Rep. Esther Helton-Haynes
Total votes
22,813
all sessions
Attendance
99%
200 missed
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
22,813 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
22,346
voted in favor
Nay
398
voted against
Absent
200
missed votes
Total cast
22,813
across all sessions
Crossed party
46
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 1490
Historical Sites and Preservation - As enacted, authorizes local historical boards to lease land owned or managed by such boards for agricultural purposes, with all proceeds received by the boards to be used for the preservation of historic sites and structures. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 11; Title 12; Title 29 and Title 43.
Yea
Passed
89–0
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 1946
Consumer Protection - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study of the potential regulation of artificial intelligence systems and generative artificial intelligence chatbots in this state. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 37 and Title 47.
Yea
Passed
65–17
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
SB 1665
Civil Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that the same immunities from civil liability, adverse action, and disciplinary action, and duties, that apply to this state, state employees, public schools, LEAs, public school students, public school teachers, public school employees, public school contractors, public institutions of higher education, public higher education students, public higher education faculty, public higher education employees, and public higher education contractors with regard to the use of a pronoun consistent with an individual's sex apply when using an honorific that is consistent with an individual's sex. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 24 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 51.
Yea
Passed
70–18
Apr 21, 2026
SB 1700
Consumer Protection - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study of the potential regulation of artificial intelligence systems and generative artificial intelligence chatbots in this state. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 37 and Title 47.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 21, 2026
HB 2446
Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, requires the commissioner of commerce and insurance to fulfill certain duties for the volunteer firefighter vehicle grant program, which is established to annually provide grants to select volunteer fire departments to assist with local match requirements for federal grants to purchase vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Apr 21, 2026
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