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

Tally

Date

SB 879

Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to provide the commissioner of correction with a form application for food assistance for use by inmates who are preparing for release. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 21, 2026

HR 222

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kamryn Stiltner, Valedictorian, Oneida High School -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

HJR 1530

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jordyn Brown, Salutatorian, Gordonsville High School -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2177

Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires TACIR to conduct a study of the salaries and other benefits paid to state and local law enforcement officers in this state; authorizes the commissioner of safety to establish a hazardous duty designation for members of the highway patrol that may be used to authorize additional compensation for designated members. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 38.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 21, 2026

SB 1964

Fireworks - As enacted, expands the length of the existing Independence Day and New Year sales periods and adds new Memorial Day and Labor Day sales periods for seasonal retailers of fireworks for the 2026 retail period; increases the seasonal retailer permit fee from $100 to $150 for calendar year 2026; and authorizes the state fire marshal to promulgate rules to effectuate the act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 104.

Yea

Passed

68–17

Apr 21, 2026

HJR 1508

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Calvin Richardson, Valedictorian, South-Doyle High School -

Yea

Passed

87–0

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

54–31

Apr 21, 2026

HB 2664

Stanton - Subject to local approval, revises the general powers of the town; revises provisions related to the town judge. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1990.

Yea

Passed

85–0

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2537

Taxes - As enacted, provides that an application for an exemption from property taxation for property owned by a religious, charitable, scientific, or nonprofit educational organization that is filed within 180 days after the exempt use of the property began will be effective as of the date the exempt use began, if the application is made after May 20th of the year for which the exemption is sought, but prior to the end of the year; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 67.

Yea

Passed

90–1

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2017

Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, requires retirement credit established for a period of disability for a commissioned member of the department of safety or agent of the Tennessee bureau of investigation to be at no cost to that member; authorizes political subdivisions that pass a resolution to establish retirement credit for its employees to allow the credit for a period of disability for any member who is subject to mandatory retirements to be at no cost to such person. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34, Part 6.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 21, 2026