D Tennessee House · District 53 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Jason Powell

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Session

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

Voting record

Yea

23,039

voted in favor

Nay

2,490

voted against

Absent

2,817

missed votes

Total recorded

26,002

across all sessions

Crossed party

292

votes against own party

Matching

26,002

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 2723

Gaming - As enacted, creates a five-day window after the effective date of this act for nonprofit organizations seeking to operate an annual event for the annual event period beginning on July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, to submit its annual event application to the secretary of state. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Apr 6, 2026

SJR 987

Memorials, Recognition - Robert Taswell "Tas" Gardner, 2025-2026 TDPDC President -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

SJR 969

Memorials, Sports - Jerry Nichols -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

HJR 1277

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Blake Lannom, Franklin High School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 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.

Yea

Failed

22–70

Apr 6, 2026

SJR 974

Memorials, Sports - Walters State Community College Senators, TCCAA/Region 7 champions -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

SB 2165

Foster Care - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to provide a copy of a petition to terminate parental rights for a child in the custody of the department to the child's foster parent, if the foster parent has served as the physical placement for the child for a period of nine or more consecutive months; requires the department to provide the required copy within seven days of the filing or being served with the petition. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113 and Section 37-2-415.

Nay

Passed

77–16

Apr 6, 2026

SB 591

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of criminal offenses relative to threats of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity or failing to report such threats, that a threat of mass violence is credible if the threat causes another to reasonably expect the commission of an act of mass violence. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Apr 6, 2026

SJR 1015

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Grant Johnson, Salutatorian, Kenwood High School -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

HB 2318

General Assembly - As enacted, revises and clarifies procedures of the joint committee on ways and means, including authorizing the committee to issue notice that a hearing will not be held or to hold a hearing to review the application or acceptance of federal aid in an amount that is less than $25 million. - Amends TCA Section 4-4-116 and Chapter 512 of the Public Acts of 2025.

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026