R Tennessee House · District 21 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Lowell Russell

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Session

Total votes

23,063

all sessions

Attendance

99%

273 missed

With party

99%

of cast votes

Lower than 80% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 75% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

22,533

voted in favor

Nay

516

voted against

Absent

273

missed votes

Total cast

23,063

across all sessions

Crossed party

144

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 2537

Taxes - As enacted, provides that an application for an exemption from property taxation for property owned by a religious, charitable, scientific, or nonprofit educational organization that is filed within 180 days after the exempt use of the property began will be effective as of the date the exempt use began, if the application is made after May 20th of the year for which the exemption is sought, but prior to the end of the year; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 67.

Yea

Passed

90–1

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2017

Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, requires retirement credit established for a period of disability for a commissioned member of the department of safety or agent of the Tennessee bureau of investigation to be at no cost to that member; authorizes political subdivisions that pass a resolution to establish retirement credit for its employees to allow the credit for a period of disability for any member who is subject to mandatory retirements to be at no cost to such person. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34, Part 6.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 21, 2026

HR 202

Memorials, Recognition - 105th Attack Squadron, 105th anniversary -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

HR 234

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Landon Bruce Tompkins, Valedictorian, Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

HJR 1510

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Avery York, Salutatorian, South-Doyle High School -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2213

Public Utilities - As enacted, requires a utility to provide material that is required for construction of utility infrastructure for the customer's or approved contractor's use at the same price as the utility paid for the material, if such material is available only from the utility; authorizes a customer or approved contractor installing utility infrastructure to install street lights; prohibits a utility from requiring a customer or approved contractor from installing street lights; prohibits certain fees for inspections and review of plans and designs from exceeding a combined total of 10% of the proposed cost of the project. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

88–0

Apr 21, 2026

HB 397

Taxes, Sales - As enacted, authorizes an entity designated to operate a stadium designed to host games of an intercollegiate football team that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to receive a special allocation of state and local sales tax revenue derived from the sale of admission to events occurring within the stadium and from all sales of food, drinks, merchandise, and parking sold on the premises of the stadium to fund capital and operation expenses for the stadium. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

68–21

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2450

Newspapers and Publications - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study to determine if newspapers of general circulation remain the most efficient and effective manner for governments to provide the public with transparent and accessible information. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3 and Title 8, Chapter 44.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Apr 21, 2026

HJR 1505

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaia Harbick, Valedictorian, West High School -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

HR 231

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ella Bilbrey, Historian, Pickett County High School -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026