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 75% 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 677

Mental Illness - As enacted, requires court clerks to report the race, sex, and, if known, social security number of a person judicially committed or adjudicated a mental defective to the federal bureau of investigation-NICS index and the department of safety for use in determining a person's eligibility to purchase firearms; requires that such information be confidential. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33 and Section 38-6-109.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019

HB 761

DUI Offenses - As enacted, revises provisions governing blood and breath tests for determining the presence of drugs and alcohol. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 40, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.

Yea

Passed

81–8

Apr 8, 2019

HJR 407

Memorials, Recognition - Blake Kennedy, Tennessee FFA Star in Agribusiness -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019

SB 1401

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, increases from 21 to 30 the number of calendar days within which a person granted an order of protection may apply for a temporary handgun carry permit from the department of safety after an order of protection has been granted. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Yea

Passed

54–37

Apr 8, 2019

SB 1418

Abortion - As introduced, enacts the "Life Appropriation Act." - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 51; Title 67 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

66–24

Apr 8, 2019

SJR 347

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Faith Jackson, Salutatorian, Clay County High School -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019

HR 73

Memorials, Death - George Klein -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019

HJR 412

Memorials, Personal Achievement - Cookie Hopper, Miss Anderson County 2019 -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019

SB 1165

Employees, Employers - As introduced, prohibits governmental entities from contracting with a person who does not provide evidence of work authorization status for each individual to whom public money will be received under a public contract; requires private employers with at least six employees and governmental entities to verify the work authorization status of employees hired on or after January 1, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 50.

Yea

Passed

57–28

Apr 8, 2019

HB 219

Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, specifies that gasification facilities and pyrolysis facilities are not solid waste facilities or incinerators, post-use polymers and recoverable feedstocks are not solid waste, and gasification facilities and pyrolysis facilities are subject to any other applicable environmental, health, and safety requirements for such facilities. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211.

Yea

Passed

69–24

Apr 8, 2019