R Tennessee House · District 2

Rep. Bud Hulsey

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Session

Total votes

26,565

all sessions

Attendance

93%

1,873 missed

Lower than 79% of chamber peers

With party

98%

of cast votes

Lower than 86% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 85% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

25,456

voted in favor

Nay

748

voted against

Absent

1,873

missed votes

Total cast

26,565

across all sessions

Crossed party

395

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 2238

Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, enacts the "Hunting for Heroes Act"; creates the Tennessee national guard sportsman license. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 2.

Yea

Passed

94–1

Apr 7, 2026

HB 1949

Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, requires that monies from the opioid abatement fund that are disbursed to nonprofit organizations for statewide, regional, or local opioid abatement and remediation purposes be disbursed as a combination of advance payment and reimbursement grants. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 13 and Title 33, Chapter 11.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 7, 2026

HB 2009

Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, authorizes a county or municipality to request the department of transportation to conduct a highway traffic noise study for residential properties located along the sound propagation path of a state or interstate highway if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 54.

Absent

Passed

25–1

Apr 7, 2026

SJR 963

Memorials, Death - Sally Yoho Swaney -

Yea

Passed

85–0

Apr 7, 2026

SB 1883

Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, precludes certain boards administratively attached to the department of environment and conservation from voting to review the initial order of an administrative law judge in an administrative proceeding, but preserves the right of a party to appeal an initial order directly to the board; reduces from 180 to 90 days the period of time from the completion of the record of a contested case hearing within which an administrative law judge must issue an initial order in a hearing involving such boards. - Amends TCA Title 60; Title 68 and Title 69.

Yea

Passed

75–20

Apr 7, 2026

SB 2434

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of knowingly using an unmanned aircraft over the grounds of a school. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49. Against party

Nay

Passed

73–14

Apr 7, 2026

HJR 808

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution of Tennessee, to specify that only citizens of the United States may vote in state, county, or municipal elections. -

Yea

Passed

29–0

Apr 7, 2026

HB 656

Teachers, 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.

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 7, 2026

HJR 729

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee to change the date of elections for judicial and other civil officers, excluding assessors of property, from the first Thursday in August to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. -

Yea

Passed

24–0

Apr 7, 2026

HB 545

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to provide at least one professional development course that provides asynchronous instruction on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom and that is made available, at no cost, to teachers in grades 6-12; requires such teachers to complete at least one department-approved professional development course on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom by the later of August 1, 2028, or within two years of becoming licensed as a teacher in this state. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 7, 2026