Craig FitzhughNASHVILLE – A resolution directing state investigators turn over their files of their probe into allegations against 10th District Attorney Steve Bebb was blocked this afternoon in the House Late Bills Committee.
The panel was considering a dozen or so late bills and resolutions when House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh, D-Ripley, said he would not agree to any of them.
Fitzhugh said he was not singling out any particular late bill or resolution but felt all should have been filed earlier.
The three-member committee is comprised of Speaker Beth Harwell, R-Nashville, Majority Leader Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga, and Fitzhugh. While Fitzhugh said he planned to abstain on all of the measures, House Clerk Joe McCord said it requires affirmative votes from all three members for a measure to proceed.
House officials now are consulting with legal staff to see what steps to take. McCormick said that could include going to the House floor to suspend the rules and allow the introduction of all the measures, including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation documents relating to its recent probe of Bebb.