Post by pavel on Apr 22, 2016 10:37:55 GMT -6
NASHVILLE — Tennessee lawmakers gave final approval to a guns-on-college-campus bill and scores of other measures Wednesday, but a dispute over how to cut the Hall income tax rate and partisan bickering pushed the legislature's adjournment for the year at least to today.
The gun bill, which goes to Gov. Bill Haslam, would allow full-time employees and faculty of Tennessee's public colleges and universities who have handgun-carry permits to carry their guns on campus, concealed on their persons. It passed the Senate on Tuesday and the House on Wednesday 69-24. It does not allow students with permits to go armed on campus.
The bill, SB2376, also bans employees from going armed in sports stadiums and arenas while public events are under way, and during meetings with administrators regarding their job performance and tenure.
The legislature also deferred to today final action on a bill redirecting funding from the University of Tennessee's office of diversity and inclusion to other purposes. Both houses have approved differing versions that must be worked out for it to win approval.
Read more: www.commercialappeal.com/news/government/guns-on-college-campus-bill-highlights-flurry-of-legislation-30f05a9f-6b28-0f47-e053-0100007f9bf0-376470321.html
The gun bill, which goes to Gov. Bill Haslam, would allow full-time employees and faculty of Tennessee's public colleges and universities who have handgun-carry permits to carry their guns on campus, concealed on their persons. It passed the Senate on Tuesday and the House on Wednesday 69-24. It does not allow students with permits to go armed on campus.
The bill, SB2376, also bans employees from going armed in sports stadiums and arenas while public events are under way, and during meetings with administrators regarding their job performance and tenure.
The legislature also deferred to today final action on a bill redirecting funding from the University of Tennessee's office of diversity and inclusion to other purposes. Both houses have approved differing versions that must be worked out for it to win approval.
Read more: www.commercialappeal.com/news/government/guns-on-college-campus-bill-highlights-flurry-of-legislation-30f05a9f-6b28-0f47-e053-0100007f9bf0-376470321.html