Bill sponsor Sen. Richard Briggs says current law would allow a person to hold as many as five elected offices at once.
The last two weeks in Tennessee may have felt like four months.
Deadly tornadoes ripped through Middle Tennessee on the same day as the Super Tuesday presidential primaries. Three days later, the state announced its first confirmed case of coronavirus.
But all this time, the state legislature has still been conducting business.
WPLN News political reporter Sergio Martínez-Beltrán says it may have been overlooked but lawmakers have been debating important legislation.
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