R Tennessee House · District 38 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Kelly Keisling

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Session

Total votes

26,134

all sessions

Attendance

96%

853 missed

With party

98%

of cast votes

Lower than 86% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 80% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

25,190

voted in favor

Nay

797

voted against

Absent

853

missed votes

Total cast

26,134

across all sessions

Crossed party

439

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 2221

TennCare - As enacted, extends the ground ambulance service annual assessment to June 30, 2027; changes the penalty imposed by the bureau on an ambulance provider for each day an assessment remains unpaid from $50 per calendar day to 5 percent of the principal amount owed per month for each month. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 15.

Yea

Passed

84–0

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2403

Education - As enacted, makes various revisions to education law, including, but not limited to, requiring each public school to annually submit to the department of education a list of all local assessments administered to students, requiring the department to publish the percentage of students who attain proficiency for the English language arts portion of the TCAP, and establishing the assessment review board to annually review the TCAP tests administered to students in the most recent school year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

47–37

Apr 21, 2026

SB 1815

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Grace Anne Sparks Coercive Suicide Prevention Law of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 39.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Apr 21, 2026

HB 2585

Damages - As introduced, states that the amount of damages awarded as noneconomic damages must not exceed $1 million in a health care liability action arising from obstetric or maternity negligence resulting in the death or permanent injury of a pregnant or postpartum woman. - Amends TCA Section 29-39-102.

Yea

Passed

88–0

Apr 21, 2026

SB 1793

Recycling - As enacted, establishes the office of cooperative marketing for recyclables and the recycling market development and diversion advisory council. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 68, Chapter 211.

Yea

Passed

67–19

Apr 21, 2026

HB 2509

Housing - As enacted, establishes the community workforce housing innovation pilot program to be administered by the Tennessee housing development agency; authorizes the agency to provide loans to an applicant for construction or rehabilitation of workforce housing in each of the three grand divisions; requires the housing to be affordable to natural persons or families who meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53; Title 13; Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 3; Title 56 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

79–7

Apr 21, 2026

HJR 1512

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Yejoon Ham, Valedictorian, Bearden High School -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

HR 206

Memorials, Recognition - National Epilepsy Awareness Month -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

HB 1443

Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Caring for Caregivers Act." - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 33; Title 52; Title 67 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

92–3

Apr 21, 2026

SB 1773

Children - As enacted, revises various provisions governing surrendering custody of unwanted infants. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 21, 2026