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D Tennessee House · District 84

Rep. Joe Towns

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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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HJR 206
Memorials, Retirement - Kelsie Jones -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 16, 2017
HB 1112
Domestic Violence - As enacted, requires the court to give a defendant intending to plead guilty to a domestic violence offense notice of the firearm dispossession consequences of a domestic violence conviction and sets out a procedure for a person convicted of domestic violence to terminate possession of all firearms. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111 and Section 40-14-109.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Mar 16, 2017
HB 1111
Statutes and Codification - As enacted, requires that undefined words be given their natural and ordinary meaning, without forced or subtle construction that would limit or extend the meaning of the language, except when a contrary intention is clearly manifest. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3.
Nay
Passed
68–23
Mar 16, 2017
HB 686
Election Laws - As enacted, requires a court to impose an additional $1,000 fine for a conviction for voter fraud; provides a $1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for voter fraud. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.
Nay
Passed
67–20
Mar 16, 2017
HJR 208
Memorials, Sports - JaCorey Williams, C-USA Player of the Year -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 16, 2017
HJR 207
Memorials, Recognition - Jack and Jill of America, Inc. -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 16, 2017
SB 1232
Education, Higher - As enacted, requires state institutions of higher education to develop and implement uniform procedures for awarding academic credit through course equivalencies for military education, training, experience, and occupational specialties; provides methods for implementation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13.
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 16, 2017
SJR 181
Memorials, Recognition - First Baptist Church of Jonesborough, 175th anniversary -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 16, 2017
HJR 205
Memorials, Death - Dr. Luther M. Kindall -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 16, 2017
SB 1233
Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the new Tennessee Bureau of Investigation crime lab and consolidated regional headquarters to be constructed in Madison County as the "Special Agent De'Greaun ReShun Frazier TBI Crime Lab and Regional Headquarters." -
Yea
Passed
91–0
Mar 16, 2017
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