R Tennessee House · District 5 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. David Hawk

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Total votes

26,877

all sessions

Attendance

97%

628 missed

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

26,171

voted in favor

Nay

500

voted against

Absent

628

missed votes

Total cast

26,877

across all sessions

Crossed party

167

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 2348

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to qualify an advanced degree in media and technology as an advanced degree that leads to a library information specialist endorsement; establishes certain staffing requirements for libraries in public schools that serve students in any combination of grades nine through 12 based on current student enrollment; requires a public school that serves any of the grades nine through 12 to employ a full-time library information specialist with an endorsement as a library information specialist if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

70–24

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1401

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jakiaus Cox, Valedictorian, Trezevant High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

SB 2087

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires the principal or the principal's designee to provide notification to the parent or legal guardian of each student who was in the classroom or instructional area at the time that a classroom evacuation occurred by the end of the day in which the classroom evacuation occurred unless the event that prompted the classroom evacuation is an ongoing emergency or is otherwise under investigation by a state or local law enforcement agency, in which case the notification must not be provided to parents and legal guardians until the emergency event is resolved or the principal or the principal's designee determines that providing the notification does not impede an ongoing investigation, as applicable. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

57–32

Apr 14, 2026

HB 1346

Courts - As enacted, enacts the "Recovery Court Renewal Act." - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 2000

Schools, Charter - As enacted, allows private postsecondary institutions, including those that are religiously affiliated, to operate a public charter school; allows such institutions to apply to the local board of education or directly to the Tennessee public charter school commission to open a public charter school and to give an enrollment preference to children of the institution's employees or members of its governing body in the same manner afforded to public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

24–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1363

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mollie Gonzalez, Top Ten Senior, Marshall County High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 1816

Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires the Tennessee opioid abatement council to allocate funds held in the opioid abatement fund in a certain manner. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 38 and Title 41.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1359

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Adrian Guevara Ramon, Top Ten Senior, Marshall County High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 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

28–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1370

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Austin Haffner, Top Ten Senior, Cornersville High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026