Writer Sam Stockard penned a column for the Daily News Journal entitled “Legislature should go back to meeting every two years.” In it, Stockard asserts:

Tennessee’s General Assembly should take a step back — back to the days when it met only once every two years.

Longtime state Rep. John Bragg would probably roll over in his grave at this suggestion, but based on trends in the state Legislature, Tennessee would probably be in better shape if its lawmakers just stayed home half the time.

Until 1967, that was the case. A 1965 Constitutional Convention proposed that the General Assembly meet annually, and the 1966 Legislature approved it, setting a new course with the 85th General Assembly.

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