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
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 2054
Real Property - As enacted, increases from 1,500 to 3,000, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the amount of acreage of land permitted to be placed within any one taxing jurisdiction under the Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5. Against party
Nay
Passed
8–6
Apr 17, 2024
SJR 1449
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Robyn Jones, Tennessee Online Public School Teacher of the Year -
Yea
Passed
88–1
Apr 16, 2024
SB 2586
Election Laws - As enacted, requires a person collecting a voter registration form submitted by an applicant during a voter registration drive to, within 15 calendar days of receipt of the form, deliver or mail the form to the county election commission in which the applicant resides; prohibits a person from providing a voter registration application upon which any information about an applicant has been filled in before it is provided to the applicant, and allowing an individual convicted of certain offenses to collect or handle a voter registration application; prohibits a person collecting voter registrations from altering the voter registration form of any person without the person's consent. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Yea
Passed
72–22
Apr 16, 2024
SJR 1448
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Trisha Wilhoit, Hal Henard Elementary School Teacher of the Year -
Yea
Passed
88–1
Apr 16, 2024
SB 2565
Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, prohibits a magistrate from considering a defendant's ability to pay when determining the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time protecting the safety of the public. - Amends TCA Title 40.
Yea
Passed
73–22
Apr 16, 2024
HB 2326
Education - As enacted, requires a student's LEA or public charter school to convene a conference attended by the student's guardian, ELA teacher, and school principal if the student is promoted to fourth grade and does not show adequate growth in order to determine if the student should be promoted to fifth grade with required tutoring or retained in the fourth grade. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 16, 2024
SJR 1399
Memorials, Academic Achievement - William Jerry Sharp, Valedictorian, Gibbs High School -
Yea
Passed
88–1
Apr 16, 2024
SJR 1416
Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Society of the Sons of the American Revolution -
Yea
Passed
88–1
Apr 16, 2024
SB 429
Local Government, General - As introduced, expresses legislative intent that the persons appointed to a charter commission for the consolidation of the functions of the county and creation of a metropolitan government be representative of both incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 67. Against party
Nay
Passed
68–25
Apr 16, 2024
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