R Tennessee House · District 42 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Ryan Williams

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Session

Total votes

26,723

all sessions

Attendance

93%

1,904 missed

Lower than 81% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

26,042

voted in favor

Nay

541

voted against

Absent

1,904

missed votes

Total cast

26,723

across all sessions

Crossed party

165

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HJR 146

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article XI, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee to authorize local boards of education to approve lotteries conducted by nonprofit school support organizations; requires that the net proceeds of the lottery’s revenues be allocated to the local education agency to be used for educational or extracurricular purposes. -

Yea

Passed

13–0

Apr 8, 2026

SB 2219

Court Rules - As enacted, requires each juvenile court, through the juvenile court clerk or juvenile court staff, each month within the statewide juvenile case management system prescribed by the administrative office of the courts to report to the administrative office of the courts each new dependency and neglect case, including for each child named in the petition, certain information. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.

Yea

Passed

88–1

Apr 8, 2026

HB 2102

County Government - As enacted, authorizes a county legislative body operating under the County Purchasing Law of 1957 to set the compensation for the director of accounts and budgets. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 8.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 8, 2026

HB 2000

Schools, Charter - As enacted, allows private postsecondary institutions, including those that are religiously affiliated, to operate a public charter school; allows such institutions to apply to the local board of education or directly to the Tennessee public charter school commission to open a public charter school and to give an enrollment preference to children of the institution's employees or members of its governing body in the same manner afforded to public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

9–1

Apr 8, 2026

HB 2258

Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, enacts the "The Jeff Burkhart Act," which adds counties to the forms of local government that may establish a self-financing central business improvement district under the "Central Business Improvement District Act of 1990." - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 7, Chapter 84, Part 5.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1327

Memorials, Recognition - McKinna Ward, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1317

Memorials, Heroism - Lieutenant Jay Sharp, Signal Mountain Fire Department -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1310

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Diana Moon, Northside Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1313

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Galen Brown, DeKalb Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

HB 2428

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for assaulting a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory fine of $5,000 and a mandatory minimum of 30 days incarceration to a Class E felony with a mandatory fine of $10,000 and a mandatory minimum of 60 days incarceration. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 8, 2026