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

SB 1509

Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Cookeville, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 3 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Cookeville; requires the ordinance to set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism and economic development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Apr 22, 2019

HB 475

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state board of education to June 30, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Apr 22, 2019

HB 119

Naming and Designating - As enacted, names the visitor center at the Tipton-Haynes Historic Site in Johnson City in honor of Penny McLaughlin. -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 22, 2019

SB 143

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state board of education to June 30, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 22, 2019

SB 143

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state board of education to June 30, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Apr 22, 2019

SJR 181

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Declares that prior authorization requirements from insurance providers should be removed when a healthcare professional provides or seeks to provide medication assisted treatment to a patient with a substance use disorder and declares substance use disorder and opioid use disorder should be insured in the same manner as other diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 22, 2019

SB 142

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of education to June 30, 2022; requires the department to appear before sunset review committee in 2019 to discuss progress made in addressing findings in its 2018 audit. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 22, 2019

HB 1029

Abortion - As enacted, enacts the "Human Life Protection Act," which bans abortion in this state effective on the 30th day after the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade or an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to allow states to prohibit abortion; creates exception for situations where the abortion is necessary to prevent the death of pregnant woman or prevent serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of major bodily function; prohibits prosecution of a woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-5116; Title 37, Chapter 10, Part 3; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1; Title 63, Chapter 9; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 68 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

69–24

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

92–0

Apr 22, 2019

SB 1286

TennCare - As enacted, requires the bureau to establish a program that identifies child TennCare enrollees who are likely to be eligible for federal supplemental security income due to disability upon reaching 18 years of age; requires the program to initiate counseling with and provide enrollment assistance to the child to prevent a gap in TennCare eligibility upon the child reaching 18 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 71.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 22, 2019