Rep. Doc Kumar
Total votes
22,093
all sessions
Attendance
89%
2,656 missed
Lower than 91% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Lower than 89% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 87% of chamber peers
Sponsored
273
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
3
assignments
22,093 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
21,459
voted in favor
Nay
391
voted against
Absent
2,656
missed votes
Total cast
22,093
across all sessions
Crossed party
143
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
HB 160
Wine & Wineries - As enacted, exempts the sale of wine for consumption on the premises of a winery or farm wine producer, including the premises of a satellite facility, including tastings and sealed bottles sold at retail for consumption on the premises, from the liquor-by-the-drink tax on alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.
Yea
Passed
82–15
Apr 21, 2025
SB 881
Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, removes the aggregate penalty limits for violations of law concerning pharmacy benefits managers; provides that a pharmacy benefits manager regulated under law relative to pharmacy benefits managers is subject to the insurance laws relative to timely reimbursement of health insurance claims and its requirements for timing of payments to pharmacists; provides that a violation of the prompt pay standards is governed by the penalties set out in insurance laws relative to timely reimbursement of health insurance claims. - Amends TCA Title 56.
Yea
Passed
98–0
Apr 21, 2025
HJR 681
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Laura Quering, Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee Educator of the Year Award -
Yea
Passed
91–0
Apr 21, 2025
SB 899
Education - As enacted, changes the standard for entry-resistant window treatment for school buildings constructed or remodeled on or after July 1, 2025; requires the state-level school safety team to issue guidelines to the state fire marshal for inclusion in rules. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 8.
Yea
Passed
97–0
Apr 21, 2025
SB 1273
Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to implement a transition plan to close the achievement school district (ASD) and to release all schools currently assigned to the ASD before the start of the 2026-2027 school year; requires the department to establish a different intervention system for priority schools; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
79–16
Apr 21, 2025
SB 1138
Sewage - As enacted, prohibits a municipal sewer system or utility district that has operated a sewerage system outside of the corporate boundaries of the city or town for 25 years or more from ceasing operation of the sewerage system outside the corporate boundaries so long as the sewerage system maintains sufficient capacity; requires a utility system that provides wastewater service to provide a connection to the owner of real property for wastewater service when the utility system meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 35; Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221.
Yea
Passed
75–23
Apr 21, 2025
SB 1115
Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, provides that in a facility operated pursuant to a contract to provide correctional services, or in a facility operated pursuant to a contract with a county to hold state inmates and that county has entered into a contract with a contractor to provide correctional services, if the death rate of inmates at the facility is twice the death rate of an equivalent state-operated facility, then the department must reduce the population at such facility by 10%. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 12; Title 40 and Title 41.
Yea
Passed
98–0
Apr 21, 2025
SB 246
Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to convene a working group to study and develop best practices, strategies, and programming for English language learner (EL) educators in this state to utilize in educating EL students enrolled in a public school in this state in any of the grades K-12. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Apr 21, 2025
SB 863
Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, directs the commission to promulgate rules to create and issue guide licenses for persons who work as guides at Reelfoot Lake. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 1 and Title 70.
Yea
Passed
99–0
Apr 21, 2025
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