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 81% of chamber peers
Sponsored
276
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
26,565 roll-call votes
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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HJR 1273
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kathy Jean Jennings, Valedictorian, Clinch High School -
Yea
Passed
89–0
Apr 19, 2018
SB 1302
Child Abuse - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to develop guidelines on the best practices for identifying and reporting signs of child abuse, child sexual abuse, and human trafficking in which the victim is a child; requires the department of education to use the guidelines to identify child abuse training programs appropriate for teachers; requires local education agencies and public charter schools to ensure teachers complete a child abuse training program. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 4; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 1; Title 63, Chapter 23; Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 63, Chapter 9.
Yea
Passed
80–3
Apr 19, 2018
SB 2628
Economic and Community Development, Dept. of - As enacted, directs the commissioner to report to the local government committee of the house of representatives and the state and local government committee of the senate each year on or before January 15 concerning the department's financial and program monitoring of the use of federal community development block grant funding to counties and municipalities from the United States department of housing and community development for disaster resilience purposes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 64; Title 68 and Title 69.
Yea
Passed
86–3
Apr 19, 2018
SB 1842
Education, Higher - As enacted, transfers operation of the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute from the Institute's board to the Institute for Public Service of the University of Tennessee; renames the institute to be the Tennessee Foreign Language Center; makes other related changes, - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
88–0
Apr 19, 2018
SB 1335
Boats, Boating - As enacted, adds provisions regarding regulation of non-motorized vessels; deletes provision that exempts renters of watercraft who have completed a safety orientation from the requirement that any person born after January 1, 1989, who operates any vessel must successfully complete a boating safety examination and receive a certificate from the Tennessee wildlife resources agency or be accompanied on the vessel by a person who was born on or before January 1, 1989, or is 18 years of age or older and is certified to operate a vessel. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 47; Title 56; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.
Yea
Passed
84–4
Apr 19, 2018
HB 1981
Education - As enacted, establishes requirements to apply in situations where an assessment is misadministered by fault of the assessment provider; establishes other provisions in regard to required assessments and use of data. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
54–27
Apr 19, 2018
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