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
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21,531
voted in favor
Nay
329
voted against
Absent
1,016
missed votes
Total cast
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across all sessions
Crossed party
195
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 165
Veterans - As enacted, authorizes private employers to give hiring preference to honorably discharged veterans, spouses of veterans with service-connected disabilities, unremarried widows or widowers of veterans who died of service-connected disabilities, and unremarried widows or widowers of members of the military who died in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
94–0
Mar 9, 2017
HB 560
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the misdemeanor offense of unauthorized release of a law enforcement officer's residential address to the public, punishable as a Class B misdemeanor if the release is criminally negligent or a Class A misdemeanor if intentional. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 39.
Yea
Passed
95–0
Mar 9, 2017
HJR 188
Memorials, Recognition - 2017 World's Biggest Fish Fry Princess Court -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 9, 2017
SJR 160
Memorials, Sports - Dresden High School, 2016 Division I Class 1A Football State Champions -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 9, 2017
SB 140
Comptroller, State - As enacted, removes requirement that the comptroller periodically conduct performance audits of state agencies authorized or required to act relative to the conservation of energy, the study and production of alternative sources of energy, and energy security; such agencies remain subject to performance audit for governmental entity review purposes. - Amends TCA Section 8-4-103.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 9, 2017
SJR 158
Memorials, Recognition - Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Celebration -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 9, 2017
HJR 186
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Winnell Pittenger, 100th birthday -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 9, 2017
HB 1051
Traffic Safety - As enacted, makes the offense of obstructing public highways and streets where the obstruction restricts emergency vehicle access a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $200. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 54 and Title 55.
Yea
Passed
14–0
Mar 7, 2017
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