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
SB 150
Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, authorizes physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives who are advanced practice registered nurses to treat minors with sexually transmitted diseases to the full extent of the person's authority, including the authority to prescribe and dispense drugs relating to a sexually transmitted disease. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
81–5
Apr 26, 2017
HB 1437
Lynnville - Subject to local approval, amends the town charter generally relative to non-resident voting rights; the vice mayor's appointment date; notice requirements for special meetings of the board of mayor and aldermen; the procedure for adopting ordinances and resolutions; the borrowing of money; the duties, compensation, and benefits of town officers; and the duties and powers of the municipal judge. - Amends Chapter 70 of the Acts of 1907; as amended.
Yea
Passed
88–0
Apr 26, 2017
HB 439
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each school safety team to conduct at least one armed intruder drill annually. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 8.
Yea
Passed
92–0
Apr 26, 2017
HB 615
Child Abuse - As enacted, adds the commission of trafficking for commercial sex act to the definitions of child sexual abuse and severe child abuse; redefines "caregiver" for the purposes of the laws governing the placement and custody of juveniles. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 6.
Yea
Passed
89–0
Apr 24, 2017
SB 1151
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, clarifies that the curriculum required before an employee is permitted to carry a handgun on the property of schools in distressed rural counties may be adapted by the instructing law enforcement agency from an existing curriculum approved by POST. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-816.
Yea
Passed
80–4
Apr 24, 2017
SB 524
Education, State Board of - As enacted, requires the state board to adopt a policy allowing American sign language courses to satisfy the foreign language credits required for graduation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.
Yea
Passed
86–3
Apr 24, 2017
SB 1231
Education - As enacted, authorizes the development of curriculum for work-based learning in labor education alignment program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 12.
Yea
Passed
92–0
Apr 24, 2017
SB 268
Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, specifies that any person licensed by the board of pharmacy and holding a valid wholesaler license will be considered to be licensed as a drug distributor until such a time when the board can promulgate rules to implement the third-party logistic provider (3PL) licensing process. - Amends TCA Title 63.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Apr 24, 2017
HB 1199
Election Laws - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act." - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 66.
Yea
Passed
73–9
Apr 24, 2017
HB 63
Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Individualized Education Act. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Nay
Passed
50–41
Apr 24, 2017
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