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D Tennessee House · District 15 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Sam McKenzie

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Total votes
13,756
all sessions
Attendance
93%
1,063 missed
Higher than 75% of chamber peers
With party
98%
of cast votes
Lower than 82% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
Sponsored
132
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
5
assignments
13,756 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
12,495
voted in favor
Nay
1,163
voted against
Absent
1,063
missed votes
Total cast
13,756
across all sessions
Crossed party
143
votes against own party
This page
13,756
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 2000
Schools, Charter - As enacted, allows private postsecondary institutions, including those that are religiously affiliated, to operate a public charter school; allows such institutions to apply to the local board of education or directly to the Tennessee public charter school commission to open a public charter school and to give an enrollment preference to children of the institution's employees or members of its governing body in the same manner afforded to public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Absent
Passed
-
Mar 10, 2026
SB 2423
Food and Food Products - As enacted, prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from selling, offering for sale, or providing to students on school property through a school nutrition program any food or beverage item that contains Allura Red AC; Erythrosine B; Tartrazine; Sunset Yellow FCF; Erioglaucine disodium salt; Indigo carmine; or Fast Green FCF. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Absent
Passed
-
Mar 9, 2026
HB 2077
Human Rights - As enacted, repeals rules transferred from the defunct human rights commission to the attorney general and reporter; clarifies that complaints filed with the attorney general pursuant to a human rights investigation must not be produced for inspection by or disclosed to a person, other than an authorized representative of the attorney general, without the consent of the person who filed the complaint. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21.
Absent
Passed
-
Mar 9, 2026
HB 1853
Food and Food Products - As enacted, prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from selling, offering for sale, or providing to students on school property through a school nutrition program any food or beverage item that contains Allura Red AC; Erythrosine B; Tartrazine; Sunset Yellow FCF; Erioglaucine disodium salt; Indigo carmine; or Fast Green FCF. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Absent
Passed
-
Mar 3, 2026
HB 47
Education - As enacted, authorizes local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to allow schools in the LEA or the public charter school, as applicable, to display the Ten Commandments, the first sentence of the second paragraph of the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, and the preamble to the United States Constitution in a prominent location in a school building. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Absent
Passed
-
Feb 12, 2026
HB 1665
Health Care - As enacted, prohibits certain healthcare providers from knowingly or willfully asking a minor, or a health insurance issuer, managed care organization, or entity providing reimbursement for healthcare services from requiring or requesting a healthcare provider or facility to ask, certain gender-related questions for any purpose; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 47; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Absent
Passed
-
Feb 11, 2026
HB 902
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, establishes a pilot program that provides grants to local education agencies to advance substance abuse and violence prevention programs. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Absent
Passed
-
Feb 10, 2026
HJR 802
Memorials, Sports - Ty Simpson -
Yea
Passed
96–0
Jan 22, 2026
HJR 783
Memorials, Death - David Samuel "Sammy" Scott -
Yea
Passed
96–0
Jan 22, 2026
HJR 793
Memorials, Death - Thomas Hayes "Tommy" Schumpert -
Yea
Passed
96–0
Jan 22, 2026
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