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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 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
This page
22,980
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HJR 553
Memorials, Recognition - Brandus Reagan Moyers -
Yea
Passed
87–0
May 4, 2017
HJR 487
Memorials, Academic Achievement - MaKayla Alexis Henley, Salutatorian, Hampshire Unit School -
Yea
Passed
90–0
May 3, 2017
SB 597
Disabled Persons - As enacted, allows disabled adults to have paid personal aides to perform health maintenance tasks for them. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
91–0
May 3, 2017
SJR 375
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Virgie Gray, 100th birthday -
Yea
Passed
90–0
May 3, 2017
SB 1001
Forfeiture of Assets - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding forfeiture. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33.
Yea
Passed
88–1
May 3, 2017
SB 1180
Abortion - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Infants Protection Act," which prohibits abortion of a viable fetus except in a medical emergency and requires testing to determine viability if a woman is at least 20 weeks pregnant. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.
Nay
Passed
66–21
May 3, 2017
HJR 493
Memorials, Retirement - First Sergeant Mitchell Ketchens -
Yea
Passed
90–0
May 3, 2017
HJR 489
Memorials, Retirement - Dale Sims -
Yea
Passed
90–0
May 3, 2017
SJR 368
Memorials, Interns - Kendall Ray -
Yea
Passed
90–0
May 3, 2017
SB 806
Public Health - As enacted, authorizes, if approved by the department of health, any nongovernmental organization, including an organization that promotes scientifically proven ways of mitigating health risks associated with drug use and other high-risk behaviors, to establish and operate a needle and hypodermic syringe exchange program. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Nay
Failed
42–46
May 3, 2017
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