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On March 22nd in the House Health Subcommittee and on March 23rd in the Senate Health Committee, two “caption bills” were snuck in under the radar with amendments added that push the HPV Vaccine. One of the bills allows minors to receive the HPV vaccine without parental knowledge or consent. A caption bill is filed as a placeholder with generic language that is filled out with amendments in committees and subcommittees. Generally, these amendments are not displayed on the General Assembly website until a bill is well on its way in the legislative process. House Bill 0946 (HB0946), sponsored by...

A bill requiring presidential candidates to provide their birth certificates to Tennessee's secretary of state as a condition of getting on the Tennessee ballot was killed Wednesday in a House subcommittee. Also dying Wednesday was a proposal to establish a legislative committee that would review federal laws and regulations then recommend which, if any, should be nullified by the General Assembly. Rep. Rick Womick, R-Rockvale, was House sponsor of the birth certificate bill. He said it was inspired by constituents who doubt that President Barack Obama was born in the United States. Passage of the bill, he said, would "put...