Total votes
9,525
all sessions
Attendance
95%
453 missed
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 76% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 78% of chamber peers
Sponsored
143
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
0
assignments
9,525 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
9,008
voted in favor
Nay
502
voted against
Absent
453
missed votes
Total cast
9,525
across all sessions
Crossed party
94
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Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 1622
Criminal Procedure - As enacted, authorizes the issuance of electronic citations, and not just written citations on paper, for certain misdemeanor criminal offenses in lieu of arrest. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55.
Yea
Passed
65–19
Jun 17, 2020
HB 2033
Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, requires each state agency to submit, on or before December 1 of each year, a report to members of the finance, ways and means committees summarizing amounts of federal block grants and purposes for which funds were expended, including any unexpended or returned portions. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 9, Chapter 4.
Yea
Passed
69–20
Jun 17, 2020
HB 2922
Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020. -
Yea
Passed
90–2
Jun 17, 2020
HB 2924
Budget Procedures - As enacted, makes revisions to general law necessary to implement the annual appropriations act; requires dealers with physical presence in this state to register with department of revenue to collect and remit sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71. Against party
Yea
Passed
77–17
Jun 17, 2020
SB 2362
Children - As introduced, changes, from March 1 to February 1, the date by which the department of children's services must appear before the judiciary committees of the senate and the house of representatives for a review of the department's policies affecting children served by the department. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Jun 16, 2020
HB 2623
Civil Procedure - As introduced, changes, from not less than five days to not less than seven days before a hearing, the time the opposing party has to file a response to a petition under the Tennessee Public Participation Act. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 20; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 47 and Title 49.
Absent
Passed
80–9
Jun 16, 2020
SB 1960
Therapists, Physical and Occupational - As enacted, makes various changes concerning the practice of physical therapy. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13.
Yea
Passed
95–0
Jun 16, 2020
SB 409
Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, creates a rebuttable presumption that a person charged with a bailable offense will not violate the conditions of their release if the offense is expungeable and the person has not been previously convicted of an offense that is ineligible for expunction. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 40, Chapter 7.
Yea
Passed
95–0
Jun 16, 2020
SB 2017
Dentists and Dentistry - As enacted, permits a dentist to supervise up to 10 dental hygienists when providing dental services on a volunteer basis through a nonprofit provider of free mobile clinics. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 5.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Jun 16, 2020
SB 2717
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, creates a new practitioner license for persons seeking to become licensed teachers; requires the department of education, when issuing an educator license to an out-of-state educator, to issue a license that is equivalent to the license the educator possessed prior to moving to this state; requires the state board of education to approve alternative teacher endorsement and licensure pathways. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Jun 16, 2020
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