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

Tally

Date

HB 1519

McKenzie - Subject to local approval, reduces the maximum penalty levied by the municipal court from $500 to $50; removes the certification requirement for newly elected councilmen; removes city council authority to impeach; allows council to appoint a city administrator; removes the city clerk bond requirement; revises various other provisions. - Amends Chapter 128 of the Private Acts of 1990; as amended.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 22, 2019

HB 559

Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to offer internship programs for elective credits in the high school curriculum through cooperative agreements with local and state governments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Apr 22, 2019

SB 664

Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, authorizes an existing licensed nursing home to relocate beds in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 16.

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 22, 2019

SB 147

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Austin Peay State University, board of trustees to June 30, 2021; creates a separate sunset provision for the university. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 8.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Apr 22, 2019

SB 151

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee Technological University, board of trustees to June 30, 2021; creates a separate sunset provision for the university. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 8.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Apr 22, 2019

HB 886

Basic Education Program (BEP) - As enacted, clarifies that if, pursuant to current law, a local government appropriates nonrecurring funds for priority schools, evidenced by a written agreement with the LEA establishing the nonrecurring use of the funds, then such funds must be excluded from the maintenance of local funding requirement and from any apportionment requirement under the present law provisions governing the local tax levy for each year that the school is identified as a priority school plus one additional year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

96–1

Apr 22, 2019

HB 632

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the state board of education to award a teacher five additional professional development points if the teacher's overall evaluation demonstrates an overall performance effectiveness level of "above expectations" or "significantly above expectations" and the evaluation is based on the teacher's performance while employed at a school that is on the priority list or the focus list. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Apr 22, 2019

HB 481

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Middle Tennessee State University, board of trustees to June 30, 2021; creates a separate sunset provision for the university. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 8.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Apr 22, 2019

HB 455

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the prevailing wage commission to June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 12, Chapter 4.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Apr 22, 2019

SB 1531

Robertson County - Subject to local approval, increases from $250 to $500 the monthly compensation of the Robertson County highway commissioners and chairman of the commission. - Amends Chapter 380 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 22, 2019