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

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HR 175

Memorials, Recognition - Westwood Elementary School, 25th anniversary -

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

HB 2014

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of vehicular homicide proximately resulting from the person's intoxication to be punished as no lower than a Range II offender if the person, as a result of the same course of conduct, is also convicted of leaving the scene of the accident. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

HB 1944

DNA and Genetic Testing - As enacted, directs the department of health to test for the presence of sickle cell trait in each newborn and, if the test results are positive for sickle cell trait, to notify the parent or legal guardian of the newborn tested as soon as practicable. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

77–9

Mar 30, 2026

SB 2365

Courts - As enacted, enacts the "Parental Rights Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 8 and Title 40, Chapter 11.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 30, 2026

SB 2206

Federal Aid - As enacted, enacts the "Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

75–19

Mar 30, 2026

HJR 1221

Memorials, Sports - Jackson County High School, 2026 TSSAA Class 1A boys' basketball championship -

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

HB 1271

State Government - As enacted, requires each governmental entity to revise any existing ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, and procedure that includes a reference to a natural person's sex or gender to state that those terms are defined as the immutable characteristics of the person's reproductive system that identify the person as male or female, as determined by anatomy and genetics testing at the time of birth; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8.

Nay

Failed

20–68

Mar 30, 2026

HB 2376

Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, states that if the possession of a handgun is restricted or prohibited at a county courthouse, then the sheriff of the county may provide secure storage lockers for those individuals who are lawfully carrying a firearm to store the firearm in separate secured, lockable storage units at or near a designated public entrance to the building or structure at no cost to the individual. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 7; Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

HB 1271

State Government - As enacted, requires each governmental entity to revise any existing ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, and procedure that includes a reference to a natural person's sex or gender to state that those terms are defined as the immutable characteristics of the person's reproductive system that identify the person as male or female, as determined by anatomy and genetics testing at the time of birth; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8.

Yea

Passed

72–16

Mar 30, 2026

HJR 1229

Memorials, Recognition - City of Oak Hill's Fourth of July celebration -

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026