Amends TCA Title 3.

This bill establishes the state sovereignty committee ("committee"), consisting of 10 members to be appointed as follows: (1) The speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, who serve as co-chairs of the committee; (2) Four members from the senate to be appointed by the speaker of the senate, one of whom is a member of the minority party; and (3) Four members from the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one of whom is a member of the minority party. This bill requires the speakers to appoint members based on knowledge and experience with the U.S. Constitution and the Tennessee Constitution. If a vacancy on the committee occurs, the vacancy must be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment. This bill provides that seven members of the committee constitute a quorum for the purposes of conducting business and the committee may take action by a majority vote of the membership of the committee. This bill authorizes the committee to receive input, advice, and assistance from interested and affected persons and parties who are not members of the general assembly. The staff of the general assembly must provide administrative support to the committee, and the committee is attached to the general assembly for budgeting purposes. This bill requires all reimbursement for travel expenses to be in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general. All members of the committee serve as such without compensation, but the members are entitled to necessary traveling and other appropriate expenses while engaged in the work of or for the committee. MEETING TIMES This bill requires the committee to meet at (i) biannually, no later than July 1 and December 31 of each year, or by call of the chairs; (ii) upon petition of the people, which must contain 100 signatures each from residents of not less than 20 counties; (iii) upon the request of the general assembly, which requires signatures from either 15 representatives or three senators; (iv) pursuant to an executive order of the governor; and (v) upon special request of the attorney general. DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE This bill requires the committee to monitor and review federal acts, laws, orders, and regulations that may impact the jurisdiction, governance, sovereignty, or civil liberties of the residents of this state. The committee must determine if a federal act, law, order, or regulation violates Article 1, § 2 of the Constitution of Tennessee condemning the doctrine of nonresistance, or is of the nature of an arbitrary power or oppression. During this evaluation, the committee must strongly consider whether such violation puts at risk the life, liberty, or property of the residents of this state. If so determined, the following are required: (1) The committee must issue a resolution of noncompliance or a declaration of resistance to such act, law, order, or regulation consistent with Article 1, § 2 of the Constitution of Tennessee, which condemns the doctrine of nonresistance. Such action by the committee fulfills its duty of interposition between the residents of this state and constitutional violations; and (2) It is the duty of both the residents of this state and the general assembly to resist pursuant to Article 1, § 2 of the Constitution of Tennessee. REPORTING CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS Upon making a positive determination under the above provisions, this bill provides the following: (1) The committee must submit its findings to the general assembly in writing within 15 days of a special session or before December 1 for the next legislative session; (2) The committee must submit a resolution of its findings for ratification by vote to the general assembly. The committee must present the resolution as either a single house or joint resolution, as determined by the committee, to the appropriate speaker and request the general assembly to vote on the resolution according to the rules of each house while in session. The committee must circulate such resolution to other states of the union; (3) The committee may request the general assembly to convene a special session in accordance with the Constitution of Tennessee; and (4) The committee must submit a bill for further appropriate legislative action if the committee concludes that life, liberty, or the property of residents of this state are at risk. Such legislation may include noncompliance measures that prohibit the resources of this state from being utilized against residents of this state.