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D Tennessee House · District 84

Rep. Joe Towns

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Total votes
22,980
all sessions
Attendance
82%
4,949 missed
Among the lowest in the chamber
With party
98%
of cast votes
Lower than 81% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
Sponsored
207
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
22,980 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
20,814
voted in favor
Nay
2,015
voted against
Absent
4,949
missed votes
Total cast
22,980
across all sessions
Crossed party
355
votes against own party
This page
22,980
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1596
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Southwest Tennessee human resource agency to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 13, Chapter 26.
Yea
Passed
94–0
Feb 19, 2026
HB 1473
Marriage - As introduced, states that private citizens and organizations are not bound by the Fourteenth Amendment or the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges to recognize a marriage between individuals of the same sex; prohibits the board of professional responsibility from disciplining or sanctioning an attorney for declining to officiate a marriage between two persons of the same sex. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 5 and Title 36.
Yea
Failed
23–70
Feb 19, 2026
HJR 924
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Clyde Victoria Staples, 100th birthday -
Yea
Passed
94–0
Feb 19, 2026
HB 1501
Local Government, General - As introduced, authorizes a municipality to create and require the use of a landlord registry for a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, or finances 10 or more dwelling units located within the municipality. - Amends TCA Title 66.
Yea
Passed
84–2
Feb 19, 2026
HR 157
Memorials, Retirement - James Bennett -
Yea
Passed
94–0
Feb 19, 2026
HJR 929
Memorials, Recognition - Zoe Scheiderich, Miss Tennessee 2025 -
Yea
Passed
94–0
Feb 19, 2026
HJR 937
Memorials, Retirement - Chief John Linsenbigler -
Yea
Passed
94–0
Feb 19, 2026
SJR 621
Memorials, Retirement - Robert Allan Clark -
Yea
Passed
94–0
Feb 19, 2026
HJR 928
Memorials, Sports - Mt. Juliet High School, state bowling championship finalists -
Yea
Passed
94–0
Feb 19, 2026
HB 1600
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state building commission to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 15 and Title 4, Chapter 29.
Yea
Passed
94–0
Feb 19, 2026
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