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 cast

26,002

across all sessions

Crossed party

292

votes against own party

This page

26,002

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 235

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee financial literacy commission four years to June 30, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 17.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Mar 20, 2017

HB 226

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee athletic commission to June 30, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 115.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Mar 20, 2017

HB 161

Naming and Designating - As enacted, names the dining area of the Brig. Gen. Wendell H. Gilbert Tennessee State Veterans Home in honor of Command Sergeant Major (Retired) Sidney Brown, United States Army. -

Yea

Passed

93–0

Mar 20, 2017

HB 244

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of examiners in psychology four years to June 30, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 63, Chapter 11.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Mar 20, 2017

HB 245

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of optometry to June 30, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 63, Chapter 8.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Mar 20, 2017

HB 177

Nuclear Materials, Transportation and Safety - As enacted, clarifies that deadly force may be used by nuclear security officers at both nuclear power reactor facilities and category I nuclear facilities. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-611.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Mar 20, 2017

SB 996

Traffic Safety - As enacted, requires a motor vehicle to yield the right-of-way by making a lane change, if possible, or reduce speed and proceed with due caution when approaching a stationary motor vehicle that is giving signal by use of flashing lights and located on the shoulder, emergency lane, or median. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Mar 20, 2017

HB 589

Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes Memphis to levy the occupancy tax by one or more ordinances, in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of 5 percent of the consideration charged. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Mar 20, 2017

SJR 202

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Aline Baumgaertner, Salutatorian, West Creek High School -

Yea

Passed

93–0

Mar 20, 2017

HB 243

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of communication disorders and sciences to June 30, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 63, Chapter 17.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Mar 20, 2017