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 2784
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, prohibits a parent or guardian of a student who has accumulated five or more days of unexcused absences during the school year from withdrawing the student from school during the school year in a month other than the first month of a school semester; creates exceptions to the general prohibition in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
7–6
Jun 10, 2020
SB 1616
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the period of time after a local board of education or director of schools makes an initial offer of employment to a person for a teaching position that the person has to accept or reject the offer of employment, if the offer is made between June 1 and April 1. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-406.
Yea
Failed
24–60
Jun 10, 2020
HJR 809
Constitutional Conventions - Requests the United States Congress to convene an Article V Convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution that would restore the public's trust in our representative government by reforming our campaign finance system. -
Yea
Failed
25–65
Jun 10, 2020
SB 2546
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, deletes the provision that limited the availability of recall elections for school board members to only Madison County. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2.
Nay
Failed
1–10
Jun 10, 2020
SB 1616
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the period of time after a local board of education or director of schools makes an initial offer of employment to a person for a teaching position that the person has to accept or reject the offer of employment, if the offer is made between June 1 and April 1. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-406.
Yea
Passed
83–0
Jun 10, 2020
SB 811
Water Pollution - As enacted, specifies that soil is not a discarded material constituting waste for purposes of the Tennessee Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Tennessee Hazardous Waste Management Act as long as the soil is intended for use or reuse as soil. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 69.
Nay
Passed
67–23
Jun 10, 2020
SB 811
Water Pollution - As enacted, specifies that soil is not a discarded material constituting waste for purposes of the Tennessee Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Tennessee Hazardous Waste Management Act as long as the soil is intended for use or reuse as soil. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 69.
Nay
Passed
64–23
Jun 10, 2020
HB 845
Water Pollution - As enacted, specifies that soil is not a discarded material constituting waste for purposes of the Tennessee Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Tennessee Hazardous Waste Management Act as long as the soil is intended for use or reuse as soil. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 69.
Nay
Passed
67–23
Jun 10, 2020
HB 2462
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, prohibits a parent or guardian of a student who has accumulated five or more days of unexcused absences during the school year from withdrawing the student from school during the school year in a month other than the first month of a school semester; creates exceptions to the general prohibition in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
7–6
Jun 10, 2020
HB 845
Water Pollution - As enacted, specifies that soil is not a discarded material constituting waste for purposes of the Tennessee Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Tennessee Hazardous Waste Management Act as long as the soil is intended for use or reuse as soil. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 69.
Nay
Passed
70–19
Jun 10, 2020
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