Total votes
26,094
all sessions
Attendance
92%
1,867 missed
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
44
bills & resolutions
Higher than 84% of chamber peers
Committees
4
assignments
26,094 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
24,864
voted in favor
Nay
506
voted against
Absent
1,867
missed votes
Total cast
26,094
across all sessions
Crossed party
105
votes against own party
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Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 2420
Municipal Government - As enacted, authorizes the City of Hendersonville to add the storm water user's fee to the real property tax notice, subject to passage of an ordinance by a two-thirds majority of the legislative body. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-103.
Yea
Passed
87–1
Apr 12, 2018
SB 1957
Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, specifies that provision of law that transfers certain duties of the county mayor to the water and wastewater treatment authority board does not apply to any petition by any governmental entity or state instrumentality that does not purport to adjust or otherwise modify any territory included in the service area of a water and wastewater treatment authority. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 13 and Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 6.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Apr 12, 2018
SB 1789
Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, authorizes general sessions courts, by local rule, to allow papers to be filed, signed, or verified by electronic means that comply with technological standards promulgated by the supreme court; specifies that pleadings and other papers filed electronically under such local rules will be considered the same as written papers. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15, Part 7.
Yea
Passed
86–0
Apr 12, 2018
SB 1803
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires LEAs to allocate funding to educational facilities providing educational instructional services to students who are admitted to such facilities under order of a juvenile court. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.
Yea
Passed
92–0
Apr 12, 2018
SB 2079
Election Laws - As enacted, removes early voting period for elections not held in conjunction with the August or November general election or held in conjunction with the May primary or presidential preference primary if there is no opposition for any offices on the ballot including write-in candidates; revises other election provisions. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-111(d); Section 2-4-107 and Section 2-6-102.
Yea
Passed
71–17
Apr 12, 2018
SJR 849
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaulin Duncan, Sixth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Apr 12, 2018
SB 1512
Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires each law enforcement agency to ensure that, whenever a person is arrested and taken into custody by an officer of the agency, the person is asked whether that person is the parent or legal custodian of any children that will be left unattended by the person's arrest; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 8-4-115; Title 8, Chapter 8, Part 2; Title 37, Chapter 5; Title 38, Chapter 3 and Title 40, Chapter 7, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
89–0
Apr 12, 2018
SB 834
Mental Illness - As enacted, requires, in certain circumstances, the instant check unit of the TBI to contact the chief law enforcement officer of a jurisdiction where a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution attempts to purchase a firearm; requires the reporting of certain other information of persons involuntarily committed. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33 and Section 38-6-109.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Apr 12, 2018
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