Rep. Jason Powell
Total votes
26,002
all sessions
Attendance
90%
2,817 missed
Lower than 84% of chamber peers
With party
98%
of cast votes
Lower than 84% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 84% of chamber peers
Sponsored
292
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
2
assignments
26,002 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
23,039
voted in favor
Nay
2,490
voted against
Absent
2,817
missed votes
Total cast
26,002
across all sessions
Crossed party
292
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1268
Courts - As enacted, enacts the "Violent Criminal Court Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55.
Nay
Passed
7–1
Apr 7, 2026
SB 1302
Safety, Dept. of - As enacted, removes present law that requires an offender sentenced to a period of incarceration for a DUI to begin their sentence within 30 days of conviction or, if space is not immediately available in the appropriate municipal or county jail or workhouse within such time, as soon as such space is available; requires, instead, the sentencing court to determine when such an offender is required to commence service of their sentence. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65. Against party
Nay
Passed
82–10
Apr 7, 2026
HB 599
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor for knowingly giving, selling, lending, delivering, or otherwise transferring a firearm to a person when the transferor knows or reasonably should know that the person receiving the firearm is prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm under state or federal law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 7, 2026
HJR 1290
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Barry and Connie Martin, 50th wedding anniversary -
Yea
Passed
85–0
Apr 7, 2026
SB 2371
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, clarifies that tenure and the process for dismissing a nontenured, licensed employee by a director of schools does not apply to individuals who hold a temporary academic permit or temporary clinical permit. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Nay
Passed
74–16
Apr 7, 2026
HB 2504
Sentencing - As introduced, requires a defendant to be sentenced to imprisonment for life as a repeat violent offender under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.
Nay
Passed
7–2
Apr 7, 2026
SB 2232
Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, specifies the conditions that must be satisfied for monies from the governor's response and recovery fund to be provided to eligible local governmental entities and to eligible individuals in qualifying counties following an emergency or disaster. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-216.
Absent
Passed
85–4
Apr 7, 2026
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