R Tennessee House · District 49 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Mike Sparks

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Session

Total votes

23,901

all sessions

Attendance

93%

1,511 missed

Lower than 99% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Lower than 91% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 88% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

22,565

voted in favor

Nay

501

voted against

Absent

1,511

missed votes

Total cast

23,901

across all sessions

Crossed party

228

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 24

Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, increases the criminal classification for hunting on the land of another without permission from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only, not to exceed $500 per violation. - Amends TCA Title 70.

Absent

Passed

-

Apr 17, 2025

HB 1307

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to implement a transition plan to close the achievement school district (ASD) and to release all schools currently assigned to the ASD before the start of the 2026-2027 school year; requires the department to establish a different intervention system for priority schools; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 524

Montgomery County - As enacted, permits a court to transfer, upon motion by the defendant, a criminal case to the veterans treatment court program in Montgomery County if the veterans treatment court program would have jurisdiction over the case if the offense had been committed in Montgomery County, the defendant files with the court a written waiver of the right to be tried by an impartial jury of the county in which the crime was committed, and the district attorney general for Montgomery County agrees to accept transfer of the case. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 802

State Employees - As enacted, classifies as state employees for purposes of defense and other related provisions, soil and water conservation district board of supervisors, employees, officers, and agents, and persons designated by a soil and water conservation district as participants in volunteer programs authorized by such districts. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 42 and Title 9, Chapter 8.

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 622

Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts "Dismantle DEI in Employment Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49.

Nay

Failed

23–72

Apr 17, 2025

HB 322

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of human smuggling; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Yea

Passed

18–8

Apr 17, 2025

HB 542

Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes revisions to present law relative to utilities. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 370

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the criminal offense of harassment to include harassment that occurs by communicating in the physical presence of the victim, in addition to in writing, by telephone, or electronically. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 479

Military - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee National Guard Servicemember's Medical Readiness Act." - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 842

Real Property - As enacted, expands the purposes for which monies in the wetland acquisition fund may be used. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-409.

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 17, 2025