Tennessee House Republican Leader Gerald McCormickNASHVILLE — God rested on the seventh day, but state House members won’t be resting this evening as they race to finish their annual legislative session on Monday.
The House is meeting in a rare Sunday session to advance a proposed amendment to the Tennessee Constitution. It adds veterans’ groups to the list of nonprofits able to conduct raffles.
Under the state’s constitutional amendment process, Senate Joint Resolution 222 has to be read three times on the floor and then receive majority approval after the third reading.
Only then can it advance to the next 108th General Assembly meeting in 2013-14 where lawmakers will have to decide by a two-thirds majority to put it on the 2014 ballot for voters to consider.
The resolution, which already has passed the Senate, was only read for the first time on the floor Friday.