Senator Bell: (R) Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee, Member, Senate Education Committee, and Senate Government Operations Committee. Senator Bell sponsored SB433 that prohibits licensing of small home-based business operated by minors. It passed. He co-sponsored a bill that strengthened the anti-FGM law that also passed. We had 32 bills we recommended that he could have co-sponsored. He voted in favor of most of them and earned a 91% vote score. We would have preferred for him have an equivalent leadership score. Sending the Heartbeat bill to summer study was not something we supported. We felt that Dr. Boles and David Fowler made brilliant arguments in favor of the bill, once it was amended with language that would be difficult to rebuff in court. TN Right to Life was on the wrong side and failed to make a case against the logic of the bill. Tennessee should have been with Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Ohio, creating a united front. Senator Bell is a friend and a highly respected member of the GA. We look forward to working together for better results all around next year. 2018: Sponsored six (6) bills supported by TLRC. Co-sponsored four (4) bills supported by TLRC. Voted for the gas tax. Senator Bell, with few exceptions, has been outstanding in sponsorship and championing of good conservative legislation.