TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 17, 2021

There is a renewed push for a special session to ban mask and vaccine mandates in Tennessee after President Joe Biden announced new vaccine requirements, WATE reports. Previous calls for a special session fell silent after Gov. Bill Lee issued an executive order allowing parents to opt their children out of school mask mandates. Some Republican lawmakers say it is time to respond to the new federal COVID guidelines and examine Gov. Lee’s emergency powers.