R Tennessee House · District 19 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Dave Wright

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Total votes

23,539

all sessions

Attendance

97%

655 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

23,080

voted in favor

Nay

429

voted against

Absent

655

missed votes

Total cast

23,539

across all sessions

Crossed party

60

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HB 2657

Ashland City - Subject to local approval, requires the position of mayor to be voted on by electors from the town at large; requires the position of councilman to be voted on by electors in their ward; requires elections to be nonpartisan; makes various other changes. - Amends Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 2004; as amended.

Yea

Passed

17–0

Mar 24, 2026

HB 2652

Oakland - Subject to local approval, transfers authority to appoint and remove all directors and department heads, excluding the town recorder, from the board of mayor and aldermen to the town manager. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended.

Yea

Passed

17–0

Mar 24, 2026

HB 1986

Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires a county incurring expenses pursuant to a criminal prosecution to provide an invoice of the expenses imposed on the county to the department; requires, within 60 days of receiving an invoice, the department to pay the amount of the invoiced expenses permitted by law to the county. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41.

Yea

Passed

19–0

Mar 24, 2026

HB 1790

School Transportation - As introduced, lowers the minimum age, from 25 to 23, that is necessary to receive an initial school bus endorsement; authorizes local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to adopt policies prescribing the qualifications of school bus drivers in the interest of the safety and health of school pupils. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 49 and Title 55.

Yea

Passed

6–1

Mar 24, 2026

HB 2373

County Government - As introduced, creates a supplemental pay incentive program for local correctional officers who receive 40 hours or more of in-service training per calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 41.

Yea

Passed

23–0

Mar 24, 2026

HB 2366

Tourism - As enacted, requires the department of tourist development to promulgate rules designating tourism development zones in this state as economic protection zones; places certain limitations on a local government blocking streets or other rights-of-way in a tourism development zone; clarifies that the Tennessee highway patrol has concurrent law enforcement authority with local law enforcement agencies within a tourism development zone in this state. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

17–5

Mar 24, 2026

HB 1790

School Transportation - As introduced, lowers the minimum age, from 25 to 23, that is necessary to receive an initial school bus endorsement; authorizes local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to adopt policies prescribing the qualifications of school bus drivers in the interest of the safety and health of school pupils. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 49 and Title 55.

Yea

Passed

13–2

Mar 24, 2026

HB 1754

Boats, Boating - As introduced, urges the department of transportation, in consultation with the department of revenue, to study the potential impact on transportation infrastructure needs of requiring personal trailers used for the transportation of boats to be registered in this state; requires the department of transportation to report to the chairs of the transportation and safety committee of the senate and the committee in the house of representatives having jurisdiction over transportation on or before January 1, 2027, if such study is conducted. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 55 and Title 69.

Yea

Passed

16–1

Mar 24, 2026

HB 2549

Ethics - As introduced, enacts the "Foreign Agent Registration Act." - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6 and Title 4.

Yea

Passed

16–2

Mar 24, 2026

HB 2548

State Government - As introduced, enacts the "Critical Infrastructure Protection Act" and the "Protection of State Land from Foreign Adversaries Act." - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3 and Title 66, Chapter 2.

Yea

Passed

20–2

Mar 24, 2026