Eddie Bass (born 1957) is an American politician and law enforcement officer.Tennessee House of Representatives archives From 2007 to 2013, he served as a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 65th district.Tom Humphrey, Rep. Eddie Bass Won't Seek Reelection , Knoxville News Sentinel, March 5, 2012Clint Confehr, Eddie Bass stepping aside , Marshall County Tribune, March 7, 2012Gun bill sponsor Eddie Bass still unsure of party-switching , Chattanooga Times Free Press, February 18th, 2012
Early life Eddie Bass was born on November 3, 1957, in Giles County, Tennessee. He graduated from Giles County High School in Pulaski, Tennessee, the Tennessee Law Enforcement Academy and the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy Criminal Investigation School.
Career Bass served as a sheriff for Giles County.
From 2006 to 2012, Bass served as a state representative for the sixty-fifth district of Tennessee. He was a member of the House Agriculture Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and the House General Sub-committee of Judiciary. He proposed a bill drafted by the National Rifle Association of America that would have forced businesses to allow employees to store firearms in vehicles parked on company lots.Andy Sher, Democrat Eddie Bass intends to press for guns-in-parking lots bill today, Chattanooga Times Free Press, April 24th, 2012 He considered running for reelection as a Republican in 2012, but renounced after he had angered GOP bosses by proposing the gun bill as a Democrat before them.Erik Schelzig, GOP cool to possibility of Rep. Bass party switch, Deseret News, February 14, 2012
Personal life Bass is a member of the Churches of Christ.
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