R Tennessee House · District 40 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Michael Hale

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Session

Total votes

6,824

all sessions

Attendance

83%

1,028 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 85% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 87% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

6,491

voted in favor

Nay

178

voted against

Absent

1,028

missed votes

Total cast

6,824

across all sessions

Crossed party

13

votes against own party

This page

6,824

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HJR 551

Memorials, Recognition - Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute's Bleyzer Program -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025

HJR 560

Memorials, Death - Virginia Gray -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025

HJR 562

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kora Kilgore, Valedictorian, DeKalb County High School -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025

HB 134

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, beginning August 1, 2027, each LEA and public charter school to prohibit food or beverage items that contain Allura Red AC, which is Chemical Abstracts Service registry number 25956-17-6 and also known as Red 40, to be sold, offered for sale, or provided to students on school property through the school nutrition program provided by the LEA, public charter school, or a third party expressly authorized by the LEA or public charter school. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

88–5

Apr 7, 2025

SB 940

Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, expands the immunity from prosecution when seeking medical assistance for a person experiencing, or believed to be experiencing, an overdose to include alcohol-related offenses; clarifies that overdose includes both drugs and alcohol. - Amends TCA Title 63.

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025

HR 101

Memorials, Sports - Houston Fulks, 2024 WILLCO Awards Male Bowler of the Year -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025

HJR 580

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Elizabeth Grace Denning, Salutatorian, Trousdale County High School -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025

HB 1237

Boards and Commissions - As enacted, prohibits the exclusion of persons from membership on state regulatory and health-related boards on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, and national origin; prohibits such boards from establishing or operating under race-based policies pertaining to their composition; removes requirement that appointing authorities strive to ensure certain boards and commissions are represented by members of racial minorities. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 9; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

73–22

Apr 7, 2025

HJR 574

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kristen Lynch, DeKalb Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025

SB 880

Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, generally prohibits a governmental agency from adopting a rule or establishing numeric criteria or numeric limitations applicable to a contaminant, pollutant, hazardous substance, solid waste, or hazardous waste that relates to drinking water, water pollution control, hazardous substances, contaminated site remediation, air quality, or solid or hazardous waste handling unless certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

62–27

Apr 7, 2025