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
HJR 500
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Karla Sanchez, Valedictorian, Douglass High School -
Yea
Passed
90–0
May 3, 2017
HB 224
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of children's services to June 30, 2021; requires the department to report back to the government operations committee on the department's response to the findings in the performance audit report by December 31, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 5.
Nay
Passed
55–30
May 3, 2017
HJR 496
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Leslie Suzanna Coppedge, Salutatorian, Maryville Christian School -
Yea
Passed
90–0
May 3, 2017
HR 118
Memorials, Sports - Hermitage Springs Junior High School boys' basketball team, TNT State Champions -
Yea
Passed
90–0
May 3, 2017
HB 508
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a private cause of action for a party that is adversely affected by a local ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment on firearms that is preempted by state law; restricts certain actions by local government in regard to handgun carry permittees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Nay
Passed
68–25
May 3, 2017
SJR 371
Memorials, Recognition - Division of Property Assessments, 50th anniversary -
Yea
Passed
90–0
May 3, 2017
SB 494
Marriage - As enacted, establishes provisions governing marriage by proxy for persons in the armed forces. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3.
Yea
Passed
89–3
May 3, 2017
HJR 497
Memorials, Recognition - Cedric Deprice Williams, Jr., Intern Governor 2017 -
Yea
Passed
90–0
May 3, 2017
HB 508
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a private cause of action for a party that is adversely affected by a local ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment on firearms that is preempted by state law; restricts certain actions by local government in regard to handgun carry permittees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Nay
Passed
65–26
May 3, 2017
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