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 1704
Immigration - As enacted, creates the Class A misdemeanor of intentionally failing or refusing to depart when a final order of removal is outstanding; creates the Class A misdemeanor of intentionally entering, attempting to enter, or being found in this state after being denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed from the United States. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.
Nay
Passed
15–5
Mar 11, 2026
HB 1692
Adoption - As enacted, clarifies that a court may waive the requirement for a home study in an adoption when the prospective adoptive parent or parents are not related to the child if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
Yea
Passed
5–0
Mar 10, 2026
HB 2526
Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires a child placed in the custody of the department to remain in custody so long as necessary to complete treatment or services, which must be evidence-based and provided by a qualified provider; makes other changes to child custody law; creates a juvenile commitment review task force to examine system issues and service gaps for certain children committed to the custody of the department. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
6–0
Mar 10, 2026
HB 2154
Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, generally requires a guardian ad litem appointed by the court to complete training appropriate to that role, including training in early childhood, child, and adolescent development. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 20; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36 and Title 37.
Yea
Passed
5–0
Mar 10, 2026
HB 2507
Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, vacates the present board of commissioners of each existing authority for metropolitan and regional airports and reconstitutes a new governing body; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7 and Title 42.
Nay
Passed
16–4
Mar 10, 2026
HB 2350
Foster Care - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to provide a copy of a petition to terminate parental rights for a child in the custody of the department to the child's foster parent, if the foster parent has served as the physical placement for the child for a period of nine or more consecutive months; requires the department to provide the required copy within seven days of the filing or being served with the petition. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113 and Section 37-2-415.
Yea
Passed
6–0
Mar 10, 2026
HB 1712
Traffic Safety - As enacted, makes changes to the regulation and prohibition authorized by local governments and state agencies relative to class 1, 2, and 3 electric bicycles in certain locations. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8. Against party
Yea
Passed
14–4
Mar 10, 2026
HB 2283
Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits the department from requiring a relative caregiver, including relatives in the kinship foster care program, to provide a child with the child's own bedroom in determining whether to place the child in the custody of the relative caregiver. - Amends TCA Title 37.
Yea
Passed
5–0
Mar 10, 2026
HB 2544
Taxes - As enacted, requires a person using a liquified gas propelled motor vehicle to pay the liquified gas tax on delivery of the liquified gas into the vehicle's fuel supply tank instead of prepaying the tax on an annual basis; eliminates the annual renewal requirement for the liquified gas user permit, instead making it a permanent and valid permit dependent on timely reports and remittance of taxes or until surrendered or canceled; makes other tax-related changes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 18; Title 67, Chapter 3, Part 11 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
19–0
Mar 10, 2026
HB 590
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
5–0
Mar 10, 2026
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