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Senate committee approves bill directing state flag at half‑staff on Dec. 7 for Pearl Harbor observance
Summary
SB1488 requires the state capital flag be flown at half‑staff on December 7 from sunrise to sunset to honor those who died at Pearl Harbor; sponsor described the measure as symbolic with no fiscal impact and the committee passed it.
Chairman Powers presented SB1488, a constituent-founded bill that would require the state capital flag to be lowered to half‑staff on Dec. 7 from sunrise to sunset to honor service members killed at Pearl Harbor. The sponsor described the bill as narrow, symbolic and without fiscal impact and asked for a favorable vote.
Chairman Briggs called the roll and the committee voted in favor; the clerk recorded 9 ayes. Chairman Powers noted Pearl Harbor survivors remain in Tennessee and urged passage as a symbolic observance; the bill will move to the calendar.
