R Tennessee House · District 40 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Michael Hale

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Session

Total votes

9,794

all sessions

Attendance

85%

1,577 missed

Lower than 85% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

9,352

voted in favor

Nay

283

voted against

Absent

1,577

missed votes

Total cast

9,794

across all sessions

Crossed party

48

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 2451

Estates - As enacted, states that the Uniform Partition Heirs Property Act does not apply to sales of land to pay the debts of an estate; revises the method for determining a decedent’s gross estate for purposes of calculating a surviving spouse's elective share. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 31 and Title 34.

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

HJR 1231

Memorials, Sports - Eagleville High School girls' volleyball team, 2025 TSSAA Class A state champions -

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

SB 2225

Child Abuse - As enacted, requires, rather than permits, the child protective team for a case involving a human trafficking offense to include a representative from a non-governmental agency specialized in combatting the commercial sexual exploitation of minors; extends the time within which the department or child protective team must determine whether reported abuse was indicated or unfounded from 60 days to 90 days or, in cases involving a child fatality, 180 days. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Mar 30, 2026

HJR 1222

Memorials, Recognition - National Pencil Day -

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

SB 2233

Real Property - As enacted, makes changes to law regarding restrictions on land purchases by sanctioned aliens or foreign entities. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 2, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

88–6

Mar 30, 2026

SB 1775

Open Meetings - As enacted, adds the governing body of a local education agency and certain other local governing bodies of a public body with the authority to make binding decisions or the ability to appropriate funds to the list of governing bodies that are required to make meeting agendas available to the public in advance of such meetings. - Amends TCA Section 8-44-110.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Mar 30, 2026

SJR 937

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Tabitha Bates, 2026 Extraordinary Educator -

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

SB 1828

Education - As enacted, enacts the "Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.

Nay

Failed

23–70

Mar 30, 2026

HB 2658

White Bluff - Subject to local approval, authorizes persons who reside outside the boundaries of White Bluff but within the boundaries of Dickson County, and who own real property located within the boundaries of White Bluff, to vote in all White Bluff municipal elections; non-resident real property owners must own at least one-half interest in such real property, and such real property must be at least 5,000 square feet. - Amends Chapter 257 of the Private Acts of 1923; as amended and rewritten.

Yea

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

SB 2167

Boards and Commissions - As enacted, integrates the bureau of TennCare into the statewide planning and policy council’s structure and mission by adding the director of long-term care services and a managed care organization representative to its membership; expands the council’s advisory and reporting duties to include TennCare’s director, services, and waiver implementation alongside existing department programs. - Amends TCA Title 52, Chapter 5, Part 6 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Mar 30, 2026