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
Near the chamber average
Committees
0
assignments
21,931 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
21,531
voted in favor
Nay
329
voted against
Absent
1,016
missed votes
Total cast
21,931
across all sessions
Crossed party
195
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HR 72
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Carl "Booney" and Geneva Netherton, 50th wedding anniversary -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 30, 2017
SB 112
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the underground utility damage enforcement board two years to June 30, 2019; adds an attendance requirement for members of the board. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 65, Chapter 31.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Mar 30, 2017
SB 385
Drugs, Synthetic or Analogue - As enacted, excludes from the definition of marijuana a cannabidiol product approved as a prescription medication by the United States Food and Drug Administration. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402.
Yea
Passed
89–0
Mar 30, 2017
HB 1143
Local Government, General - As enacted, clarifies that no local government has the authority to enact a law that would place requirements regarding inclusionary, affordable, or below market value housing when entitlements, variances, or any other form of permit or authorization is sought from the local government; prohibits a local governmental unit from conditioning development entitlements through amendment to the zoning map on the allocation of existing or newly constructed private residential or commercial rental units to be sold or rented at below market rates. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13 and Title 66.
Yea
Passed
68–23
Mar 30, 2017
SB 262
Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits a local government from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, regulation, resolution, policy, or any other legal requirement that regulates or imposes a requirement upon an employer pertaining to employee scheduling, except when necessary to avoid creating a public or private nuisance. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51.
Yea
Passed
66–24
Mar 27, 2017
SJR 236
Memorials, Recognition - Rebekah Carroll, Nashville's Top 30 Under 30 -
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 27, 2017
SJR 232
Memorials, Recognition - Eric S. Deems, 2017 Nashville's Top 30 under 30 -
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 27, 2017
HB 579
Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, specifies that return of the receipt for a mailed summons or notice that is either signed by the defendant or marked refused is grounds for a default judgment in a delinquent property tax case. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-2415.
Yea
Passed
85–7
Mar 27, 2017
SJR 245
Memorials, Recognition - Kristyn Michelle Edwards, 2017 Nashville's Top 30 Under 30 -
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 27, 2017
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