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 recorded
22,980
across all sessions
Crossed party
355
votes against own party
Matching
22,980
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1041
Sentencing - As enacted, establishes a sentencing enhancement factor for defendants who are illegally or unlawfully in the United States. - Amends TCA Title 40.
Nay
Passed
64–17
May 9, 2017
HJR 571
Memorials, Recognition - Former Congresswoman Diane Edith Watson of California, N.O.B.E.L. Women -
Yea
Passed
88–0
May 9, 2017
HJR 572
Memorials, Recognition - Former State Senator Gloria Tanner of Colorado, N.O.B.E.L. Women -
Yea
Passed
88–0
May 9, 2017
HB 1067
Medical Occupations - As enacted, specifies that a healthcare practitioner violates the practitioner's practice act by refusing to submit to a drug test or testing positive for a drug when the practitioner does not have a lawful prescription for using the drug or a valid medical reason for using the drug; establishes procedural requirements to be followed in such situations. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 9; Title 63 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
86–0
May 9, 2017
HB 553
Education, Higher - As enacted, creates the Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). - Amends TCA Section 4-3-733 and Title 49, Chapter 7.
Yea
Passed
83–0
May 9, 2017
HB 329
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As enacted, decreases the amount of time that teachers are required to teach math or science in a public school in order to be eligible for a Tennessee HOPE teacher’s scholarship from two years to one year for each year of receipt of the scholarship. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-936.
Yea
Passed
87–0
May 9, 2017
SB 120
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Organized Retail Crime Prevention Act." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
85–0
May 9, 2017
SB 820
Professions and Occupations - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding scrap metal dealers. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 9.
Yea
Passed
85–0
May 9, 2017
HB 192
Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing required fire drills. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 102, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
73–10
May 9, 2017
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