R Tennessee House · District 49 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Mike Sparks

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Session

Total votes

27,223

all sessions

Attendance

94%

1,678 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

25,782

voted in favor

Nay

598

voted against

Absent

1,678

missed votes

Total recorded

27,223

across all sessions

Crossed party

250

votes against own party

Matching

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HJR 560

Memorials, Recognition - Morristown First Presbyterian Church, 150th anniversary -

Yea

Passed

84–0

May 8, 2017

SB 789

Medical Occupations - As enacted, prohibits any person from using the title "registered surgical assistant" unless such person is registered with the board of medical examiners as a registered surgical assistant; requires the board to register as a registered surgical assistant any applicant who presents satisfactory evidence that the applicant meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

86–0

May 8, 2017

HB 1020

Real Property - As enacted, enacts the "Short-Term Rental Unit Act"; clarifies that a short-term rental unit is not considered a "hotel" under the Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

Nay

Failed

24–56

May 8, 2017

HB 1020

Real Property - As enacted, enacts the "Short-Term Rental Unit Act"; clarifies that a short-term rental unit is not considered a "hotel" under the Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

49–34

May 8, 2017

HB 1020

Real Property - As enacted, enacts the "Short-Term Rental Unit Act"; clarifies that a short-term rental unit is not considered a "hotel" under the Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

52–34

May 8, 2017

HB 1020

Real Property - As enacted, enacts the "Short-Term Rental Unit Act"; clarifies that a short-term rental unit is not considered a "hotel" under the Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

56–28

May 8, 2017

HB 74

Environment and Conservation, Department of - As enacted, enacts the "Ocoee River Recreation and Economic Development Fund Act". - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11 and Title 64.

Yea

Passed

86–1

May 8, 2017

SB 1189

Taxes - As enacted, specifies, in regard to the "retaliatory tax," relative to reciprocity of treatment by other states on Tennessee insurance companies doing business in that other state, that claims challenging liability must be brought in the chancery court of Davidson County pursuant to this state's general law provisions governing payment of tax under protest. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 56.

Yea

Passed

86–0

May 8, 2017

SB 786

Taxes, Ad Valorem - As enacted, revises provisions governing real and personal property tax exemption for certain religious, charitable, scientific, or nonprofit educational institutions. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-212.

Yea

Passed

85–0

May 8, 2017

SB 658

Traffic Safety - As introduced, increases the penalty for the offense of unlawful use of a portable electronic device while driving to a Class B misdemeanor if the violation results in an accident causing serious bodily injury and to a Class A misdemeanor if the accident results in death. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Nay

Failed

25–49

May 5, 2017