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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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1164
Agriculture - As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding the industrial hemp program. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 1, Part 7; Section 43-26-102 and Section 43-26-103.
Yea
Passed
84–0
May 1, 2017
SB 798
Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, revises certain requirements for infused products; makes other various changes to alcohol-related laws. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 2; Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 57, Chapter 4.
Yea
Passed
64–20
May 1, 2017
HB 1296
Criminal Procedure - As enacted, increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the threshold amount of a loss sustained by a victim that generally makes the offender ineligible for expunction. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101.
Yea
Passed
83–4
May 1, 2017
HB 975
State Government - As enacted, requires state government agencies and departments to provide notice to legislators of proposed contracts that will outsource professional facilities management services within such legislators' districts; revises other reporting and other requirements relative to state government. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 53; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 41; Title 50 and Title 54.
Nay
Passed
53–33
May 1, 2017
SB 413
Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, enacts the "Visiting Sports Team Act." - Amends TCA Title 63.
Yea
Passed
90–2
May 1, 2017
SB 469
Real Property - As enacted, prohibits a homeowners' association from adopting or enforcing a dedicatory instrument provision that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, a property owner from displaying the flag of the United States of America or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces on the property owner's property; allows certain restrictions regarding display. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 66.
Yea
Passed
90–0
May 1, 2017
SB 740
Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates The Plaza in Nashville as a premier type tourist resort for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.
Yea
Passed
67–17
May 1, 2017
HB 1288
Wine & Wineries - As enacted, requires each common carrier that contracts with a direct shipper for delivery of wine into Tennessee to prepare and file monthly with the department of revenue a report of known direct wine shipments; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-217.
Yea
Passed
72–12
May 1, 2017
SJR 111
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges banning state-sponsored travel to states that have banned such travel to Tennessee. -
Nay
Passed
71–20
May 1, 2017
SB 527
Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, requires county and municipal mayors, and any other authorities, who appoint members to municipal solid waste regional boards to strive to ensure that at least two elected officials serve on each regional board; authorizes the department of environment and conservation to provide guidelines and best practices for composting and recycling to regional board members, advisory committees, and Class I, Class III, and Class IV landfill owners and operators.
- Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211, Part 8.
Yea
Passed
82–3
May 1, 2017
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