Senate removes references to WHO from state code, replacing with CDC
Senate Bill 669 removes references to the World Health Organization in Tennessee law and substitutes references to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; sponsor said the change followed a federal executive order and the bill passed on final consideration.
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Senate Bill 669 was presented on third and final consideration by Senator Taylor. She told the Senate that President Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization and "so this bill simply removes any reference in the Tennessee code to the World Health Organization and replaces it with Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
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