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D Tennessee House · District 84

Rep. Joe Towns

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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 cast
22,980
across all sessions
Crossed party
355
votes against own party
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22,980
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SJR 384
Memorials, Recognition - Jordan Isaiah Hannah, Boys and Girls Clubs of the Clinch Valley Youth of the Year -
Yea
Passed
87–0
May 4, 2017
SB 1087
Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes various changes to the Municipal Energy Authority Act. - Amends TCA Title 7.
Yea
Passed
86–0
May 4, 2017
HJR 501
Memorials, Recognition - Charles Hand, Middle Tennessee Council of Boy Scouts Good Scout Award -
Yea
Passed
87–0
May 4, 2017
HB 1207
Controlled Substances - As enacted, requires the department of health to identify high-risk prescribers; requires the commissioner of health to report certain information concerning births involving neonatal abstinence syndrome and opioid use by women of childbearing age; requires bureau of TennCare to issue appropriate requests for information for program initiatives aimed at primary prevention and secondary prevention of births involving neonatal abstinence syndrome and the use of opioids by women of childbearing age enrolled in the TennCare program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
90–0
May 4, 2017
HR 137
Memorials, Interns - Dylan LaRocca -
Yea
Passed
87–0
May 4, 2017
SB 489
Medical Occupations - As enacted, enacts the "Kenneth and Madge Tullis, MD, Suicide Prevention Training Act." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
88–0
May 4, 2017
HR 142
Memorials, Interns - Sara Hernandez -
Yea
Passed
87–0
May 4, 2017
HR 128
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Samuel James Reddick, Valedictorian, Evangelical Christian School -
Yea
Passed
87–0
May 4, 2017
HB 1439
Franklin - Subject to local approval, changes charter provisions related to annexation to align with changes in state law for annexation. - Amends Chapter 79 of the Acts of 1903; as amended.
Yea
Passed
87–0
May 4, 2017
HB 511
Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017. -
Yea
Failed
49–35
May 4, 2017
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