D Tennessee House · District 51 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Aftyn Behn

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Session

Total votes

7,141

all sessions

Attendance

89%

354 missed

With party

97%

of cast votes

Lower than 90% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

2%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 88% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

5,739

voted in favor

Nay

1,039

voted against

Absent

354

missed votes

Total cast

7,141

across all sessions

Crossed party

172

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 1369

Health Care - As enacted, revises law relative to the operation of acute care hospitals. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 68; Title 71 and Chapter 985 of the Public Acts of 2024. Bipartisan

Nay

Passed

84–11

Apr 13, 2026

HB 2638

Charlotte - Subject to local approval, revises various provisions of the charter of the City of Charlotte relating to its corporate powers; the city council; the city clerk; codification of ordinances; duties of mayor; city court, judge, and court clerk; and budgeting, centralized purchasing, and taxes. - Amends Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 13, 2026

HB 2443

Child Custody and Support - As enacted, specifies that a parent's obligation for the support of a child does not continue after the child reaches 19 unless the child is handicapped or disabled. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 1; Title 36, Chapter 5 and Title 37, Chapter 1.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 13, 2026

SB 1822

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA that operates a public high school that meets certain criteria to permit certain high school students who are enrolled in private schools to participate in interscholastic athletics at the public high school. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Nay

Passed

57–29

Apr 13, 2026

HJR 1351

Memorials, Recognition - Mariela Dominguez, Boys & Girls Club of South Central Tennessee Youth of the Year -

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 13, 2026

HB 2009

Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, authorizes a county or municipality to request the department of transportation to conduct a highway traffic noise study for residential properties located along the sound propagation path of a state or interstate highway if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 54.

Yea

Passed

91–4

Apr 13, 2026

HB 656

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, extends present law concerning compensated unused leave for teachers to all employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 13, 2026

HB 2532

Education - As enacted, revises education law, including, but not limited to, increasing, from 25,000 to 35,000, the maximum number of education freedom scholarships that may be awarded to eligible students. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Nay

Passed

65–19

Apr 13, 2026

HB 2532

Education - As enacted, revises education law, including, but not limited to, increasing, from 25,000 to 35,000, the maximum number of education freedom scholarships that may be awarded to eligible students. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Nay

Passed

57–30

Apr 13, 2026

HB 2532

Education - As enacted, revises education law, including, but not limited to, increasing, from 25,000 to 35,000, the maximum number of education freedom scholarships that may be awarded to eligible students. - Amends TCA Title 49. Against party

Yea

Failed

12–80

Apr 13, 2026