General Assembly passes ban on police, fire residency requirements — for Memphis only
State Rep. Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby), the sponsor of a ban on residency requirements for police, gives a thumbs-down to an amendment proposed by Rep. Jesse Chism (D-Memphis) that would end the ban in 2024. Faison stands with Shelby County Republican Reps. Kevin Vaughan (far left), Tom Leatherwood (far right) and John Gillespie. (Ian Round/Daily Memphian)
The bill was amended to apply only to Memphis. It will become law with Gov. Bill Lee’s signature.
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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