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 1716

Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, specifies that in a county with more than one general sessions judge in which the judicial commissioners are supervised by the general sessions judges, the management and supervision of any judicial commissioners appointed pursuant to this section must rotate between the general sessions judges having criminal jurisdiction in the county on an annual basis. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 17 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

65–19

Feb 22, 2024

SJR 932

Memorials, Recognition - Robert Bates, Lebanon Police Department -

Yea

Passed

94–0

Feb 22, 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

14–5

Feb 21, 2024

HB 1687

Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, authorizes a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to perform the mandatory physical examination of a public safety dispatcher or emergency call taker if the physical examination is included in the written protocol developed by the supervising physician and nurse practitioner or physician assistant. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Feb 15, 2024

HB 1621

Dekalb County - Subject to local approval, authorizes the road supervisor rather than the county mayor to sign checks drawn on the county trustee for expenses associated with road work within the county. - Amends Chapter 511 of the Private Acts of 1945, as amended.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Feb 15, 2024

HB 1680

Elder Abuse - As enacted, expands the Tennessee Adult Protection Act's definition of abuse or neglect to include certain situations when an adult is unable to maintain the adult's own health or welfare. - Amends TCA Section 71-6-102.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Feb 15, 2024

HB 1688

Driver Licenses - As enacted, deletes the provision authorizing a municipality or county to pass an ordinance or resolution permitting a person charged with violating certain traffic ordinances or statutes to deposit the person's driver license with the court in lieu of bail. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 8.

Yea

Passed

88–6

Feb 15, 2024

SB 1645

Law Enforcement - As enacted, deletes the July 1, 2024, termination date for Chapter 462 of the Public Acts of 2021, allowing a law enforcement agency to continue to use a drone to search for and collect evidence or obtain information with the consent of a private property owner, in case of a natural emergency, or to investigate a crime that is occurring or has occurred. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Chapter 462 of the Public Acts of 2021.

Yea

Passed

91–2

Feb 15, 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

12–4

Feb 14, 2024

HB 1791

General Assembly - As introduced, establishes parameters for biennial September sessions. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3.

Yea

Passed

13–8

Feb 14, 2024