The legislation as I’ve heard it described is to permanently remain on DST. Not for the entire state to be on one time. Lots of people would prefer the state be on Eastern time, but I work with people in NY, Texas and LA via conference calls. I don’t want to move to Eastern and be 3 hours different than LA. I like splitting the difference. I think a better idea is for the US to split into two timezones.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/108/Bill/HB1909.pdf
It looks like the proposal is for the entire state to permanently remain on standard time.
Std = 8 eastern, 7 central
Dst = 9 eastern, 8 central.
So in the winter it would be 600 in Albuquerque then 700 in Arkansas, 700 in Memphis, and 800 in Knoxville and 800 in North Carolina.
In the summer Albuquerque advances to 700, Arkansas advances to 800, Memphis stays at 700, Knoxville stays at 800, and North Carolina advances to 900.