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Ethics Committee, Tennessee State Senate
The Ethics Committee is a select committee of the Tennessee State Senate that no longer fell within Ballotpedia's coverage scope as of March 9, 2021.
Per Section 73 of the Senate Rules, all standing, special, and select committees of the Tennessee State Senate are appointed by the speaker of the Senate.[1] In each standing committee, the speaker of the Senate appoints one chairperson, one 1st vice-chairperson, and one 2nd vice-chairperson. The speaker may also appoint a chairperson emeritus at his or her discretion.[2] The speaker considers the abilities, preferences, and seniority of members as well as the political party representation in the Senate when appointing committees and committee officers.[1] The appointed chairperson of each standing committee is responsible for attendance roll call and reporting to the speaker of the Senate if a member is absent from three consecutive regularly scheduled meetings without being excused by the chairperson.[3]
See rules: Rules of Order
Function
| “ | Responsible for enforcement of the Senate Code of Ethics and recommends modification of the Code of Ethics to the Senate Rules Committee.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes yearly updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org
2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate Ethics Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (0) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Ethics Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Thelma Harper | • Doug Overbey, Chair | |||
| • Reginald Tate | • Bill Ketron, 1st Vice chair | |||
| • Mark Norris, 2nd Vice chair | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Ethics Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Charlotte Burks, 1st Vice chair | • Doug Overbey, Chair | |||
| • Douglas Henry | • Bill Ketron, 2nd Vice chair | |||
| • Mark Norris | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Ethics Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Charlotte Burks, Vice chair | • Diane Black, Chair | |||
| • Joe Haynes | • Bill Ketron | |||
| • Mark Norris | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 State of Tennessee, "Rules of Order of the Senate for the One Hundred Twelfth General Assembly," February 22, 2021 (Section 73)
- ↑ State of Tennessee, "Rules of Order of the Senate for the One Hundred Twelfth General Assembly," February 22, 2021 (Section 74)
- ↑ State of Tennessee, "Rules of Order of the Senate for the One Hundred Twelfth General Assembly," February 22, 2021 (Section 83.7)
- ↑ Tennessee General Assembly, "Senate Select Committee - Ethics," accessed January 22, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
