs, including those on 8.5x11 pieces of paper, in committee rooms. Three women were kicked out for continuing hold their signs during a House Civil Justice subcommittee meeting that was hearing various public safety bills during the special session.

11 Jan, 2023

Big transparency move: Citizens get new public dashboard for House bills

By |2023-01-11T13:09:32-06:00January 11, 2023|Categories: Legislature|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

In a major step toward more timely transparency, House Speaker Cameron Sexton announced a new public dashboard that gives citizens red-lined versions of bills and proposed amendments at the same time House members get them.

28 Apr, 2022

Legislature invigorates campaign finance reporting, ethics rules

By |2022-04-29T10:23:03-05:00April 28, 2022|Categories: Legislature, Open Meetings|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

The Legislature passed comprehensive legislation closing several loopholes and adding more transparency and accountability to campaign finance reporting and ethics measures Thursday. House Speaker Cameron Sexton describes the bill as bringing money flows "from the dark into the light." One provision of the bill requires nonprofits organized under IRS code 501(c)(4), (5) and (6) to report expenditures related to a candidate during election periods, causing pushback from such groups, but the bill goes much farther than this one change.

25 Apr, 2022

Lawmakers move closer to increasing campaign finance transparency

By |2022-04-26T10:38:41-05:00April 25, 2022|Categories: Legislature|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

A bill that would create big changes to Tennessee's campaign finance law is still on the table though differences between the House and Senate versions must be resolved before final passage.

16 Feb, 2016

Vendor confidentiality bill moves out of key House committee

By |2016-02-17T08:42:46-06:00February 16, 2016|Categories: exemptions, Legislature|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

A Haslam administration bill that would make confidential the names of vendors who provide goods and services "used to protect government property, government employee information, or citizen information" passed out of the House State Government Committee. The bill was amended so that it applied to all state government, and allowed local government to opt into the exemption if a local governing body "voted affirmatively to make such information confidential." The amendment also allowed for a governmental entity to provide the identity of the vendor to the comptroller of the treasury and to lawmakers on the fiscal review committee, but said those people should not share the vendor identities with others. The [...]

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