R Tennessee House · District 23 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Mark Cochran

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Session

Total votes

23,800

all sessions

Attendance

98%

504 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

23,196

voted in favor

Nay

597

voted against

Absent

504

missed votes

Total cast

23,800

across all sessions

Crossed party

225

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HJR 1311

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Christina Merriman, Smithville Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

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

HB 2223

Fireworks - As enacted, requires a person who offers sparkling devices for sale and who does not hold a fireworks permit to register each location at which the person offers such devices for sale with the state fire marshal; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 68.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 8, 2026

HB 2172

Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, imposes an additional 10 percent tax on a hemp-derived cannabinoid product's wholesale cost if the product is inhalable in cartridge form. - Amends TCA Title 57 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 8, 2026

HB 1878

Industrial Development - As enacted, revises law relative to industrial development corporations. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 48.

Yea

Passed

12–0

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

HB 794

Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, establishes a process for a municipality that operates a sewerage system outside of its corporate boundaries and has imposed a moratorium on new sewer connections outside of its corporate boundaries for a period of five or more consecutive years to extend sanitary sewer service or allow sewer connection only to property located within an adjacency area if the property owner or developer agrees to pay, or the municipality assesses, a housing surcharge. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Apr 8, 2026