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R Tennessee House · District 65

Rep. Sam Whitson

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Total votes
21,931
all sessions
Attendance
96%
1,016 missed
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 76% 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
votes against own party
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Vote
Result
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Date
HB 981
Public Contracts - As enacted, clarifies that the statutory amount of the bond required from contractors on all public works contracts in excess of $100,000 is the minimum amount for the bond. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-201.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 20, 2017
HB 985
State Symbols - As enacted, designates Oak Ridge Playhouse as an official state community theater. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.
Yea
Passed
82–6
Mar 20, 2017
SJR 198
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dalton Miller Smith, Salutatorian, Clarksville Academy -
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 20, 2017
HB 201
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Emergency Management Assistance Compact to June 30, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 58, Chapter 2, Part 4.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 20, 2017
SB 709
Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires the commissioners of health and mental health and substance abuse services to produce guidelines on nonresidential buprenorphine treatment by January 1, 2018, and to annually update those guidelines. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1.
Yea
Passed
94–0
Mar 20, 2017
SJR 207
Memorials, Death - Zilla Hawkins -
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 20, 2017
HB 211
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state protest committee to June 30, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 4, Chapter 56.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 20, 2017
HB 214
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of general services three years to June 30, 2020; requires the department to report back to the committee concerning the findings in its 2016 performance audit report. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 4, Chapter 3.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 20, 2017
HB 733
Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, establishes that requirements on the size, placement and inspection of steel traps used in the taking of wildlife be set by rule or proclamation of the fish and wildlife commission, as necessary, rather than by statute. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Section 70-4-120.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 20, 2017
HJR 209
Memorials, Death - Jay West -
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 20, 2017
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