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 83% 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
SB 2260
Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the University of Tennessee Focusing on Campus and University Success (FOCUS) Act; reconstitutes the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee and revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 9. Bipartisan
Nay
Passed
53–37
Mar 29, 2018
SB 2549
Witnesses - As enacted, prohibits a court from requiring an educator to be a witness in a civil domestic dispute proceeding if the educator's attendance would cause absence from teaching or supervisory duties in a school unless the court determines the educator's attendance is necessary to ensure fairness. - Amends TCA Title 24 and Title 49.
Yea
Passed
82–1
Mar 29, 2018
HB 2376
Students - As enacted, revises and updates law regarding school attendance and truancy and discipline. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 34 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 40.
Yea
Passed
83–0
Mar 29, 2018
SB 2260
Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the University of Tennessee Focusing on Campus and University Success (FOCUS) Act; reconstitutes the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee and revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 9. Bipartisan
Nay
Passed
58–34
Mar 29, 2018
HJR 992
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Timothy Hawn, Valedictorian, Bledsoe County High School -
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 29, 2018
HJR 991
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emily Oakes, Salutatorian, Bledsoe County High School -
Yea
Passed
93–0
Mar 29, 2018
SB 2023
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is deaf or hard of hearing to request that the department of safety include such designation in the Tennessee Vehicle Title and Registration System (VTRS) database; enacts other related provisions in regard to such designation. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Yea
Passed
86–0
Mar 29, 2018
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