Total votes
9,525
all sessions
Attendance
95%
453 missed
Higher than 84% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 77% 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 1322
Economic and Community Development, Dept. of - As enacted, removes requirement that agencies receiving public funding to assist businesses with sales volumes of $200,000 or less, or with fewer than 15 employees, must annually file a report with the department detailing the agencies' success with assisting such businesses; removes requirement that the office of minority business enterprise, or other division, must file a report with the commissioner compiling the agencies' filed data and must annually report the results of the data to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 13, 2017
SB 389
Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of McMinnville, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.5 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in McMinnville; the ordinance must set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism development. - Amends amend TCA Section 67-4-1425.
Yea
Passed
84–6
Apr 13, 2017
HB 922
Public Employees - As enacted, requires the local education insurance committee, in regard to a group insurance plan for eligible employees of local education agencies (LEAs), to provide claims data for the purpose of underwriting and premium rating, in certain circumstances; such data must be provided within 30 days of receipt of a written request for such claims data from an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 8.
Yea
Passed
87–0
Apr 13, 2017
HJR 282
Memorials, Recognition - Ginny "Mary" Young, 2017 Woman of Distinction -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Apr 13, 2017
HB 585
Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, exempts a nonprofit educational institution from property taxes, under certain circumstances; applicable in Davidson County. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-212.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Apr 13, 2017
HJR 273
Memorials, Recognition - Sharon Braden, 2017 Woman of Distinction -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Apr 13, 2017
SB 844
Judicial Officers - As enacted, establishes the position of domestic abuse magistrate for Knox County to issue orders of protection, hear order of protection violations, set bail and bail conditions, and perform other duties assigned by the circuit court judge of the 4th division who is also the appointing judge. - Amends TCA Section 40-1-111.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Apr 13, 2017
HB 1416
Gibson County - Subject to local approval, increases the wheel tax on motor vehicles from a maximum of $10.00 to an amount equal to $50.00, and imposes a wheel tax on motorcycles in the amount of $15.00; allocates the revenue to the Gibson County Highway Department. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Private Acts of 1975.
Yea
Passed
76–7
Apr 13, 2017
SB 442
Public Records - As enacted, creates an exception from open records requests for video taken by a law enforcement body camera that depicts interactions with minors in schools, the interior of a healthcare or mental health facility, or the interior of a private residence where no crime has occurred. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 38.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Apr 13, 2017
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