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 85% 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

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Date

HB 2585

Damages - As introduced, states that the amount of damages awarded as noneconomic damages must not exceed $1 million in a health care liability action arising from obstetric or maternity negligence resulting in the death or permanent injury of a pregnant or postpartum woman. - Amends TCA Section 29-39-102.

Yea

Passed

20–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1370

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Austin Haffner, Top Ten Senior, Cornersville High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1376

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kyleigh Neill, Top Ten Senior, Cornersville High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 2616

Open Meetings - As enacted, authorizes a governing body to conduct an executive session for the purpose of interviewing applicants for employment as director-level staff of the body without providing public notice of such session. - Amends TCA Title 8.

Nay

Passed

61–24

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1384

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Sydney Rehring, Valedictorian, Ooltewah High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1392

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kendra Peyton Bonine, Salutatorian, Central High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1386

Memorials, Recognition - LifeSpring Community Health, 20th anniversary -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

SB 2088

Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to cause to be administered a blood or urine test on a person for the presence of a psychotropic drug if such officer has probable cause to believe that the person committed a mass shooting and the person consents to such test; clarifies that if the person is a minor, then a parent or legal guardian must consent; directs the health science center to study the drug interactions between any drugs found in the person's blood or urine. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 40; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

Nay

Passed

76–21

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1396

Memorials, Recognition - Trapping, effective wildlife management tool -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1399

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Meaghan Miller, Valedictorian, Douglass High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026