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R Tennessee House · District 30 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Esther Helton-Haynes

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Total votes
23,601
all sessions
Attendance
98%
373 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
166
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
2
assignments
23,601 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
23,134
voted in favor
Nay
398
voted against
Absent
373
missed votes
Total cast
23,601
across all sessions
Crossed party
46
votes against own party
This page
23,601
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SJR 961
Memorials, Death - Jeffrey Edward Guth -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
SJR 973
Memorials, Sports - Gatlinburg-Pittman Junior High Lady Highlanders, 2026 Class AA state champions -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
SJR 1000
Memorials, Death - Shipp Robbley Weems -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
HJR 1272
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Brittany Richardson, Crockett Elementary School Teacher of the Year -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
SB 2079
Education, Higher - As enacted, divides the appointing authority for the nine voting members of the Tennessee higher education commission among the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives equally; establishes various tuition and fee limitations and requirements for public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 14; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Yea
Passed
86–8
Apr 6, 2026
HB 2186
Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes counties with a metropolitan form of government, by resolution of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate or exempt the retail sale of such food and food ingredients from the local option sales tax; deletes obsolete provisions relating to the timing for reducing the membership of metropolitan councils. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
76–16
Apr 6, 2026
SJR 966
Memorials, Recognition - CASA of East Tennessee, 40th anniversary -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
HJR 1254
Memorials, Recognition - Will Taylor -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
SJR 1010
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Rune Horn, Valedictorian, Northeast High School -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
HJR 1283
Memorials, Sports - Tristiano Alfano -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
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