R Tennessee House · District 66 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Doc Kumar

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Session

Total votes

25,099

all sessions

Attendance

89%

2,924 missed

Lower than 82% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

24,377

voted in favor

Nay

477

voted against

Absent

2,924

missed votes

Total recorded

25,099

across all sessions

Crossed party

147

votes against own party

Matching

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1663

Human Resources, Department of - As enacted, excludes a person or entity that operates a family child care home and obtains a United States department of defense certificate to operate from being subject to licensure as long as such family child care home provides child care services only to an eligible patron. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3.

Yea

Passed

19–0

Feb 17, 2026

HB 1101

TennCare - As introduced, authorizes the governor to expand medicaid pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; authorizes the governor to negotiate with the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services to determine the terms of the expansion. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

Nay

Failed

2–4

Feb 17, 2026

HB 1741

Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to adopt or amend a formulary for use in the correctional facilities operated by or on behalf of the department. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 41; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Feb 17, 2026

HB 1836

TennCare - As introduced, increases from 67.5 percent to 110 percent the rate of reimbursement of the federal medicare program's allowable charges for participating providers the bureau shall reimburse an ambulance service provider; deletes the Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

6–0

Feb 17, 2026

HB 2389

Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires the bureau of TennCare to biannually publish two comprehensive statewide data reports on the use of psychotropic medications and the psychotropic medications' associated costs with certain list categories and data points that must be included in each report. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 68 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

5–0

Feb 17, 2026

HB 1470

Health Care - As enacted, prohibits a person from developing or deploying an artificial intelligence system that advertises or represents to the public that such system is or is able to act as a qualified mental health professional. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 47 and Title 63.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Feb 17, 2026

HB 1528

Tort Liability and Reform - As introduced, expands the definition of a person for whom a wrongful death action may be brought to include an unborn child beginning at fertilization, rather than in utero; extends the period of time from two to three years after which a spouse is rebuttably presumed to have abandoned a deceased spouse for purposes of bringing a wrongful death claim. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Section 63-6-1102.

Yea

Passed

17–4

Feb 17, 2026

HB 1492

Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates October 1 of each year as "APDS Day" to promote awareness of activated PI3K delta syndrome. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

Yea

Passed

18–0

Feb 17, 2026

HB 1443

Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Caring for Caregivers Act." - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 33; Title 52; Title 67 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

20–0

Feb 17, 2026

HB 1844

Children - As enacted, revises various provisions governing surrendering custody of unwanted infants. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

22–0

Feb 17, 2026