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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1707
Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises provisions governing eligible collateral pledged by a state depository for public funds. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4.
Yea
Passed
91–1
Mar 22, 2018
SB 1745
Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, removes the utility management review board's authority to approve or disapprove corrections made by a public water system of a utility district to comply with federal or state law as a condition for the system to receive a loan from the Tennessee Local Development Authority. - Amends TCA Section 7-82-709.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Mar 22, 2018
SB 2679
Religion and Religious Organizations - As enacted, extends the prohibition on a governmental entity, other than a court, subpoenaing a clergy member's sermon or notes for use in a civil or administrative action to also include a prohibition on compelling a clergy member to testify regarding a sermon. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-407 and Title 24.
Nay
Passed
60–30
Mar 22, 2018
SB 1503
Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Farragut, by a two-thirds vote of its governing body, to levy a privilege tax not to exceed 4 percent upon the privilege of occupancy. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.
Yea
Passed
88–3
Mar 22, 2018
SB 2244
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, revises and expands provisions governing suspension of admissions to certain healthcare facilities under certain circumstances; revises other provisions governing healthcare facilities. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 22, 2018
HB 2613
Employees, Employers - As enacted, prohibits public and private employers from requiring an employee or prospective employee to execute a non-disclosure agreement with respect to sexual harassment in the workplace as a condition of employment. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Mar 22, 2018
HB 2186
Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates Pine Creek Golf Course in Wilson County and Capitol Theater in Greeneville as premier type tourist resorts for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.
Yea
Passed
69–14
Mar 22, 2018
HR 260
Memorials, Recognition - United States Army Reserve, 110th birthday celebration -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 22, 2018
HB 1198
Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, returns the appointment of the executive director of the Tennessee higher education commission from the governor to the commission. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-205.
Yea
Passed
87–1
Mar 22, 2018
SB 2685
Housing - As enacted, extends protections and immunities available under state law for housing authorities to entities that an authority or an entity affiliated with an authority may form, incorporate, or partner with, for purposes of managing or developing mixed-finance housing projects. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 20, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Mar 22, 2018
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