R Tennessee House · District 40 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Michael Hale

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Session

Total votes

9,053

all sessions

Attendance

83%

1,028 missed

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

8,619

voted in favor

Nay

279

voted against

Absent

1,028

missed votes

Total cast

9,053

across all sessions

Crossed party

44

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Bill

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Vote

Result

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Date

HB 1826

Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, increases from $100,000 to $250,000 the retained risk limit for a single risk covered by a policy of insurance issued by a county mutual insurance company. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 22.

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

HB 1825

Food and Food Products - As enacted, increases from 150 gallons to 835 gallons the annual threshold amount of honey at or above which a honey producer is subject to food manufacturing and inspection requirements. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 15 and Title 53.

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

SB 2324

Children - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding children, including requiring a parent educational seminar in certain juvenile cases. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

Yea

Passed

75–19

Mar 30, 2026

SB 2070

Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, enacts the "Stopping Health Insurers from Excluding Legal Decisions (SHIELD) Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

80–12

Mar 30, 2026

HB 2637

Athens - Subject to local approval, sets compensation of mayor and council members by ordinance rather than specific dollar amounts; does not alter compensation amounts of current mayor or council members. - Amends Chapter 455 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

HB 2648

Kingsport - Subject to local approval, makes various changes to the charter, including when a vice-mayor is chosen by the board; when warrants to collect delinquent taxes may be issued; removes a requirement that a tentative appropriation ordinance must be published in a newspaper; changes from the 1st of July to the 1st of September when elected board of education members assume office and when such members must choose a president. - Amends Chapter 76 of the Private Acts of 1917; as amended.

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

HJR 1227

Memorials, Retirement - Marv West -

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

HB 1784

Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates January 22 of each year as "Sanctity of Life Day." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

Nay

Failed

25–64

Mar 30, 2026

SB 1957

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Religious Freedom Act," which authorizes a local board of education to open a meeting of the board with a prayer led by a member of the board as long as the prayer does not require participation of any person in attendance at the meeting and no person is harassed or coerced to participate in the prayer. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

86–0

Mar 30, 2026

HB 2452

Expunction - As enacted, permits a court to expunge certain violent offenses for which a person has been pardoned; requires the court to consider, in weighing the best interests of justice and public safety, whether the offense sought to be expunged was violent and any other relevant factors presented by the petitioner and the district attorney general. - Amends TCA Title 40.

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026