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 1203

Medical Occupations - As enacted, authorizes a healthcare provider’s licensing board to issue a license subject to a private advocacy order that requires the applicant to participate in a peer assistance program approved by the board; designates private advocacy orders as confidential and not public records, as long as the provider does not fail to maintain participation in the peer assistance program and requires the initiation of disciplinary proceedings by the board. - Amends TCA Title 63.

Yea

Passed

21–0

Apr 1, 2025

HB 164

Professions and Occupations - As enacted, makes various changes relative to the practice of chiropractors, including animal chiropractic practice. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 63.

Absent

Passed

15–6

Apr 1, 2025

HB 1322

Schools, Charter - As enacted, establishes a process by which the governing body of an existing public charter school may replicate that public charter school in the same district by applying to the local board of education or directly to the Tennessee public charter school commission; allows, in certain circumstances, a public charter school sponsor to apply directly to the commission to open a new public charter school; makes various changes to the state agencies responsible for performing certain functions in the Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act of 2002. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.

Nay

Passed

15–4

Apr 1, 2025

HB 865

Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the board of nursing to permit a student to enroll in a practical nursing program offered by a public institution of higher education governed by the Tennessee board of regents if the student meets the qualifications for a high school diploma or its equivalent and meets other requirements; requires the board of nursing to permit a student enrolled in a practical nursing program to sit for the national council licensure exam for practical nurses (NCLEX-PN) upon completion of a practical nursing program. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63.

Yea

Passed

23–0

Apr 1, 2025

HB 85

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, increases, from 130 minutes per full school week to 40 minutes per school day, the minimum amount of physical activity required for elementary school students; establishes additional requirements for the minimum amount of physical activity required for elementary school students. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

17–1

Apr 1, 2025

HB 1141

Health Care - As enacted, adds that the governor's appointee for the health facilities commission who is a representative of the assisted-care living facility industry may be appointed from lists of qualified persons submitted by interested groups, including the Tennessee Center for Assisted Living; requires the commission to submit certain reports to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 68.

Yea

Passed

21–2

Apr 1, 2025

HB 1307

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to implement a transition plan to close the achievement school district (ASD) and to release all schools currently assigned to the ASD before the start of the 2026-2027 school year; requires the department to establish a different intervention system for priority schools; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

18–0

Apr 1, 2025

HB 979

Health Care - As enacted, establishes licensure of anesthesiologist assistants; revises provisions authorizing hospitals to employ certain licensed physicians for certain medical services. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

21–1

Apr 1, 2025

HB 194

Sports - As enacted, revises present law relative to an intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

18–0

Apr 1, 2025

HB 869

Health Care - As enacted, revises present law relative to a patient's electronic health record and requires a health insurance entity to establish and maintain a provider access API and a prior authorization API; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 47; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

22–0

Apr 1, 2025