D Tennessee House · District 53 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Jason Powell

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Session

Total votes

25,250

all sessions

Attendance

90%

2,293 missed

With party

98%

of cast votes

Lower than 84% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 85% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

22,381

voted in favor

Nay

2,442

voted against

Absent

2,293

missed votes

Total cast

25,250

across all sessions

Crossed party

286

votes against own party

This page

25,250

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 1700

Consumer Protection - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study of the potential regulation of artificial intelligence systems and generative artificial intelligence chatbots in this state. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 37 and Title 47.

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 21, 2026

HB 2446

Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, requires the commissioner of commerce and insurance to fulfill certain duties for the volunteer firefighter vehicle grant program, which is established to annually provide grants to select volunteer fire departments to assist with local match requirements for federal grants to purchase vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 68.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Apr 21, 2026

HR 213

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Hailey Renee Butler, Valedictorian, Scott County High School -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

HR 201

Memorials, Personal Occasion - Bill McCabe, 80th birthday -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Apr 21, 2026

SJR 624

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution of Tennessee, to specify that only citizens of the United States may vote in state, county, or municipal elections. - Against party

Nay

Passed

82–5

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2367

County Government - As enacted, applies the Neighborhood Preservation Act to Tipton County; authorizes Montgomery County and Tipton County to participate in the Tennessee Local Land Bank Program. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 13.

Yea

Passed

90–1

Apr 21, 2026

SB 1665

Civil Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that the same immunities from civil liability, adverse action, and disciplinary action, and duties, that apply to this state, state employees, public schools, LEAs, public school students, public school teachers, public school employees, public school contractors, public institutions of higher education, public higher education students, public higher education faculty, public higher education employees, and public higher education contractors with regard to the use of a pronoun consistent with an individual's sex apply when using an honorific that is consistent with an individual's sex. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 24 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 51.

Nay

Passed

67–18

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2136

Gambling - As enacted, clarifies that gambling, the operation or possession of gambling devices, and the operation, conducting, or commercial promoting of online sweepstakes games and other forms of online or app-based gambling are unlawful and a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act; expands the authority of the sports wagering council to investigate illegal gambling and gaming activity; expands the investigative authority of the attorney general to investigate unlawful activity within the purview of the attorney general. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8, Chapter 6, Part 4; Title 40, Chapter 2 and Title 47.

Yea

Failed

21–62

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2145

Orders of Protection - As enacted, allows a person to file a petition for a lifetime order of protection against a person who was convicted of certain offenses in another jurisdiction; provides that venue for such a petition is in the county where the respondent resides or, if the respondent is not a resident of this state, the county where the petitioner resides. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 21, 2026

SB 1900

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for assaulting a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory fine of $5,000 and a mandatory minimum of 30 days incarceration to a Class E felony with a mandatory fine of $10,000 and a mandatory minimum of 60 days incarceration. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Nay

Failed

39–46

Apr 21, 2026