Total votes
4,072
all sessions
Attendance
38%
5,676 missed
Higher than 75% of chamber peers
With party
99%
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Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
44
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
4,072 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
3,939
voted in favor
Nay
95
voted against
Absent
5,676
missed votes
Total cast
4,072
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Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 268
Immigration - As introduced, requires a financial institution to verify the immigration status of a person sending funds electronically outside of the United States and its territories; changes the definition of resident or citizen of this state to mean citizens of the United States and aliens lawfully present in this state; requires the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a pupil who is not lawfully residing in this state, but who attends a public school in this state, to pay tuition. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 4; Title 7; Title 45 and Title 49.
Yea
Passed
69–9
Mar 20, 2023
SB 926
Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, increases, from a Class C to a Class A misdemeanor, the penalty for selling or distributing a vapor product to an individual under 21 years of age; requires retailers of vapor products to obtain a license for such retail sales from the department of commerce and insurance; provides for civil penalties for violations by licensees. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15 and Title 62.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 20, 2023
HB 452
Remedies and Special Proceedings - As introduced, requires that the trial for an unlawful detainer action be held no later than 14 days from the date the plaintiff filed the unlawful detainer motion; limits the scope of a hearing for an unlawful detainer motion based on nonpayment of rent to facts and issues related to nonpayment of rent; makes other changes related to judicial proceedings for unlawful detainer. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 66.
Yea
Passed
63–20
Mar 13, 2023
SB 42
Natural Disasters - As introduced, creates the State Disaster Relief Program to be administered by TEMA for the purpose of providing grants to local governments where a natural disaster has occurred that does not exceed the threshold for federal disaster relief. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2, Part 1.
Absent
Passed
83–0
Mar 13, 2023
HB 452
Remedies and Special Proceedings - As introduced, requires that the trial for an unlawful detainer action be held no later than 14 days from the date the plaintiff filed the unlawful detainer motion; limits the scope of a hearing for an unlawful detainer motion based on nonpayment of rent to facts and issues related to nonpayment of rent; makes other changes related to judicial proceedings for unlawful detainer. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 66.
Yea
Passed
71–12
Mar 13, 2023
HB 808
County Government - As introduced, authorizes a county to forgo the automatic compensation increase for county officers if the department of economic and community development determines that the county experienced substantial characteristics of economic distress in the preceding fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 24.
Yea
Passed
27–0
Mar 9, 2023
SB 610
TennCare - As introduced, requires TennCare to provide eligible covered enrollees with continuous glucose monitoring; establishes criteria for eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 6, 2023
SJR 245
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Terry Beffrey, Teacher of the Year, Morristown-Hamblen High School East -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Mar 2, 2023
HB 808
County Government - As introduced, authorizes a county to forgo the automatic compensation increase for county officers if the department of economic and community development determines that the county experienced substantial characteristics of economic distress in the preceding fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 24.
Yea
Passed
81–0
Feb 27, 2023
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