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Joey Hensley
Joey Hensley (born July 28, 1955) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate representing District 28 since January 8, 2013. Hensley served consecutively in the Tennessee General Assembly from January 2003 until January 8, 2013, in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 70 seat. Education Hensley earned his AS from Columbia State Community College, his BS from the University of Memphis and his MD from the University of Tennessee. Tennessee legislature In 2012 and 2013, Hensley introduced a bill, nicknamed "Don't Say Gay", to ban schools from discussing LGBT issues; the bill eventually failed. For several years, Hensley cosponsored a bill allowing counselors and therapists "to refuse to counsel a client as to goals, outcomes, or behaviors that conflict with a sincerely held religious belief of the counselor or therapist," such as LGBT clients. This bill was eventually passed and signed into law on April 27, 2016. In February 2017, He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee's 28th Senate District
''For the 28th district in the Tennessee House of Representatives, see Tennessee House of Representatives 28th district'' Tennessee's 28th Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Party (United States), Republican Joey Hensley since 2012. Geography District 28 covers a rural swath of southern Middle Tennessee, including all of Giles County, Tennessee, Giles, Lawrence County, Tennessee, Lawrence, Lewis County, Tennessee, Lewis, Maury County, Tennessee, Maury, Perry County, Tennessee, Perry, and Wayne County, Tennessee, Wayne Counties. Communities in the district include Columbia, Tennessee, Columbia, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, Lawrenceburg, Pulaski, Tennessee, Pulaski, Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, Mount Pleasant, Waynesboro, Tennessee, Waynesboro, Hohenwald, Tennessee, Hohenwald, Linden, Tennessee, Linden, and part of Spring Hill, Tennessee, Spring Hill. The district overlaps with Tennessee's Tennessee's 4th congressional dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |