R Tennessee House · District 77 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Rusty Grills

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Session

Total votes

19,883

all sessions

Attendance

95%

1,102 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

98%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

19,096

voted in favor

Nay

672

voted against

Absent

1,102

missed votes

Total cast

19,883

across all sessions

Crossed party

292

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1072

Appeal and Review - As enacted, creates a right of appeal in an action brought against this state, a department or agency of this state, or an official of this state in their official capacity that challenges the constitutionality of a state statute, whereby the state may appeal as of right from an interlocutory order of a circuit or chancery court of this state that grants, continues, or modifies an injunction or denies a motion to dissolve or modify an injunction. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 20; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 47 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

64–28

Apr 26, 2021

HB 1591

Education - As enacted, requires, if an appeal of a mandatory retention in third grade based on a student's scores on the ELA portion of the student's TCAP test is filed, it must be filed by the student's parent or guardian; requires an LEA or public charter school to include information about third grade retention in information the LEA or charter school must send to a student's parent upon determining that the student has a significant reading deficiency. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 2021 (1st Ex. Sess.); Chapter 3 of the Public Acts of 2021 (1st Ex. Sess.) and TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 26, 2021

SB 1349

Capital Punishment - As enacted, redefines the term "intellectual disability" for purposes of determining eligibility for the death penalty; allows certain defendants sentenced to death prior to the effective date of this act to petition the trial court for a determination as to whether the defendant is intellectually disabled. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Against party

Nay

Passed

89–4

Apr 26, 2021

HB 1200

Courts, Administrative Office of the - As enacted, requires the AOC to provide each court clerk in a county that has not installed TnCIS with a list of the data that is required under Rules of the Supreme Court of Tennessee or state law; requires the AOC and court to coordinate efforts to ensure that the court clerks submit the required data by January 1, 2022, and in an ongoing manner thereafter, pursuant to procedures established by the AOC. - Amends TCA Section 8-4-115; Title 16 and Title 18, Chapter 1.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Apr 26, 2021

HB 1131

Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing criminal history checks of certain persons who come in direct contact with school children or children in a child care program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 26, 2021

SJR 347

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Cato Johnson, University of Memphis, Board of Trustees -

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 26, 2021

HJR 124

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Dr. Phil Wenk, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Advisory Board -

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 26, 2021

HB 1268

Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to notify the appropriate court when the department has knowledge that a foster parent from a kinship placement violated a court order by allowing a child to visit the child's parent within 96 hours of the department's knowledge of the information. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 26, 2021

SJR 566

Memorials, Retirement - George Morton Googe, 26th Judicial District Public Defender -

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 26, 2021

SB 798

General Assembly - As enacted, prohibits members of the general assembly from bidding on, selling, or offering for sale any service to a state entity or to have a financial interest in the bidding, selling, or offering for sale of any service to a state entity; makes the prohibition applicable during the tenure of the member's office and for six months thereafter; creates certain exceptions; violation results in disqualification from holding certain offices; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 12.

Absent

Passed

82–0

Apr 22, 2021