STATE EIF TENNESSEE

PROCLAMATION

BY THE SUVERNCIR

WHEREAS, it is anticipated that a vacancy in the of?ce of Speaker of the Tennessee House
of Representatives will occur because the Speaker has stated that he will resign as Speaker effective
August 2, 2019; and

WHEREAS, numerous members of the House of Representatives, including but not limited
to the Majority Leader and the Majority Caucus Chair, have requested the Governor to convene an
extraordinary session, in part, to facilitate a determination by the House of Representatives pursuant to
its rules of who shall serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

WHEREAS, Senate Resolution Nos. l3, 14, 15, and 16, adopted on March 25, 2019, rati?ed
and approved pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. 16-3-404 the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee
Rules of Evidence, Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure, Tennessee Rules of Juvenile Procedure,
and Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, which were promulgated by the Supreme Court of Tennessee
on January 8, 2019, and reported and ?led with the General Assembly by the Chief Justice of the
Tennessee Supreme Court on January 15, 2019; and

WHEREAS, House Resolution Nos. 55, 56, 57, and 58 proposed that the House of
Representatives of the One Hundred Eleventh General Assembly ratify and approve pursuant to Tenn.
Code Ann. 16?3-404 the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee Rules of Evidence, Tennessee
Rules of Criminal Procedure, Tennessee Rules of Juvenile Procedure, and Tennessee Rules of Civil
Procedure, which were promulgated by the Supreme Court of Tennessee on January 8, 2019, and
reported and ?led with the General Assembly by the Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court on
January 15, 2019; these resolutions were recommended for passage by the Standing Committee on the
Judiciary, but no further action was taken by the House of Representatives; and

WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of Tennessee that the General Assembly convene so that
the House of Representatives may determine who serves as its Speaker pursuant to its rules and so that
the General Assembly may ratify and approve the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee Rules
of Evidence, Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure, Tennessee Rules of Juvenile Procedure, and
Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure.

NOW THEREFORE, 1, Bill Lee, Governor of the State of Tennessee, by virtue of the power
and authority vested in me by Article Section 9 of the Tennessee Constitution, do hereby call the
One Hundred Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Tennessee to meet and convene in
extraordinary session at the Capitol in Nashville on August 23, 2019, at 10:00 am, Central Daylight
Time, to facilitate a determination by the House of Representatives pursuant to its rules of who shall
serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to consider and act upon resolutions necessary
to ratify and approve pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. 16-3-404 the amendments and revisions to the
Tennessee Rules of Evidence, Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure, Tennessee Rules of Juvenile
Procedure, and Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, which were reported and ?led with the General
Assembly by the Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court on January 15, 2019.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of
Tennessee to be af?xed at Nashville on this 27th day of
June, 2019.

OVERNOR

  

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