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 1032
Welfare - As enacted, expands the licensure requirement for adult day care providers to include those who provide service to five or more, instead of 10 or more, adult recipients. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 12; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 24, 2017
HB 534
Revenue - As enacted, enacts the "Improving Manufacturing, Public Roads and Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy (IMPROVE) Act" or the "2017 Tax Cut Act." - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 6; Title 67, Chapter 2; Title 67, Chapter 3; Title 67, Chapter 4; Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 6. Bipartisan
Nay
Failed
58–32
Apr 24, 2017
HB 534
Revenue - As enacted, enacts the "Improving Manufacturing, Public Roads and Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy (IMPROVE) Act" or the "2017 Tax Cut Act." - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 6; Title 67, Chapter 2; Title 67, Chapter 3; Title 67, Chapter 4; Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 6. Bipartisan
Yea
Failed
56–35
Apr 24, 2017
HB 534
Revenue - As enacted, enacts the "Improving Manufacturing, Public Roads and Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy (IMPROVE) Act" or the "2017 Tax Cut Act." - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 6; Title 67, Chapter 2; Title 67, Chapter 3; Title 67, Chapter 4; Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
65–21
Apr 24, 2017
HB 63
Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Individualized Education Act. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Nay
Passed
59–28
Apr 24, 2017
SB 125
Flags - As enacted, requires that the P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag be displayed daily below the United States flag in War Memorial Plaza and in Vietnam Veterans Park and displayed over the state capitol on days that neither house of the general assembly is in session during the month of September. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-406 and Title 58, Chapter 4, Part 3.
Yea
Passed
92–0
Apr 24, 2017
HB 589
Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes Memphis to levy the occupancy tax by one or more ordinances, in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of 5 percent of the consideration charged. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.
Yea
Passed
70–8
Apr 24, 2017
SJR 294
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Herbert H. Hilliard, Tennessee Regulatory Authority -
Yea
Passed
90–0
Apr 24, 2017
HB 1289
Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes The Avenue Diner and Scoreboard Restaurant in Nashville to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; prohibits such establishment from selling or giving away alcoholic beverages or beer only between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.; authorizes certain manufacturers to have a direct or indirect interest in an establishment that is licensed for on premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.
Yea
Passed
65–16
Apr 24, 2017
HB 902
Education - As enacted, requires that each student in grades K-8 be given an individual Scholars Summer Guide prior to the last day of the school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
82–1
Apr 20, 2017
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