Total votes
22,483
all sessions
Attendance
86%
3,217 missed
With party
98%
of cast votes
Lower than 82% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 84% of chamber peers
Sponsored
207
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
22,483 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
20,336
voted in favor
Nay
1,996
voted against
Absent
3,217
missed votes
Total cast
22,483
across all sessions
Crossed party
353
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 2653
Rutherford County - Subject to local approval, repeals and reconstitutes provisions establishing the Rutherford County Highway Commission and County Highway Road Superintendent. - Repeals Chapter 55 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended.
Absent
Passed
82–1
Mar 30, 2026
HR 168
Agriculture - Recognizes the importance of developing information and recommendations to assist the 115th General Assembly in crafting legislation to regulate agricultural operations based on raising fur-bearing animals. -
Absent
Passed
82–1
Mar 30, 2026
HB 2657
Ashland City - Subject to local approval, requires the position of mayor to be voted on by electors from the town at large; requires the position of councilman to be voted on by electors in their ward; requires elections to be nonpartisan; makes various other changes. - Amends Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 2004; as amended.
Absent
Passed
82–1
Mar 30, 2026
SB 1213
Education - As enacted, empowers a student who is an English language learner and who received language assistance services in the classroom during the school year to receive the same language assistance services while taking a Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test or an end-of-course assessment, as long as the receipt of language assistance services does not invalidate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
84–2
Mar 30, 2026
HB 1784
Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates January 22 of each year as "Sanctity of Life Day." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.
Yea
Failed
24–65
Mar 30, 2026
SB 609
Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to consider the extent to which a parenting schedule provides each parent a meaningful opportunity to participate in the child's life, consistent with the child's best interest, in addition to the other relevant factors, when making a child custody determination. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Mar 30, 2026
HB 1798
Garnishments and Executions - As enacted, clarifies that the sheriff or other person authorized by law to serve garnishments is authorized to demand that the fee for performing service of a garnishment be paid in advance of such performance. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 9.
Absent
Passed
82–1
Mar 30, 2026
SB 1861
Workers Compensation - As enacted, authorizes the chief administrative officer of the bureau of workers' compensation of the department of labor and workforce development to disburse funds from the subsequent injury and vocational recovery fund for costs associated with implementing and maintaining a computer system for the bureau of workers' compensation; makes other changes related to workers' compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2. Against party
Nay
Passed
82–8
Mar 30, 2026
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