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

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Date

SB 1513

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of children's services to June 30, 2028; requires the department to report back to the government operations committee by December 31, 2026, to update the committee on its progress in addressing the findings and observations set forth in the December 2025 performance audit report. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 37, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

79–6

Apr 21, 2026

HJR 1528

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaitlyn Bogle, Top Ten Senior, Gordonsville High School -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

HR 214

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Karlie Shae Branscum, Valedictorian, Scott County High School -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

SB 1692

Licenses - As enacted, enacts the "Military Families Licensing Recognition Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 58; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Apr 21, 2026

HJR 1509

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Isaiah Mitchell, Salutatorian, South-Doyle High School -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

HJR 1545

Memorials, Recognition - National Police Week (May 11-16, 2026) and Peace Officers Memorial Day (May 15, 2026) -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

HB 920

Criminal Procedure - As enacted, prohibits a defendant charged with certain offenses from being released on the defendant's personal recognizance or upon execution of an unsecured bond. - Amends TCA Title 40.

Yea

Passed

78–13

Apr 21, 2026

HB 2485

Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - As enacted, requires the TISA review committee to study and include in its annual report recommendations for how this state may revise the ways in which it identifies economically disadvantaged students to ensure this state is accurately identifying the students in need of additional resources and recommendations for how this state may better support economically disadvantaged students through the TISA. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 3.

Yea

Passed

93–1

Apr 21, 2026

HJR 1520

Memorials, Heroism - Dustin Frank, Brian Fernandez, Anthony Blackwell, and Terry McConkey -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

HB 2081

Children - As enacted, adds the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services, and one at large member with experience advocating for children, to the Tennessee second look commission; revises certain severe and aggravated child abuse offenses to include offenses involving strangulation; authorizes a court to order a child's custodian to submit certain documentation of compliance with preventative pediatric care consistent with the periodicity schedule of the American Academy of Pediatrics in certain situations; authorizes the department of children's services to initiate a visit to ascertain the wellbeing of a child if such documentation contains allegations of abuse or neglect. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

86–2

Apr 21, 2026