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D Tennessee House · District 84

Rep. Joe Towns

Compare
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
SJR 751
Memorials, Death - Kenneth Reed Duggan -
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 26, 2018
SJR 535
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Lang Wiseman, State Board of Education -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 26, 2018
SJR 745
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Cora Lee Eads Weeks, 80th birthday -
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 26, 2018
HB 1888
Schools, Charter - As enacted, authorizes the comptroller of the treasury to audit financial transactions of a charter management organization (CMO); requires all CMOs operating a charter school in this state to file an annual financial report with the comptroller of the treasury no later than August 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
89–0
Mar 26, 2018
SJR 749
Memorials, Recognition - Shelby Hughes Briggs, 2018 Tennessee Tar Wars Poster Contest -
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 26, 2018
HB 2698
Perry County - Subject to local approval, authorizes the establishment of salary policies and scales for departments of the county; authorizes the appointment of a chief accountant and a budget director. -
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 26, 2018
HB 2701
Lewis County - Subject to local approval, changes, from $40 per day to $50 per month, the compensation for members of the County Highway Advisory Commission; reduces, from $300 to $200 per month, the compensation for the chairman of the County Highway Advisory Commission. - Amends Chapter 395 of the Private Acts of 1937; as amended.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 26, 2018
SJR 742
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Blanche Bell, 86th birthday -
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 26, 2018
SB 2425
Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, removes the requirement that each metropolitan planning organization's policy board ensures that the votes for any local government official be equally weighted and not based on population. - Amends TCA Section 64-8-301. Against party
Nay
Passed
88–7
Mar 26, 2018
HJR 969
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Matthew Spellman, Salutatorian, Roane County High School -
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 26, 2018
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