Total votes
21,931
all sessions
Attendance
96%
1,016 missed
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 77% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 78% of chamber peers
Sponsored
256
bills & resolutions
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Committees
0
assignments
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21,531
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Nay
329
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Absent
1,016
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Total cast
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Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 519
Pets - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Retail Pet Store Consumer Protection Act" to provide coverage for certain veterinary expenses to persons who buy defective dogs from retail pet stores. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 17. Against party
Nay
Failed
47–48
Apr 3, 2017
SB 519
Pets - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Retail Pet Store Consumer Protection Act" to provide coverage for certain veterinary expenses to persons who buy defective dogs from retail pet stores. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 17. Against party
Nay
Failed
54–32
Apr 3, 2017
SB 519
Pets - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Retail Pet Store Consumer Protection Act" to provide coverage for certain veterinary expenses to persons who buy defective dogs from retail pet stores. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 17. Against party
Nay
Failed
42–53
Apr 3, 2017
HB 1384
Planning, Public - As enacted, establishes authorization and procedures for housing authorities to redevelop certain areas for transit projects. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 23; Title 13, Chapter 20 and Title 29, Chapter 17.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 3, 2017
SJR 262
Memorials, Sports - Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 3, 2017
HB 1217
Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, requires that of the 10 hours of continuing education coursework required for renewal of licensure of funeral directors and embalmers, five of those hours must be attended in person, which means the coursework is either completed in the physical presence of the provider of the coursework or through an interactive virtual program that requires participants to confirm their presence during the program. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 3, 2017
SB 519
Pets - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Retail Pet Store Consumer Protection Act" to provide coverage for certain veterinary expenses to persons who buy defective dogs from retail pet stores. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 17. Against party
Nay
Failed
44–49
Apr 3, 2017
HJR 236
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaylee Windham, Valedictorian, Tennessee Virtual Online School -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 3, 2017
SB 428
Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, removes social security number from the information that a funeral establishment must include on the permanent identification device attached to a dead human body prior to interment and from the permanent identification device placed in the crematory urn before the remains are placed in the urn.
- Amends TCA Section 62-5-313.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Apr 3, 2017
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