Total votes
9,517
all sessions
Attendance
95%
453 missed
Higher than 82% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 83% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 84% of chamber peers
Sponsored
143
bills & resolutions
Lower than 80% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
9,517 roll-call votes
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9,000
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Nay
502
voted against
Absent
453
missed votes
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 2918
Benton County - Subject to local approval, requires government-owned hotel operators to collect and remit the privilege tax on the occupancy of hotels and motels in the county. - Amends Chapter 189 of the Private Acts of 1994.
Yea
Passed
77–0
Jun 18, 2020
HB 2156
Economic and Community Development, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to report to the fiscal review committee, at least annually, regarding any new clawback rights being executed by the department during the current year, as well as any clawback rights from previous years that are still being collected by the department during the current year. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 12.
Yea
Passed
76–0
Jun 18, 2020
HB 1615
Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "Debra Johnson Act," which authorizes the department to contribute state funds toward the funeral and burial expenses of a correctional employee killed in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 6.
Yea
Passed
78–0
Jun 18, 2020
SB 2777
Children - As introduced, authorizes a “Parents' Day Out” or similar program operated by a religious institution or organization to provide 12-hour per week child care services in whatever block of time desired; requires the department of human services to create a $10 million fund to provide unlicensed care providers in rural counties with assistance in making facility upgrades for licensure; allows care providers in rural counties to provide child care for up to 10 children without being licensed if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
82–0
Jun 18, 2020
SB 2690
Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, creates a five-member Asian carp advisory commission to recommend methods and seek funding for the eradication of Asian carp from Tennessee waters. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 70.
Yea
Passed
82–0
Jun 18, 2020
HB 2192
Public Defenders - As enacted, reinstates service credits and salary increases that were suspended during 2009-2010 for district public defender investigators. - Amends TCA Title 1 and Title 8, Chapter 14.
Yea
Passed
80–0
Jun 18, 2020
HB 1640
Special License Plates - As enacted, authorizes issuance of a Linemen Power Tennessee new specialty earmarked license plate to operators of vehicles that are used for passenger transport, owned by an entity that is subject to the Rural Electric and Community Services Cooperative Act, and that have a maximum gross weight less than 9,000 pounds. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Yea
Passed
80–0
Jun 18, 2020
SB 1756
Special License Plates - As enacted, authorizes issuance of a Linemen Power Tennessee new specialty earmarked license plate to operators of vehicles that are used for passenger transport, owned by an entity that is subject to the Rural Electric and Community Services Cooperative Act, and that have a maximum gross weight less than 9,000 pounds. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Yea
Passed
80–0
Jun 18, 2020
SB 2684
Health Care - As introduced, authorizes healthcare facilities to provide an electronic method for insureds or their representatives to acknowledge and sign the statutorily required notice that the insured agrees to receive medical services by an out-of-network provider and will receive a bill for the amount unpaid by the insured's insurer. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
82–0
Jun 18, 2020
SB 2924
Benton County - Subject to local approval, requires government-owned hotel operators to collect and remit the privilege tax on the occupancy of hotels and motels in the county. - Amends Chapter 189 of the Private Acts of 1994.
Yea
Passed
77–0
Jun 18, 2020
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