R Tennessee House · District 19 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Dave Wright

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Session

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

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1021

Advertising - As introduced, requires just compensation to be paid for the acquisition or removal of an outdoor advertising device lawfully erected; prohibits the use of amortization to provide such just compensation. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16 and Section 54-21-107.

Yea

Passed

6–0

Mar 17, 2026

HB 1267

Election Laws - As introduced, requires a municipality that adopts an ordinance requiring nonresident property owners to vote by absentee ballot to file such ordinance with the county election commission no later than 75 days, rather than 60 days, before the election. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 41.

Nay

Failed

1–6

Mar 17, 2026

HB 2613

Election Laws - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Ballot Access Act." - Amends TCA Title 2. Against party

Nay

Passed

4–3

Mar 17, 2026

SB 2320

Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, clarifies that expenditures of campaign funds to enhance security for an officeholder's personal residence are not deemed for personal use and that such expenditures are limited to home security consultation, home security equipment, home security monitoring services, safe rooms, and the use of security guards at an officeholder's personal residence for non-campaign purposes; clarifies that such expenditures must not exceed $12,000 per calendar year and must be disclosed as "residential security." - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.

Yea

Passed

87–4

Mar 16, 2026

SB 1891

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, allows a local board of education or public charter school governing body that has not received funding from the department for purposes of awarding its teachers the bonus authorized in the Education Freedom Act of 2025 to pass the required resolution and notify the department of the same within 21 calendar days from the date the Act becomes a law, to receive funding from the department to award bonuses to teachers employed in the 2024-2025 school year. - Amends Chapter 7 of the Public Acts of the First Extraordinary Session of 2025.

Yea

Passed

90–1

Mar 16, 2026

SJR 878

Memorials, Public Service - Diana Fisher, John J. Duncan Sr. Award for Senior Advocacy -

Yea

Passed

94–0

Mar 16, 2026

HB 1704

Immigration - As enacted, creates the Class A misdemeanor of intentionally failing or refusing to depart when a final order of removal is outstanding; creates the Class A misdemeanor of intentionally entering, attempting to enter, or being found in this state after being denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed from the United States. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

Yea

Passed

73–22

Mar 16, 2026

SB 836

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to refuse to enroll students who are unlawfully present in the United States. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

Nay

Failed

23–68

Mar 16, 2026

HB 1556

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact to June 30, 2034. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 17.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Mar 16, 2026

SB 1673

Comptroller, State - As enacted, adds to the list of companies for which the comptroller of the treasury may assess for taxation, and for state, county, and municipal purposes, all of the properties within the state owned, and all personal property used or leased, motor bus or truck companies, excluding towing companies, that meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 66 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Mar 16, 2026