Legislation sponsored by Sen. Bill Ketron, a member of MTSU's Forrest Hall Task Force, would make it more difficult to change the name of the university's ROTC building or to remove the Confederate general's bust from the state Capitol.

The Tennessee Heritage Protection Act, sponsored by Republican Rep. Steve McDaniel of Parkers Crossroads, passed in the House this week after heated discussion over the homage paid to embattled Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.

State Senator Bill Ketron told WGNS NEWS...

It would go next to the Senate where Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, is seeking to make the law he sponsored in 2013 more "transparent" and set up a procedure for groups to follow in an effort to make the process "fairer," according to a Republican Caucus.

The legislation would affect situations in which someone requests a change in a history-related statue, monument, memorial, bust, nameplate, plaque, artwork, flag, historic display, street, bridge or building erected, named or dedicated on public property in honor of a historic conflict, entity, event, figure or organization. The bill sets guidelines for seeking waivers for change to be made, in addition to providing definitions and guidelines for the Tennessee Historical Commission to follow.

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