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
105
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 1077
Weapons - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of whether possession of a weapon is allowed or prohibited, when certain property is considered to be "in use" for school purposes. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Yea
Passed
74–17
May 1, 2017
SB 1262
Taxes, Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, extends by one year the manner in which liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds are distributed to local political subdivisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 49; Title 57 and Title 67.
Absent
Passed
78–5
May 1, 2017
SB 740
Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates The Plaza in Nashville as a premier type tourist resort for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.
Absent
Passed
67–17
May 1, 2017
HB 1288
Wine & Wineries - As enacted, requires each common carrier that contracts with a direct shipper for delivery of wine into Tennessee to prepare and file monthly with the department of revenue a report of known direct wine shipments; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-217.
Absent
Passed
72–12
May 1, 2017
SJR 111
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges banning state-sponsored travel to states that have banned such travel to Tennessee. -
Yea
Passed
71–20
May 1, 2017
SB 106
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee interagency cash flow committee six years to June 30, 2023; revises the composition of the committee and deletes the requirement that the committee meet no less often than bi-monthly. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 6.
Yea
Passed
93–0
May 1, 2017
SJR 111
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges banning state-sponsored travel to states that have banned such travel to Tennessee. -
Yea
Passed
59–28
May 1, 2017
HB 975
State Government - As enacted, requires state government agencies and departments to provide notice to legislators of proposed contracts that will outsource professional facilities management services within such legislators' districts; revises other reporting and other requirements relative to state government. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 53; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 41; Title 50 and Title 54.
Yea
Failed
54–34
May 1, 2017
SB 951
Water Authorities - As enacted, deletes the provisions that would sunset the Hamilton County water and wastewater treatment authority created pursuant to this state's Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority Act, July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 7 and Title 68, Chapter 221.
Yea
Passed
92–0
May 1, 2017
SB 921
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Hearing Protection Act," which deletes the prohibition on possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a firearm silencer. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1301 and Section 39-17-1302.
Yea
Passed
72–18
May 1, 2017
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