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R Tennessee House · District 71 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Kip Capley

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Total votes
11,113
all sessions
Attendance
95%
513 missed
Lower than 76% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
402
bills & resolutions
Higher than 99% of chamber peers
Committees
3
assignments
11,113 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
10,632
voted in favor
Nay
369
voted against
Absent
513
missed votes
Total cast
11,113
across all sessions
Crossed party
83
votes against own party
This page
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
HB 2592
Public Utility Commission - As enacted, requires, for an electric utility providing services outside the corporate limits of the home municipality, expansion of the utility board to provide representation on the board for such outside locality. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.
Yea
Passed
9–3
Apr 14, 2026
HB 2560
Civil Emergencies - As enacted, creates the department of Tennessee emergency management authority ("TEMA") to authorize the creation of local organizations for emergency management in the political subdivisions of the state, and to authorize cooperation with the federal government and the governments of other states. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 13; Title 16; Title 39; Title 55; Title 58; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
85–9
Apr 14, 2026
SB 1989
Children - As enacted, specifies that a parent's or legal guardian's action of raising, guiding, or instructing the parent's or legal guardian's child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex is not a basis for certain findings or actions by the court, does not constitute the criminal offense of child abuse, child neglect, or child endangerment, and must not be considered as a negative factor by a court in determining a custody arrangement in the best interest of the child. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6; Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 39, Chapter 15.
Yea
Passed
79–16
Apr 14, 2026
HJR 1352
Memorials, Recognition - Klaire Davis -
Yea
Passed
89–0
Apr 14, 2026
SB 2087
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires the principal or the principal's designee to provide notification to the parent or legal guardian of each student who was in the classroom or instructional area at the time that a classroom evacuation occurred by the end of the day in which the classroom evacuation occurred unless the event that prompted the classroom evacuation is an ongoing emergency or is otherwise under investigation by a state or local law enforcement agency, in which case the notification must not be provided to parents and legal guardians until the emergency event is resolved or the principal or the principal's designee determines that providing the notification does not impede an ongoing investigation, as applicable. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Nay
Failed
23–71
Apr 14, 2026
HJR 1357
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Chloe Salvka, Salutatorian, Forrest School -
Yea
Passed
89–0
Apr 14, 2026
HB 2428
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for assaulting a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory fine of $5,000 and a mandatory minimum of 30 days incarceration to a Class E felony with a mandatory fine of $10,000 and a mandatory minimum of 60 days incarceration. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Yea
Passed
24–1
Apr 14, 2026
HJR 1353
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Margaret Tranbarger Cooper, 100th birthday -
Yea
Passed
89–0
Apr 14, 2026
HJR 1362
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Stephanie Nava Corona, Top Ten Senior, Marshall County High School -
Yea
Passed
89–0
Apr 14, 2026
HJR 1395
Memorials, Retirement - Jim Bates, Hickman County Mayor -
Yea
Passed
89–0
Apr 14, 2026
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