Total votes
22,483
all sessions
Attendance
86%
3,217 missed
With party
98%
of cast votes
Lower than 82% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 84% of chamber peers
Sponsored
207
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
22,483 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
20,336
voted in favor
Nay
1,996
voted against
Absent
3,217
missed votes
Total cast
22,483
across all sessions
Crossed party
353
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 1168
Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to maintain case manager staffing levels so that case manager caseloads do not exceed an average of 20 active cases relating to initial assessments or an average of 20 children monitored and supervised per case manager. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Feb 7, 2018
HB 1479
Criminal Procedure - As enacted, authorizes general sessions and criminal court judges statewide to suspend court costs and litigation tax for indigent defendants; authorizes court clerk to implement community service program in lieu of full payment of court costs and litigation taxes for indigent defendants, if county legislative body approves such a program. - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401; Title 40, Chapter 25 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
Yea
Passed
95–0
Feb 7, 2018
SB 1469
Naming and Designating - As enacted, names the wrestling room at the Tennessee School for the Blind in honor of Frank Alexander. -
Yea
Passed
95–0
Feb 7, 2018
SB 1561
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee fish and wildlife commission for four years to June 30, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 70, Chapter 1, Part 2.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Feb 5, 2018
HB 15
Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, creates exemptions from sales tax, registration fee, and motor vehicle privilege tax, for any motor vehicle sold to a veteran or service member who has a service-connected disability and who is eligible for a United States department of veterans affairs automobile grant under the Disabled Veterans' and Servicemen's Automobile Assistance Act of 1970; limits sales and use tax exemption to portion of price that is in excess of the amount of the grant received. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Feb 5, 2018
HB 1501
Comptroller, State - As enacted, revises various provisions governing comptroller of the treasury audit and accounting requirements, including the preparation of a uniform audit manual by the comptroller. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 49; Title 54; Title 64 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Feb 5, 2018
HJR 731
Memorials, Recognition - Second Lieutenant Albert Louis Young of the Tuskegee Airmen -
Yea
Passed
94–0
Feb 5, 2018
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