Tennessee SB39 and HB1191 would ban the owning or use of specified military equipment in the state, effectively blocking the Pentagon 1033 program that has been militarizing local police. SB39 is in the Senate Judiciary Committee, and HB1191 is in the House State Government Subcommittee where they’ll need to pass before the bills can receive full votes in their respective chambers.
PLEASE TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS – It doesn’t matter where you live in the state, please follow all these steps to support SB39 and HB1191.
FOR SB39
1. Call the Senate Judiciary Committee Chair, Brian Kelsey. Strongly, but respectfully urge him to move this important bill forward to a vote in his committee. A phone call has 10x the impact of an email.
NOTE: He is the bill sponsor, thank him for introducing this bill.
(615) 741-3036
2. Call the rest of the committee members. Again, be strong, but respectful. Urge each of them to take action to move the bill forward and vote YES on SB39.
Doug Overbey (R) 1st Vice Chair (615) 741-0981
Janice Bowling (R) 2nd Vice Chair 615-741-6694
Mike Bell (R) (615) 741-1946
Todd Gardenhire (R) (615) 741-6682
Lee Harris (D) (615) 741-1767
Sara Kyle (D) (615) 741-4167
Kerry Roberts (R) (615) 741-4499
John Stevens (R) (615) 741-4576
FOR HB1191
1. Call the House State Government Subcommittee Chair, Bill Sanderson Strongly, but respectfully urge him to move this important bill forward to a vote in his committee. A phone call has 10x the impact of an email.
(615) 741-0718
2. Call the rest of the subcommittee members. Again, be strong, but respectful. Urge each of them to take action to move the bill forward and vote YES on HB1191.
Bud Holsey (R) (615) 741-2886
Darren Jernigan (D) (615)741-6959
Mary Littleton (R) (615) 741-7477
Bob Ramsey (R) (615) 741-3560
-Call Back – any NO or UNDECIDED – in 3-4 days. Make sure to follow-up. If they say YES, be sure to thank them and, if possible, announce their committed YES vote to email and social media contacts. If they say no, politely ask them why. Get the information from them and contact us.
-Spread the Word. Share this information widely by facebook, twitter, email and other social networks.
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