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
Voting record
Yea
9,000
voted in favor
Nay
502
voted against
Absent
453
missed votes
Total cast
9,517
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Crossed party
87
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 2236
Conservation - As enacted, requires the commissioner of general services instead of the commissioner of finance and administration to certify by January 1 of each year to the comptroller of the treasury information necessary to identify property rendered tax exempt by acquisition by the state during the prior fiscal year for conservation and preservation. - Amends TCA Section 11-14-406 and Section 11-7-109.
Yea
Passed
80–0
Jun 18, 2020
HB 2768
Courts - As enacted, allows a court to temporarily hold court proceedings in a courthouse or other room located outside the county seat under specific circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 16-1-105.
Yea
Passed
78–0
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
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
80–0
Jun 18, 2020
HB 1723
Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages and beer for consumption on the premises of the Memphis Zoo during the zoo's regular operating hours. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-101.
Yea
Failed
55–23
Jun 18, 2020
SB 1560
Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages and beer for consumption on the premises of the Memphis Zoo during the zoo's regular operating hours. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-101.
Yea
Failed
55–23
Jun 18, 2020
HB 2492
Search & Seizure - As enacted, specifies that the authority of wildlife resources officers to conduct certain searches does not permit search or inspection of the interior of an automobile without a search warrant. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 70.
Yea
Passed
73–4
Jun 18, 2020
SB 1457
Taxes, Sales - As introduced, requires out-of-state sellers with more than $100,000 in sales or more than 200 separate sales in this state during previous 12-month period to collect and remit sales tax to department of revenue rather than having in-state consumers remit the use tax for purchases made from such dealers. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 67; Chapter 72 of the Public Acts of 2011; Chapter 193 of the Public Acts of 2017; Chapter 273 of the Public Acts of 2015; Chapter 452 of the Public Acts of 2017; Chapter 480 of the Public Acts of 2013; Chapter 530 of the Public Acts of 2009 and Chapter 602 of the Public Acts of 2007.
Yea
Passed
74–3
Jun 18, 2020
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