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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 1933
District Attorneys - As introduced, requires TACIR to study and prepare a report on pay equity for assistant district attorneys general in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 8, Chapter 7.
Yea
Passed
21–0
Feb 18, 2026
HB 1765
Orders of Protection - As introduced, increases from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony the penalty for the criminal offense of violation of an order of protection if the order violated was a lifetime order of protection and the conviction that the lifetime order of protection was based on involved the use of force against a victim. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.
Yea
Passed
21–0
Feb 18, 2026
HJR 915
Memorials, Death - Hobart L. "Coach" Powell, Sr. -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Feb 12, 2026
HJR 917
Memorials, Sports - Westview High School football team, TSSAA Division I, Class 3A State Champion -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Feb 12, 2026
HJR 916
Memorials, Death - Kenneth Harlan Green -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Feb 12, 2026
HJR 918
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Thomas William Taylor, 80th birthday -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Feb 12, 2026
HJR 914
Memorials, Death - Tracy George Trott -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Feb 12, 2026
HJR 913
Memorials, Recognition - Jobs for America's Graduates Tennessee (JAGTN) -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Feb 12, 2026
HJR 920
Memorials, Public Service - Clarksville Jeep Crew 2026 -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Feb 12, 2026
HB 47
Education - As enacted, authorizes local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to allow schools in the LEA or the public charter school, as applicable, to display the Ten Commandments, the first sentence of the second paragraph of the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, and the preamble to the United States Constitution in a prominent location in a school building. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Nay
Passed
69–25
Feb 12, 2026
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