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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

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

78–10

Apr 21, 2026

SB 1326

Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, provides that a collecting official or the division of property assessments is not required to request documentation verifying the income of an elderly person seeking tax relief if the applicant is at least 80 years old and meets certain other requirements. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.

Yea

Passed

86–0

Apr 21, 2026

HB 2422

Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to implement a pilot program to evaluate whether administering fewer district- and state-mandated assessments results in students achieving greater academic success; adds an additional method by which a student who is not proficient in ELA, as determined by the student's achieving a performance level rating of “approaching” on the ELA portion of the student's most recent TCAP test, may be promoted. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

87–1

Apr 21, 2026

HB 1497

Election Laws - As introduced, requires the legislative body of each municipality to change the date of municipal elections to coincide with the August primary or November general election; makes municipal elections partisan; standardizes the election timetable for referendums for the incorporation of a new municipality. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.

Nay

Failed

20–71

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2367

County Government - As enacted, applies the Neighborhood Preservation Act to Tipton County; authorizes Montgomery County and Tipton County to participate in the Tennessee Local Land Bank Program. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 13. Against party

Nay

Passed

79–11

Apr 21, 2026

HB 1532

General Assembly - As introduced, upon the request of an immediate family member of a deceased member or former member of the general assembly, requires the governor and the speakers of the senate and house of representatives to allow the deceased member or former member to lie in state at the state capitol building for a specified period of time not to exceed the entire day; authorizes the governor and speakers to permit such deceased member to lie in state upon their own initiative if such deceased member does not have an immediate family member. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1 and Title 4.

Yea

Passed

59–23

Apr 21, 2026

HB 2121

Education - As enacted, enacts the "Better Spending, Better Schools Act of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

86–4

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2265

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes various changes relative to the offense of organized retail crime. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 39.

Yea

Passed

73–17

Apr 21, 2026

HB 2121

Education - As enacted, enacts the "Better Spending, Better Schools Act of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 67.

Nay

Failed

21–70

Apr 21, 2026

SB 1915

Immigration - As enacted, adds local governments to the entities that must verify that each applicant for public benefits is a United States citizen or lawfully present in the United States; authorizes certain investigations of violations of requirements for verification of citizenship or presence for public benefits; requires certain reporting related to such verification for benefits; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 58.

Nay

Failed

22–70

Apr 21, 2026