R Tennessee House · District 77 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Rusty Grills

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Session

Total votes

16,564

all sessions

Attendance

95%

748 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

98%

of cast votes

Higher than 85% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 87% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

15,901

voted in favor

Nay

548

voted against

Absent

748

missed votes

Total cast

16,564

across all sessions

Crossed party

260

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 327

Children - As enacted, enacts "Evelyn Boswell's Law," regarding the reporting of missing and endangered children. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38 and Title 39.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Mar 25, 2021

SJR 292

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Penelope Liotta, Northwest High School Grades 9-12 Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 25, 2021

SJR 276

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Toni Melton, Pisgah Elementary School Grades 5-8 Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 25, 2021

SJR 249

Memorials, Retirement - Bobby DeRossett, Cumberland County Fire Department -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 25, 2021

SB 1117

Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, revises the sentence for aggravated rape of a child when committed by a juvenile, as required by the U.S. Supreme Court in Miller v. Alabama, from mandatory life imprisonment without parole to a Class A felony to be sentenced within Range III; applies to sentences imposed on or after July 1, 2021; specifies that a person who was a juvenile at the time of committing the offense of aggravated rape of a child must serve 100 percent of the sentence imposed less sentence credits earned and retained, not to reduce the sentence imposed by more than 15 percent. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Mar 25, 2021

HB 512

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, allows a person convicted of attempted first degree murder to be sentenced to imprisonment for life without possibility of parole if the offense is committed against certain persons engaged in the performance of official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

Yea

Passed

90–0

Mar 25, 2021

HB 662

Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires that the community services agency board's annual plan of operation be approved and amended, as necessary, only by the commissioner of finance and administration rather than by the commissioner and the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

96–0

Mar 22, 2021

SJR 233

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emily Griffith, Valedictorian, Dayspring Academy -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Mar 22, 2021

HB 49

Evidence - As introduced, requires a local law enforcement agency to submit a sexual assault evidence collection kit to the state crime lab or other similar qualified laboratory for testing within 30 days of a victim filing a police report, rather than within 60 days. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

Yea

Passed

97–0

Mar 22, 2021

HB 99

State Government - As enacted, authorizes a state department or agency to update signage on state property indicating accessibility for persons with disabilities within existing resources. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 2, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

96–0

Mar 22, 2021