R Tennessee House · District 41 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Ed Butler

Contact Email Phone Official site ↗

Compare

Session

Total votes

10,050

all sessions

Attendance

95%

269 missed

With party

99%

of cast votes

Lower than 80% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 77% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

9,625

voted in favor

Nay

344

voted against

Absent

269

missed votes

Total cast

10,050

across all sessions

Crossed party

83

votes against own party

This page

10,050

matching current filters

Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 608

Motor Vehicles - As enacted, prohibits the motor vehicle commission from denying an application for a license, or revoking or suspending the license, of a manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch or officer, agent or other representative because such person has failed to deliver motor vehicles within 60 days of a dealer's order due to an act of God, a work stoppage or delay due to a strike or other labor action, a lack of available manufacturing capacity, a freight embargo, or other cause or material issue over which the person has no control; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Apr 16, 2026

SB 2690

Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. -

Nay

Failed

24–65

Apr 16, 2026

SB 2690

Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. -

Yea

Passed

76–19

Apr 16, 2026

SB 1495

Opioids - As enacted, adds Alvogen, Inc., Apotex Corp., and Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. to the list of companies that may be released by the attorney general for pending or future claims regarding opioids. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 33.

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 16, 2026

SB 2690

Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. -

Nay

Failed

21–72

Apr 16, 2026

SB 2690

Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. -

Nay

Failed

24–61

Apr 16, 2026

HB 2136

Controlled Substances - As enacted, clarifies that a substance that is approved by the U.S. food and drug administration and designated or scheduled under federal law by a final order published in the Federal Register is generally considered to be in the same schedule as such substance is designated or scheduled under the federal schedule of controlled substances after the expiration of 30 days from the date of publication of the final order; authorizes a licensed healthcare prescriber who is authorized to prescribe controlled substances to prescribe a drug product that has been so scheduled if certain other criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Apr 16, 2026

SB 1590

Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, designates segments of the Buffalo River, Duck River, and certain other rivers and creeks as Class II pastoral river areas; expands certain public outreach requirements concerning scenic rivers. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 13.

Yea

Passed

76–9

Apr 16, 2026

SB 2461

Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, requires each fertility clinic operating in this state to obtain a certificate from the department of health to perform assisted reproductive technology services. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 36; Title 63 and Title 68.

Absent

Passed

75–5

Apr 16, 2026

HB 2319

County Government - As introduced, prohibits an employee of a local government from serving on the legislative body of the local government for which the employee works. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

72–11

Apr 16, 2026