D Tennessee House · District 15 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Sam McKenzie

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Session

Total votes

13,756

all sessions

Attendance

94%

826 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

98%

of cast votes

Lower than 83% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 80% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

12,495

voted in favor

Nay

1,163

voted against

Absent

826

missed votes

Total cast

13,756

across all sessions

Crossed party

143

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 485

Education - As enacted, authorizes local education agencies and public charter schools to provide up to four days of the required 180 days of classroom instruction via hybrid learning in the event of dangerous or extreme weather conditions, or an emergency, as determined by the director of schools or the director of public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025

HR 83

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Lyric Owen, Grassland Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025

HB 1188

Education - As enacted, prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, or religion against a student or an employee in a public institution of education; requires public institutions of education to treat harassment or discrimination against students or employees, or resulting from institutional policies or programs on their campuses, motivated by or including antisemitic intent in an identical manner to discrimination motivated by race; requires Title VI coordinators to be designated to monitor antisemitic discrimination and harassment at K-12 schools and institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Nay

Passed

73–22

Apr 7, 2025

HJR 552

Memorials, Personal Occasion - Dorothy Steffen, 100th birthday -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025

HB 646

Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, authorizes persons to wear daylight fluorescent pink as a substitute for daylight fluorescent orange when hunting big game during gun hunts; deletes statutory definition of daylight fluorescent orange. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 70.

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025

HR 102

Memorials, Sports - Ella Ryan, 2024 WILLCO Awards Female Basketball Player of the Year -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025

SB 274

County Government - As enacted, declares that the offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, and trustee are the constitutional officers of a county that has adopted a charter form of government; specifies the duties for each constitutional officer. - Amends TCA Title 5.

Nay

Passed

77–14

Apr 7, 2025

SB 471

Education, Curriculum - As enacted, establishes that family life curriculum must include age-appropriate instruction and evidence regarding the positive personal and societal outcomes associated with the method by which a person completes the following in sequential order: obtains a high school diploma or high school equivalency credential; enters into the workforce or pursues a postsecondary degree or credential; enters into marriage; and has children. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13.

Yea

Failed

22–72

Apr 7, 2025

HJR 571

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Layla Newby, Top Ten Senior, DeKalb County High School -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025

HJR 577

Memorials, Retirement - Coach Johnny Morgan -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025