Total votes
26,954
all sessions
Attendance
93%
1,938 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
310
bills & resolutions
Higher than 84% of chamber peers
Committees
4
assignments
26,954 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
25,721
voted in favor
Nay
508
voted against
Absent
1,938
missed votes
Total cast
26,954
across all sessions
Crossed party
106
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1373
Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, establishes pension stabilization reserve trusts for the hybrid and legacy retirement plans; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 9 and Title 9, Chapter 4.
Yea
Passed
88–0
May 3, 2017
HB 508
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a private cause of action for a party that is adversely affected by a local ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment on firearms that is preempted by state law; restricts certain actions by local government in regard to handgun carry permittees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Yea
Failed
43–45
May 3, 2017
SB 1180
Abortion - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Infants Protection Act," which prohibits abortion of a viable fetus except in a medical emergency and requires testing to determine viability if a woman is at least 20 weeks pregnant. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.
Yea
Passed
61–26
May 3, 2017
HB 508
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a private cause of action for a party that is adversely affected by a local ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment on firearms that is preempted by state law; restricts certain actions by local government in regard to handgun carry permittees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Yea
Passed
69–23
May 3, 2017
SB 1180
Abortion - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Infants Protection Act," which prohibits abortion of a viable fetus except in a medical emergency and requires testing to determine viability if a woman is at least 20 weeks pregnant. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.
Yea
Passed
66–23
May 3, 2017
HB 508
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a private cause of action for a party that is adversely affected by a local ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment on firearms that is preempted by state law; restricts certain actions by local government in regard to handgun carry permittees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Yea
Passed
67–25
May 3, 2017
SB 806
Public Health - As enacted, authorizes, if approved by the department of health, any nongovernmental organization, including an organization that promotes scientifically proven ways of mitigating health risks associated with drug use and other high-risk behaviors, to establish and operate a needle and hypodermic syringe exchange program. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Yea
Passed
88–2
May 3, 2017
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