D Tennessee House · District 51 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Aftyn Behn

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Session

Total votes

7,849

all sessions

Attendance

93%

574 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

97%

of cast votes

Lower than 89% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

2%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 88% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

6,401

voted in favor

Nay

1,084

voted against

Absent

574

missed votes

Total cast

7,849

across all sessions

Crossed party

179

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 537

Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the "Law Enforcement’s Safer Tennessee Electronic Registration (LESTER) Act," which clarifies that law enforcement is required to accept a digital copy of vehicle registration as proof of registration. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 55.

Yea

Passed

19–0

Mar 25, 2025

HB 1302

Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, renames the "Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act" as the "Tennessee Meat Inspection Act"; revises the act to facilitate the implementation of a state meat inspection program. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 7 and Chapter 380 of the Public Acts of 2023.

Yea

Passed

16–0

Mar 25, 2025

HB 660

Water Authorities - As enacted, generally authorizes the board of directors of a municipal energy authority to, as part of the transfer of a water and wastewater system, adopt and assume all or any portion of such regulatory powers, authority, duties, obligations, and oversight over the water and wastewater operations as were applicable to the municipal water and wastewater system pursuant to ordinances, resolutions, or other rules or policies that were in effect immediately prior to the transfer of such system to the authority; authorizes later amendment to such rules, regulations, and requirements. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

16–0

Mar 25, 2025

HB 197

Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to develop and implement a policy regarding the removal of personal property used for camping from the shoulder, berm, or right-of-way of highways under its jurisdiction or under a bridge or overpass under its jurisdiction; prohibits the department from commencing initial clean-up activities, vegetation removal, or site securing activities until the municipal or county government whose geographic boundaries include the camping removal site has ensured that no persons are occupying the site. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 13; Title 39; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 71.

Nay

Passed

15–4

Mar 25, 2025

HB 816

Driver Licenses - As enacted, limits to four the number of points that may be assessed to a person's driver record for the offense of operating a motor vehicle while the person's driving privilege is canceled, suspended, or revoked. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

Yea

Passed

20–0

Mar 25, 2025

HB 646

Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, authorizes persons to wear daylight fluorescent pink as a substitute for daylight fluorescent orange when hunting big game during gun hunts; deletes statutory definition of daylight fluorescent orange. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 70.

Yea

Passed

16–0

Mar 25, 2025

HJR 463

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ramkeert S. Sooch, Valedictorian, Spring Hill High School -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Mar 24, 2025

HB 1253

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, increases from 20 to 30, the maximum number of consecutive days a substitute teacher may substitute for a regular teacher on leave without having to possess a teaching license; requires the six weeks of paid parental leave for eligible employees to be taken either consecutively or non-consecutively based on certain criteria. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-814; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

87–2

Mar 24, 2025

HJR 396

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaelyn Roberts, Top Ten Senior, Collinwood High School -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Mar 24, 2025

HJR 397

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Grace Ann Oliver, Top Ten Senior, Collinwood High School -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Mar 24, 2025