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D Tennessee House · District 15 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Sam McKenzie

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Total votes
17,100
all sessions
Attendance
93%
1,312 missed
Lower than 81% of chamber peers
With party
98%
of cast votes
Lower than 77% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 79% of chamber peers
Sponsored
132
bills & resolutions
Higher than 83% of chamber peers
Committees
5
assignments
17,100 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
15,482
voted in favor
Nay
1,519
voted against
Absent
1,312
missed votes
Total cast
17,100
across all sessions
Crossed party
178
votes against own party
This page
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Description
Vote
Result
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SB 1671
Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, enacts the "Hannah Eimers Memorial Tennessee Roadside Safety Hardware Act," which states the intent that the state department of transportation keep abreast of the United States secretary of transportation's implementation of federally required third-party verification of full-scale crash testing results from crash test labs, including a method for formally verifying the testing outcomes and providing for an independent pass/fail determination, and adopting such results to the greatest extent feasible under state law. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Mar 17, 2022
HR 154
Memorials, Recognition - Whitehaven Branch Library -
Yea
Passed
89–0
Mar 17, 2022
HB 2070
Adoption - As enacted, expands the definition of severe child sexual abuse for purposes of termination of parental rights and giving a parent standing to file a petition to terminate the parental rights of the abusive parent; declares all adoption records to be a public record when 100 years have elapsed since the date the adoption was finalized; makes various other changes in regard to termination of parental rights and adoption. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Mar 17, 2022
HB 2858
Public Health - As enacted, removes references to conditions of participation from Medicare and Medicaid in the title definitions of "governmental entity" and "private business" that apply to certain statutes related to addressing COVID-19. - Amends TCA Title 14.
Yea
Passed
89–0
Mar 17, 2022
SJR 1202
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Maleah Epley, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School -
Yea
Passed
89–0
Mar 17, 2022
SB 1528
Sentencing - As enacted, revises provisions governing sentencing for persons convicted of drug offenses committed in a drug-free school zone; authorizes a court that imposed a sentence for a drug-free school zone offense that occurred prior to September 1, 2020, upon motion of the defendant or the district attorney general or the court's own motion, to resentence the defendant under the current law. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 39 and Title 40.
Yea
Passed
81–7
Mar 17, 2022
HB 2196
Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, clarifies that a deed is treated as a quitclaim deed for transfer tax purposes if the deed only conveys the grantor's interest to the grantee, and that a deed containing language evidencing an intent to convey the property itself or warranties of title is taxed as a transfer of a freehold estate; specifies that the recordation tax provisions do not affect the validity of the underlying transfer or conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 4.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Mar 17, 2022
SB 2385
Divorce, Annulment and Alimony - As enacted, clarifies that the court must allocate responsibility for payment of marital debt in actions for divorce or legal separation; defines "marital debt" and "separate debt"; adds factors for the court to consider in determining the allocation of responsibility for payment of marital debt; clarifies alimony in solido may be awarded for attorney fees and expenses incurred in connection with the proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 4 and Title 36, Chapter 5.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Mar 17, 2022
SB 2427
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, excludes narcotic testing equipment used to determine whether a controlled substance contains a synthetic opioid from the definition of "drug paraphernalia"; exclusion does not apply if the equipment is possessed for purposes of a person's commission of a drug-related offense; exclusion repealed July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402.
Yea
Passed
82–9
Mar 17, 2022
SB 1724
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state university and community college system, board of regents to June 30, 2026; extends video streaming and archiving requirements to meetings of the board's standing committees, in addition to meetings of the board. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 8, Part 2.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Mar 17, 2022
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