Rep. Doggett’s Amended Bill Prohibiting Minors From Watching Drag Shows Passes House Subcommittee

Image: Rep. Doggett presents explains his bill amendment to the House Cities and Counties Subcommittee. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov

The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] –

Representative Clay Doggett (R-Pulaski-District 70), lead sponsor of House Bill 0030, presented an amendment to his bill on Wednesday afternoon that passed the House Cities and Counties subcommittee. 

Doggett’s amendment to the bill does three things: it defines what adult cabaret entertainment is, creates a licensure requirement to be considered an adult cabaret performer, and puts an age requirement of 18 or older to attend adult cabaret performances.

Representative Sam McKenzie (D-Knoxville-District 15) queried whether language in the bill that includes the phrase “or similar entertainers” would affect those in wrestling entertainment.

Doggett said that if wrestlers were violating the section of Tennessee Code that his bill refers to, there would have been lawsuits already filed and prosecutions made and there have been none.

The amended bill passed on a voice vote with Representative McKenzie requesting to be recorded as voting NO.

Watch the meeting of the House Cities and Counties Subcommittee HERE.

Corresponding Senate Bill 0841, sponsored by Senator Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald-District 28) has been referred to the Senate State and Local Government Committee for consideration but has not been placed on their calendar upon publication of this article.

After yesterday’s passage out of subcommittee, House Bill 0030 now moves forward to the full Local Government Committee and is scheduled to be heard on February 14th.

If you wish to express your support for this legislation, contact the committee members no later than the afternoon of February 13th. Their contact information can be found below.

Rep. John Crawford (R) – chair – rep.john.crawford@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-7623

Rep. Dave Wright (R) – vice-chair – rep.dave.wright@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-6879

Rep. Rebecca K Alexander (R) – rep.rebecca.alexander@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-2251

Rep. Jeff Burkhart (R) – rep.jeff.burkhart@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-6804

Rep. Dale Carr (R) – rep.dale.carr@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-5981

Rep. Clay Doggett (R) – rep.clay.doggett@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-7476

Rep. Michael Hale (R) – rep.michael.hale@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-2192

Rep. Esther Helton-Haynes (R) – rep.esther.helton@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-1934

Rep. John B. Holsclaw (R) – rep.john.holsclaw@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-7450

Rep. Harold Love Jr. (D) – rep.harold.love@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-3831

Rep. Greg Martin (R) – rep.greg.martin@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-2548

Rep. Sam McKenzie (D) – rep.sam.mckenzie@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-0768

Rep. Larry J. Miller (D) – rep.larry.miller@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-4453

Rep. Jerome Moon (R) – rep.jerome.moon@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-5481

Rep. Kevin D. Raper (R) – rep.kevin.raper@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-1350

Rep. Jay D. Reedy (R) – rep.jay.reedy@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-7098

Rep. Tim Rudd (R) – rep.tim.rudd@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-2804

Rep. Johnny Shaw (D) – rep.johnny.shaw@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-4538

Rep. William Slater (R) – rep.william.slater@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-2534

Rep. Robert Stevens (R) – rep.robert.stevens@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-3830

Rep. Dwayne Thompson (D) – rep.dwayne.thompson@capitol.tn.gov – (615) 741-1920

About the Author: Paula Gomes is a Tennessee resident and reporter for The Tennessee Conservative. You can reach Paula at paula@tennesseeconservativenews.com.