R Tennessee House · District 47 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Rush Bricken

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Total votes

23,260

all sessions

Attendance

95%

1,156 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

22,506

voted in favor

Nay

498

voted against

Absent

1,156

missed votes

Total cast

23,260

across all sessions

Crossed party

132

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

HB 1640

Public Records - As enacted, designates records of the office of homeland security related to critical infrastructure as confidential and exempts such records from public records requests; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.

Yea

Passed

20–1

Apr 8, 2026

HB 2261

Registers of Deeds - As enacted, authorizes all bonds for the conveyance of real or personal estate to be registered only if the bond contains the signatures of all parties subject to the bond and the expiration date of the bond; authorizes all agreements for the conveyance of real property or contracts, memoranda, abstracts, or affidavits for the sale of real property, or similar documents by whatever similar or other name, to be registered if such documents contain the signature of the owner of the property or the owner's attorney-in-fact or court-appointed representative, the signature of the proposed purchaser, and the expiration date of the agreement. - Amends TCA Section 66-24-101.

Yea

Passed

21–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1307

Memorials, Retirement - Jerry Williams -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 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

20–0

Apr 8, 2026

HB 2196

Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes Putnam County and incorporated cities within the county to regulate sober living homes for recovery from alcohol, drug, and substance abuse to the extent such regulation complies with the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 26.

Yea

Passed

19–1

Apr 8, 2026

HB 1753

Civil Emergencies - As enacted, requires a local emergency management agency to annually require all employees to receive training provided by TEMA on the Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004 and the Interlocal Cooperation Act; encourages the chief executive of each police department, sheriff's department, fire department, public works department, highway department, municipal utility, or county or municipal finance office that is a participating government entity to designate employees to receive the training provided by TEMA. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 58, Chapter 2 and Title 58, Chapter 8.

Yea

Passed

21–0

Apr 8, 2026

SB 579

Employees, Employers - As enacted, allows for eligible employees to be absent four weeks from work following a living organ donation surgery; requires the department of health to create living organ donor informational material and make such material available on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 50; Title 56 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1296

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mason Marchan, Salutatorian, Cordova High School -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1293

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Bill Toungette,TNASSP Assistant Principal of the Year -

Yea

Passed

95–0

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

18–0

Apr 8, 2026