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
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 2673
Taxes, Sales - As introduced, defines "micro market" and "micro market display" for purposes of sales and use taxes; authorizes dealers who own and operate micro markets in multiple locations to submit to the department of revenue a single monthly sales tax return and payment from sales made at all micro markets owned and operated by the dealer. - Amends TCA Title 67.
Yea
Passed
88–1
Jun 9, 2020
SB 2219
Water Pollution - As introduced, adds representatives of groups representing recreational users of streams to the advisory committee to the division of water pollution control to advise and assist the division on procedures and policies concerning the application of the Water Quality Control Act to the removal of debris from streams and stabilization of stream banks. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.
Nay
Passed
70–20
Jun 9, 2020
SB 2378
Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits local governing bodies from adopting or continuing in effect any ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation regarding the exhibition of livestock; specifies that the prohibition does not apply when such enactment is otherwise authorized by state law or is related to reasonable restrictions regarding time, place, and manner consistent with other similar events or the protection of public health, safety, or welfare. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 44.
Nay
Passed
72–21
Jun 9, 2020
HR 332
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Edgar "Eddie" Jeffers, Jr., and Theda Jeffers, 51st wedding anniversary -
Yea
Passed
87–0
Jun 9, 2020
HB 2672
Contractors - As introduced, authorizes owners of real property to construct certain residential buildings on that property without obtaining a contractor license; requires notice of such construction to be made to the board for licensing contractors, the register of deeds, and subsequent purchasers of the property. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 62, Chapter 6 and Title 66.
Yea
Passed
75–8
Jun 9, 2020
HJR 778
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the US Army Corps of Engineers to comply with Tennessee law in its administration of water projects in the State of Tennessee - Against party
Yea
Passed
76–9
Jun 9, 2020
HB 1980
Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, creates provisions related to prescribing buprenorphine. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11.
Yea
Passed
90–1
Jun 9, 2020
HB 2366
Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits local governing bodies from adopting or continuing in effect any ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation regarding the exhibition of livestock; specifies that the prohibition does not apply when such enactment is otherwise authorized by state law or is related to reasonable restrictions regarding time, place, and manner consistent with other similar events or the protection of public health, safety, or welfare. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 44.
Nay
Passed
72–21
Jun 9, 2020
HB 2414
Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, extends the exemption from licensure to hunt and fish on farmlands owned by a spouse, parent, or grandparent, to include spouses of children of landowners. - Amends TCA Title 70.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Jun 9, 2020
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