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Rep. Andrew Farmer

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Total votes

22,401

all sessions

Attendance

91%

2,300 missed

Higher than 75% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

About Rep. Andrew Farmer

Rep. serving Tennessee District 17. Member of the Republican party. Has been in office 13 years · 8 months. Serves on 4 committees, including Judiciary, Calendar and Rules and Health.

Sworn in

Jan 8, 2013

13 years · 8 months

Closest ally

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How Andrew votes, broken down

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Criminal Justice 28% / 72%

29 support · 74 oppose

Budget & Taxes 40% / 60%

19 support · 28 oppose

Education 73% / 27%

54 support · 20 oppose

Labor & Employment 62% / 38%

8 support · 5 oppose

Healthcare 95% / 5%

20 support · 1 oppose

Transportation 100% / 0%

5 support · 0 oppose

Veterans 100% / 0%

3 support · 0 oppose

Immigration 41% / 59%

11 support · 16 oppose

Environment 36% / 64%

4 support · 7 oppose

Energy 67% / 33%

2 support · 1 oppose

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Recent legislative activity

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HB 684Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to provide the commissioner of correction with a form application for food assistance for use by inmates who are preparing for release. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3. died

3 months ago

HB 2496Taxes - As enacted, adds to the definition of a "qualified public use facility" as used in the Local Tourism Development Zone Business Tax Act a mixed-use development containing a performance venue with a seating capacity of at least 2,500; authorizes a municipality or public authority that has financed a qualified public use facility within a tourism development zone and that qualifies for an allocation of sales tax revenue from within that zone under the Convention Center and Tourism Development Financing Act of 1998 and under other provisions of sales tax law to use the revenue for purposes authorized in the act or other law. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 67. signed

3 months ago

HB 1966Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop a statewide quality assurance program to ensure quality control through monitoring, evaluation, and feedback on the performance of the best practices in the service delivery system and utilizing both qualitative and quantitative data in outcomes-based approaches at the regional level. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5. in committee

3 months ago

HB 1970Real Property - As enacted, requires a description of real property contained within a deed of conveyance of a property not previously described in a recorded instrument to be prepared by a registered land surveyor, or by a licensed attorney utilizing a survey prepared by a registered land surveyor. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 23; Title 39; Title 45; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 66. signed

3 months ago

HB 1968Opioids - As enacted, adds Alvogen, Inc., Apotex Corp., and Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. to the list of companies that may be released by the attorney general for pending or future claims regarding opioids. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 33. in committee

3 months ago

HB 656Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, extends present law concerning compensated unused leave for teachers to all employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. signed

4 months ago

HB 483District Attorneys - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general to conduct a study of a district attorney general's disposition of charges and other ancillary matters within the 30th judicial district; authorizes the attorney general to petition the supreme court for appointment of a district attorney general pro tem if a district attorney general in this state has peremptorily and categorically refused to prosecute criminal offenses based on an unjustifiable and unconstitutional standard, without regard to facts or circumstances or taken other official action that constitutes a failure or refusal to prosecute according to the law. - Amends TCA Title 8. signed

4 months ago

HB 2078Courts - As enacted, enacts the "Parental Rights Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 8 and Title 40, Chapter 11. died

4 months ago

HB 2495Real Property - As enacted, provides that a provision of a document requiring a transferor or transferee to pay a fee, charge, assessment, dues, contribution, deposit, or other amount to purchase, issue, reissue, maintain, or transfer a club membership that is related to the real property or the community in which the property is sited is not a transfer fee covenant. - Amends TCA Title 66. in committee

4 months ago

HB 2429Children - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding children, including requiring a parent educational seminar in certain juvenile cases. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. died

4 months ago