R Tennessee House · District 77 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Rusty Grills

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Total votes

13,797

all sessions

Attendance

93%

951 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

98%

of cast votes

Higher than 85% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 87% of chamber peers

About Rep. Rusty Grills

Rep. serving Tennessee District 77. Member of the Republican party. Has been in office 6 years · 7 months. Serves on 5 committees, including Agriculture and Natural Resources, Commerce and Finance, Ways and Means.

Sworn in

Jan 14, 2020

6 years · 7 months

Closest ally

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How Rusty votes, broken down

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Criminal Justice 26% / 74%

15 support · 42 oppose

Budget & Taxes 43% / 57%

20 support · 26 oppose

Education 69% / 31%

49 support · 22 oppose

Labor & Employment 58% / 42%

11 support · 5 oppose

Technology 50% / 50%

1 support · 1 oppose

Environment 39% / 61%

9 support · 14 oppose

Veterans 100% / 0%

3 support · 0 oppose

Transportation 100% / 0%

3 support · 0 oppose

Immigration 42% / 58%

11 support · 15 oppose

Energy 60% / 40%

3 support · 2 oppose

Last activity

Recent legislative activity

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HB 2650Obion County - Subject to local approval, clarifies that the county highway superintendent of the county highway department be appointed by the county commission pursuant to state law. - Amends the private acts of Obion County. signed

3 months ago

HB 2251Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, creates a pilot project to provide for criminal magistrates in the 10 counties in which the criminal courts experience the highest judicial caseload, if authorized by the legislative body of an eligible county; authorizes the judges of the county with criminal jurisdiction to appoint the criminal magistrate, who shall serve at the pleasure of the majority of the judges of the county with criminal jurisdiction. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 17 and Title 40. signed

3 months ago

HB 1985Professions and Occupations - As enacted, adds that a managed services provider that provides direct sales, installation, or maintenance service for an IP camera connected to the managed services provider's network; derives less than 25 percent of the managed services provider's gross annual revenue from those services; and provides proof of employee vetting satisfactory to the commissioner is specifically excluded from the requirements of the Alarm Contractors Licensing Act. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 32. signed

3 months ago

HB 1986Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires a county incurring expenses pursuant to a criminal prosecution to provide an invoice of the expenses imposed on the county to the department; requires, within 60 days of receiving an invoice, the department to pay the amount of the invoiced expenses permitted by law to the county. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41. signed

3 months ago

HB 1980Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, allows the court to temporarily revoke a defendant's bond and order the defendant held without bail for no more than 10 days pending a bail revocation hearing if the defendant violates a condition of release, is charged with an offense committed during the defendant's release, or engages in conduct that results in the obstruction of the orderly and expeditious progress of the trial. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11. in committee

3 months ago

HB 1982Professions and Occupations - As enacted, decreases from 18 to 16, the minimum age an individual must be to apply for a license to be a bid caller auctioneer. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 19. in committee

4 months ago

HB 803Sewage - As enacted, makes revision to present law concerning sewerage systems using land application; exempts Hamilton County from the provisions requiring the developer of a subdivision or neighborhood that proposes to construct a treatment works to submit an application to the utility serving the area in which the system is located. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 62, Chapter 2; Title 65; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69. signed

4 months ago

HB 2252Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to promulgate rules to implement and administer a voluntary program for the promotion of meat and byproducts from livestock raised in Tennessee, which may be labeled with an appropriate statement that indicates the meat or byproduct is a Tennessee meat or byproduct. - Amends TCA Title 43; Title 44 and Title 53. in committee

4 months ago

HJR 1341Memorials, Sports - Dyersburg High School Lady Trojans, 2026 TSSAA Division I, Class AAA basketball state champions - signed

4 months ago

HB 1981State Symbols - As enacted, designates Lake County as the "Eagle Capital of Tennessee." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3. in committee

4 months ago