Tennessee lawmakers’ 3-day COVID special session cost $136K

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A three-day special session of the state legislature that placed limits on what governments and businesses can do to address the COVID-19 pandemic cost Tennesseans $136,643.

The Tennessean reports the amount includes per-diem payments and mileage reimbursment for the lawmakers in attendance.

Tennessee lawmakers convened the session on Oct. 27.

In addtion to a law limiting masks and vaccine mandates, they also voted to allow school board elections to be partisan and to change how the directors of the state’s six local health departments are selected.

A week earlier, lawmakers convened for three days to secure a $5.6 billion investment from Ford Motor Co. That session cost taxpayers $108,415.

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