R Tennessee House · District 24 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Kevin Raper

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Session

Total votes

10,106

all sessions

Attendance

93%

712 missed

Lower than 89% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

9,806

voted in favor

Nay

294

voted against

Absent

712

missed votes

Total cast

10,106

across all sessions

Crossed party

39

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 2723

Gaming - As enacted, creates a five-day window after the effective date of this act for nonprofit organizations seeking to operate an annual event for the annual event period beginning on July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, to submit its annual event application to the secretary of state. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Apr 6, 2026

SJR 987

Memorials, Recognition - Robert Taswell "Tas" Gardner, 2025-2026 TDPDC President -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

SJR 969

Memorials, Sports - Jerry Nichols -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

HJR 1277

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Blake Lannom, Franklin High School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

SB 1822

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA that operates a public high school that meets certain criteria to permit certain high school students who are enrolled in private schools to participate in interscholastic athletics at the public high school. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Nay

Failed

22–70

Apr 6, 2026

SJR 974

Memorials, Sports - Walters State Community College Senators, TCCAA/Region 7 champions -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

SB 1654

Auditing - As enacted, clarifies that, as of November 1, 2026, a non-governmental entity receiving in-kind funding from the state or a political subdivision of the state pursuant to the federal Public Health Service Act is eligible to qualify as a 340B entity, only if the entity is also a recipient of one or more state or federal grant awards that are subject to audit, reporting, and oversight requirements under state and federal law; authorizes the comptroller of the treasury and any state agency or political subdivision providing in-kind funding to verify eligibility and enforce compliance. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4; Title 9; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 56 and Title 63.

Yea

Passed

5–1

Apr 6, 2026

SB 2165

Foster Care - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to provide a copy of a petition to terminate parental rights for a child in the custody of the department to the child's foster parent, if the foster parent has served as the physical placement for the child for a period of nine or more consecutive months; requires the department to provide the required copy within seven days of the filing or being served with the petition. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113 and Section 37-2-415.

Yea

Passed

77–16

Apr 6, 2026

HB 2649

Bristol - Subject to local approval, revises election provisions for city council and the board of education to comply with changes to general election law; reduces the time after final passage for an ordinance to take effect from 17 days to seven days; changes the due dates for property taxes; creates a department of education. - Amends Chapter 84 of the Private Acts of 1991; as amended.

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 6, 2026

SB 591

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of criminal offenses relative to threats of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity or failing to report such threats, that a threat of mass violence is credible if the threat causes another to reasonably expect the commission of an act of mass violence. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Apr 6, 2026