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D Tennessee House · District 53 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Jason Powell

Compare
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 recorded
26,002
across all sessions
Crossed party
292
votes against own party
Matching
26,002
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SJR 961
Memorials, Death - Jeffrey Edward Guth -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
SJR 973
Memorials, Sports - Gatlinburg-Pittman Junior High Lady Highlanders, 2026 Class AA state champions -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
SJR 1000
Memorials, Death - Shipp Robbley Weems -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
HJR 1272
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Brittany Richardson, Crockett Elementary School Teacher of the Year -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
SB 2079
Education, Higher - As enacted, divides the appointing authority for the nine voting members of the Tennessee higher education commission among the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives equally; establishes various tuition and fee limitations and requirements for public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 14; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9. Against party
Nay
Passed
86–8
Apr 6, 2026
HB 2186
Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes counties with a metropolitan form of government, by resolution of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate or exempt the retail sale of such food and food ingredients from the local option sales tax; deletes obsolete provisions relating to the timing for reducing the membership of metropolitan councils. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Nay
Passed
76–16
Apr 6, 2026
SJR 966
Memorials, Recognition - CASA of East Tennessee, 40th anniversary -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
HJR 1254
Memorials, Recognition - Will Taylor -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
SJR 1010
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Rune Horn, Valedictorian, Northeast High School -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
HJR 1283
Memorials, Sports - Tristiano Alfano -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 6, 2026
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