R Tennessee House · District 41 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Ed Butler

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Session

Total votes

10,835

all sessions

Attendance

95%

524 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Lower than 79% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 77% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

10,407

voted in favor

Nay

345

voted against

Absent

524

missed votes

Total recorded

10,835

across all sessions

Crossed party

84

votes against own party

Matching

10,835

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1803

Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, adds the bottling of distilled spirits to the definition of "manufacture" for purposes of licensing and regulation of the manufacturing of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3.

Yea

Passed

22–0

Apr 1, 2026

HB 1514

Local Government, General - As enacted, clarifies that the general assembly occupies the entire field of the regulation of shopping carts, including their purchase, use, taxation, manufacture, ownership, sale, storage, and transportation, to the exclusion of all county or metropolitan government laws, ordinances, resolutions, enactments, or regulations; prohibits a county or metropolitan government, or any agency, department, or official of a county or metropolitan government, from adopting an ordinance, resolution, or other regulation requiring a business to adopt a shopping cart policy of any nature or imposing a fee or fine on a business related to shopping carts. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1 and Title 6, Chapter 54.

Yea

Passed

23–0

Apr 1, 2026

HB 889

Taxes - As introduced, adds to the process for requesting an extension of time to file a business tax return that the request may be signed by the person's authorized representative. - Amends TCA Title 67. Against party

Yea

Failed

7–12

Apr 1, 2026

HB 1884

State Government - As enacted, prohibits a state agency from issuing or renewing a certification, registration, license, or permit to a corporate entity if an officer, director, or employee of the entity provides material support or resources, meeting spaces, or other forums to certain terrorist groups or organizations for the purpose of soliciting material support or recruiting new members; requires a state agency to deny, revoke, or refuse or renew a certification, registration, license, or permit issued to such entities upon receipt of satisfactory proof of such activity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 48 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

18–4

Mar 31, 2026

HB 1870

Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, requires certification from the peace officer standards and training commission and certain other criteria to be met in order for the commissioner of commerce and insurance, the commissioner's deputies, a municipal fire investigator, or a salaried county fire investigator to exercise police powers, including the power to arrest, relative to cases of arson or suspected arson. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 38 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

20–1

Mar 31, 2026

HB 2647

Jonesborough - Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of mayor and alderman for the Town of Jonesborough to elect a mayor from among the aldermen to fill a vacancy; authorizes the Town recorder to carry liability insurance rather than be bonded in an amount prescribed by Town ordinance; updates the election dates for the mayor and board of aldermen. - Amends Chapter 135 of the Acts of 1903; as amended.

Yea

Passed

19–0

Mar 31, 2026

HB 2115

County Boundaries - As introduced, increases from 90 days to 100 days the amount of time that a joint committee on county consolidation has following its receipt of a petition of consolidation to report its findings and recommendations on the feasibility of consolidation of the petitioning county with another county. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

5–1

Mar 31, 2026

HB 2650

Obion County - Subject to local approval, clarifies that the county highway superintendent of the county highway department be appointed by the county commission pursuant to state law. - Amends the private acts of Obion County.

Yea

Passed

19–0

Mar 31, 2026

HB 2656

Lafayette - Subject to local approval, moves the date of elections from coinciding with the primary in May to coinciding with the general election in November; increases the compensation of the council members from $100 to $150 for each council meeting and from $50 to $75 for each committee meeting; increases the annual salary of the mayor from $45,000 to $75,000; authorizes the mayor, subject to confirmation of the city council, a superintendent of streets and a superintendent of sanitation. - Amends Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended.

Yea

Passed

19–0

Mar 31, 2026

HB 1497

Election Laws - As introduced, requires the legislative body of each municipality to change the date of municipal elections to coincide with the August primary or November general election; makes municipal elections partisan; standardizes the election timetable for referendums for the incorporation of a new municipality. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.

Yea

Passed

16–7

Mar 31, 2026