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Tennessee committee advances constitutional amendment to bar most government-required medical treatments
Summary
The House Health Committee voted 5–3 (with one present-not-voting) to move House Joint Resolution 28, a proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent state and local governments from forcing most medical treatments without due process, to the full Health Committee after extended debate.
The House Health Committee on March 12 voted to advance House Joint Resolution 28, a proposed constitutional amendment that would ask Tennessee voters whether state or local government may require citizens to undergo medical treatment.
Chairman Boleso, sponsor of HJR 28, told the panel the amendment asks a single question: “Should the people of Tennessee have the right to decide whether their government can require them to undergo a medical treatment?” He said the measure would enshrine “autonomy over his or her own body” in the state declaration of rights and that the General Assembly would still retain authority to pass implementing laws.
Supporters said the measure would…
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