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
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 2707
Blount County - Subject to local approval, repeals local regulation of the possession, storage, use, manufacture, and sale of pyrotechnics in the county. - Amends Chapter 589 of the Private Acts of 1949.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Apr 9, 2018
HB 1540
Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages and wine on Sundays during certain hours; prohibits sales on Easter, Christmas, and Thanksgiving; revises other provisions relating to alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3; Title 57, Chapter 4 and Title 57, Chapter 5.
Yea
Passed
70–23
Apr 9, 2018
SB 686
Mining and Quarrying - As enacted, enacts the "Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee" and revises other related provisions; contains certain contingent effective dates. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 50; Title 59; Title 60; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.
Nay
Passed
67–20
Apr 9, 2018
HB 1694
Education - As enacted, adds and revises various provisions governing teacher training programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 56.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Apr 9, 2018
SB 1885
Pest Control - As enacted, requires applicators to notify the department of agriculture prior to making aerial applications of pesticides via an online reporting system, instead of notifying county sheriff's offices. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 8.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Apr 9, 2018
SJR 141
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for the relocation of the James K. Polk Tomb from the State Capitol to the President James K. Polk Home and Museum State Historic Site. -
Nay
Failed
50–37
Apr 9, 2018
HB 2336
Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop and administer a confidential annual survey of correction officers who leave service as correction officers in order to examine factors in retention of correction officers; requires an annual report on or before December 1. - Amends TCA Title 41.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Apr 9, 2018
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