R Tennessee House · District 21 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Lowell Russell

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Session

Total votes

23,863

all sessions

Attendance

99%

329 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Lower than 79% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 76% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

23,332

voted in favor

Nay

517

voted against

Absent

329

missed votes

Total cast

23,863

across all sessions

Crossed party

145

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1692

Adoption - As enacted, clarifies that a court may waive the requirement for a home study in an adoption when the prospective adoptive parent or parents are not related to the child if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

Yea

Passed

86–7

Apr 8, 2026

HB 354

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, grants the bureau discretion to investigate reports of suspected elder financial exploitation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 68 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

93–1

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1307

Memorials, Retirement - Jerry Williams -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

SB 579

Employees, Employers - As enacted, allows for eligible employees to be absent four weeks from work following a living organ donation surgery; requires the department of health to create living organ donor informational material and make such material available on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 50; Title 56 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1296

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mason Marchan, Salutatorian, Cordova High School -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1293

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Bill Toungette,TNASSP Assistant Principal of the Year -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

SB 2280

District Attorneys - As enacted, authorizes the district attorneys general conference to pay the licensing fees for software applications used by the office of the district attorney general within a judicial district, regardless of whether the district attorney general office staff member using the application has a position funded by the state or another entity. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9; Title 16 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

97–0

Apr 8, 2026

SB 1159

Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct a study concerning subjects related to access of family members to incarcerated persons for visitation; requires the department to report its findings to each member of the general assembly and to provide a copy of the report to the legislative librarian by no later than January 31, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 51.

Yea

Passed

92–2

Apr 8, 2026

SB 837

Statutes and Codification - As enacted, clarifies that a "person," as used in Tennessee Code Annotated, does not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type of machine. - Amends TCA Title 1.

Yea

Passed

93–2

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1318

Memorials, Heroism - Firefighter Etta Schafer, Signal Mountain Fire Department -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026