R Tennessee House · District 16 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Michele Carringer

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Session

Total votes

16,828

all sessions

Attendance

97%

389 missed

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

16,382

voted in favor

Nay

421

voted against

Absent

389

missed votes

Total cast

16,828

across all sessions

Crossed party

70

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HJR 1510

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Avery York, Salutatorian, South-Doyle High School -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2213

Public Utilities - As enacted, requires a utility to provide material that is required for construction of utility infrastructure for the customer's or approved contractor's use at the same price as the utility paid for the material, if such material is available only from the utility; authorizes a customer or approved contractor installing utility infrastructure to install street lights; prohibits a utility from requiring a customer or approved contractor from installing street lights; prohibits certain fees for inspections and review of plans and designs from exceeding a combined total of 10% of the proposed cost of the project. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

88–0

Apr 21, 2026

HB 397

Taxes, Sales - As enacted, authorizes an entity designated to operate a stadium designed to host games of an intercollegiate football team that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to receive a special allocation of state and local sales tax revenue derived from the sale of admission to events occurring within the stadium and from all sales of food, drinks, merchandise, and parking sold on the premises of the stadium to fund capital and operation expenses for the stadium. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

68–21

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2450

Newspapers and Publications - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study to determine if newspapers of general circulation remain the most efficient and effective manner for governments to provide the public with transparent and accessible information. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3 and Title 8, Chapter 44.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Apr 21, 2026

HJR 1505

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaia Harbick, Valedictorian, West High School -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

HR 231

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ella Bilbrey, Historian, Pickett County High School -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

HB 397

Taxes, Sales - As enacted, authorizes an entity designated to operate a stadium designed to host games of an intercollegiate football team that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to receive a special allocation of state and local sales tax revenue derived from the sale of admission to events occurring within the stadium and from all sales of food, drinks, merchandise, and parking sold on the premises of the stadium to fund capital and operation expenses for the stadium. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

78–10

Apr 21, 2026

SB 1326

Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, provides that a collecting official or the division of property assessments is not required to request documentation verifying the income of an elderly person seeking tax relief if the applicant is at least 80 years old and meets certain other requirements. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.

Yea

Passed

86–0

Apr 21, 2026

HB 2422

Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to implement a pilot program to evaluate whether administering fewer district- and state-mandated assessments results in students achieving greater academic success; adds an additional method by which a student who is not proficient in ELA, as determined by the student's achieving a performance level rating of “approaching” on the ELA portion of the student's most recent TCAP test, may be promoted. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

87–1

Apr 21, 2026

SB 1826

Open Meetings - As enacted, authorizes emergency communications district boards of directors to participate in board meetings electronically under the open meetings law. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 3 and Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

75–6

Apr 21, 2026