D Tennessee House · District 51 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Aftyn Behn

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Session

Total votes

4,774

all sessions

Attendance

89%

354 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

97%

of cast votes

Higher than 85% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

2%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 87% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

3,744

voted in favor

Nay

667

voted against

Absent

354

missed votes

Total cast

4,774

across all sessions

Crossed party

116

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 227

Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, allows a charitable organization that provides housing to a person whom the charitable organization knows is unlawfully present in the United States to be held liable for a loss, damages, injury, or death resulting from a criminal offense committed by the person who is unlawfully present in the United States while the person is receiving housing services from the charitable organization if the charitable organization's conduct in providing housing constitutes negligence, gross negligence, or willful and wanton misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 34.

Nay

Passed

70–23

Apr 16, 2025

HJR 660

Memorials, Death - James W. "Jim" Ayers -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 16, 2025

HB 487

Clerks, Court - As enacted, revises present law concerning court clerks' fees. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 18; Title 55 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

82–8

Apr 16, 2025

HB 1409

Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. -

Yea

Failed

26–71

Apr 16, 2025

HB 1097

Local Government, General - As enacted, sets up a process by which the attorney general and reporter may review whether a local government action violates state law or the Constitution of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 9.

Nay

Passed

73–24

Apr 16, 2025

SB 455

Probation and Parole - As introduced, removes the limitations on the board of parole's authority to deny parole based solely on the seriousness of the offense for certain offenses to allow denial based on the seriousness of the offense for any offense. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5.

Nay

Passed

75–16

Apr 16, 2025

SJR 421

Memorials, Recognition - Weston Brown, Tennessee FFA state president -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 16, 2025

HB 1409

Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. -

Yea

Failed

24–68

Apr 16, 2025

HJR 182

Naming and Designating - Designates June 2026 as "Nuclear Family Month." -

Nay

Passed

72–18

Apr 16, 2025

SB 1003

Education - As enacted, requires, if an approved universal reading screener is administered to pre-k students at an LEA or public charter school, the LEA or public charter school to allow the pre-k teacher whose students were administered the screener to use the results as an approved alternative student growth model or the pre-k/kindergarten portfolio growth model to generate individual growth scores for teachers pursuant to the evaluation guidelines developed by the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 16, 2025