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R Tennessee House · District 35 · Former member

Rep. Jerry Sexton

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Session

Total votes

15,852

all sessions

Attendance

93%

1,229 missed

With party

96%

of cast votes

Lower than 96% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

2%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 95% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

15,011

voted in favor

Nay

578

voted against

Absent

1,229

missed votes

Total cast

15,852

across all sessions

Crossed party

472

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 2152

Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As enacted, revises various provisions governing lottery-funded scholarships and financial aid. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 25, 2022

SB 2114

Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires expedited hearings and appeals in contested child custody cases involving unmarried parties if a paternity test by an accredited laboratory is known to exist or has been requested of or by the court. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 25, 2022

HB 2705

Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes local governments to regulate, including the prohibition of, smoking and the use of vapor products in age-restricted venues; defines the terms “age-restricted venue” and “retail tobacco store” for the purposes of the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act; prohibits local governments from regulating smoking and the use of vapor products in retail vapor product stores and cigar bars; exempts cigar bars that limit access to patrons 21 years of age or older from the prohibition on smoking in enclosed places. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 39. Against party

Nay

Passed

56–33

Apr 25, 2022

HB 2316

Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits males from participating in public higher education sports that are designated for females. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

70–14

Apr 25, 2022

SB 282

Public Employees - As enacted, revises and adds to the provisions governing petitions for such deputies and assistants and disputes regarding the hiring or salary of such a deputy or assistant. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 20.

Yea

Passed

79–13

Apr 25, 2022

SB 1877

Controlled Substances - As enacted, adds quadriplegia as a qualifying medical condition for the lawful possession of cannabis oil. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 68, Chapter 7.

Yea

Passed

77–14

Apr 25, 2022

SB 2103

DUI Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Ethan's, Hailey's, and Bentley's Law," which requires a sentencing court to order a defendant who has been convicted of vehicular homicide or aggravated vehicular homicide due to intoxication and in which the victim of the offense was the parent of a minor child to pay restitution in the form of child maintenance to each of the victim's children until each child reaches 18 years of age and has graduated from high school. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Apr 25, 2022

SB 2796

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, classifies all misdemeanor offenses under the Tennessee Personal and Commercial Computer Act of 2003 as Class A misdemeanor offenses. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 6.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Apr 25, 2022

HB 2910

Rocky Top - Subject to local approval, adds a one-year residency requirement to be eligible to run for the offices of mayor and city councilperson. - Amends Chapter 57 of the Private Acts of 2016.

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 25, 2022

SB 827

Prisons and Reformatory Institutions - As enacted, prohibits the use of solitary confinement for pregnant inmates and inmates who have given birth within the past eight weeks; prohibits transfer of a pregnant inmate from a jail to a state penitentiary or branch of a prison for safekeeping unless medically necessary. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 25, 2022