State Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, right, thanks Chancellor I'Ashea L. Myles, left, after Jones took the oath of office on the steps of the House chamber Monday, April 10, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Jones, who was expelled last week from the GOP-led Tennessee House over his role in a gun-control protest on the House floor, was reinstated Monday after Nashville’s governing council voted to send him straight back to the Legislature. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)