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 1162

Schools, Charter - As enacted, permits a public charter school authorized in the county local education agency for a county in which only one city school system operates to use available buildings or facilities located within the geographic boundaries of the city school system located in the same county if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 25, 2025

HB 1324

Education, Higher - As introduced, terminates the governing board of directors for the Tennessee student assistance corporation (TSAC); requires the Tennessee higher education commission to be the governing board for TSAC; changes the name of the "Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant" to "TennesseeWORKS scholarship." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

Yea

Passed

17–0

Mar 25, 2025

HB 1214

School Vouchers - As introduced, requires private schools that participate in the education savings account program or the individualized education account program to publish various items on the school's website; requires private schools that participate in either program to ensure educators hold a valid license to teach; requires students participating in either program to be administered various assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Failed

2–6

Mar 25, 2025

HB 1201

Medical Occupations - As introduced, limits a foreign training license of limited duration to an internationally licensed physician who meets certain listed criteria. - Amends TCA Title 63.

Yea

Passed

21–0

Mar 25, 2025

HB 1016

Education, Dept. of - As introduced, establishes October 15 of each year as the date by which the department must submit an early grades reading report; updates the committees for which the department must submit the early grades reading report to be the education committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over education. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

18–0

Mar 25, 2025

HB 148

Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As introduced, creates the Tennessee Promise completion grant special account in the state treasury for purposes of awarding completion grants to certain Tennessee Promise scholarship students; makes the four-year pilot program established by the commission to award completion grants to certain Tennessee Promise scholarship students a permanent program. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

Yea

Passed

18–0

Mar 25, 2025

HB 1109

School Vouchers - As introduced, requires private schools that enroll recipients of an education freedom scholarship, students participating in the individualized education account program, or students participating in the education savings account program to conduct background checks prior to employing a teacher or person who will have direct contact with school children or access to school grounds when children are present. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 26.

Yea

Failed

2–6

Mar 25, 2025

HB 504

Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, makes various changes to the "Tennessee Future Teacher Scholarship Act of 2023." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7.

Yea

Passed

18–0

Mar 25, 2025

HB 453

Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, changes present law concerning the frequency of fire drills in educational occupancies. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102.

Yea

Passed

18–0

Mar 25, 2025

HB 6

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to enroll LEAs' employees' children into the voluntary pre-kindergarten program if space is available after enrollment of at-risk children; authorizes LEAs to charge the employee tuition and fees for such enrollment. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 25, 2025