R Tennessee House · District 41 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Ed Butler

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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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 2685

County Government - As enacted, prohibits a member of a county legislative body, who is also an employee of the county or whose spouse is such an employee, from voting on matters in which such member has a conflict of interest; requires each vote taken by a county legislative body that has the effect of increasing the pay or benefits of county employees to be by recorded electronic vote or by roll call vote; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Feb 26, 2024

HJR 932

Memorials, Academic Achievement - 6th grade WOW Award recipients at Union Grove Middle School -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Feb 26, 2024

HJR 975

Memorials, Death - Donna Mathes -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Feb 26, 2024

HB 1605

Flags - As introduced, prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from displaying in public schools flags other than the official United States flag and the official Tennessee state flag. - Amends TCA Section 5-5-114; Section 6-54-144 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

70–24

Feb 26, 2024

HB 1837

Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits a public institution of higher learning that holds personal information of students from sharing the personal information with a third party, unless the third party agrees in writing that the personal information will only be used for the purpose for which information is originally provided to the third party and will not be sold to or shared with any other entity. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

77–13

Feb 26, 2024

HB 2710

Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, permits a physician, psychologist, or senior psychological examiner who performs an examination on the respondent in a conservatorship proceeding to submit a report to the court that has been declared under penalty of perjury, rather than a sworn report. - Amends TCA Title 34.

Yea

Passed

96–0

Feb 26, 2024

HB 2079

Veterinarians - As enacted, establishes a process for a licensed veterinarian to report suspected animal cruelty in violation of certain criminal laws and testify in a judicial or administrative proceeding concerning the care of the animal without being subject to criminal or civil liability. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 43; Title 44; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

96–0

Feb 26, 2024

SB 1967

Election Laws - As enacted, requires a qualified voter to request an absentee ballot not later than 10 days before an election rather than not later than seven days before an election; requires a voter seeking to be placed on the permanent absentee voting register to file a physician's statement and application for ballot not later than 10 days before an election rather than not later than seven days before an election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

75–17

Feb 26, 2024

HB 2716

General Assembly - As introduced, prohibits a local legislative body from electing a member, who was expelled for disorderly behavior, to fill a vacancy in the general assembly that was created because of the member's expulsion. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4 and Title 39.

Yea

Passed

69–22

Feb 26, 2024

HB 2716

General Assembly - As introduced, prohibits a local legislative body from electing a member, who was expelled for disorderly behavior, to fill a vacancy in the general assembly that was created because of the member's expulsion. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4 and Title 39.

Yea

Passed

73–22

Feb 26, 2024