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
HR 159
General Assembly, Review Or Ratification of Rules - Ratifies and approves the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure, as promulgated by the Supreme Court. -
Yea
Passed
95–0
Mar 9, 2026
HB 2083
Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, expands the goals of zero to three court programs to include cases involving children five years of age or younger, with priority given to cases involving children younger than three years of age. - Amends TCA Title 37.
Yea
Passed
95–0
Mar 9, 2026
HB 1527
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires public schools and public charter schools to provide instruction in child trafficking awareness and prevention to students in grades kindergarten through 12 through health education, instead of being provided through a family life curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
90–1
Mar 9, 2026
HB 1958
Employees, Employers - As enacted, exempts from the requirement that wages earned by employees in private employment are due and payable no later than the fifth day of the succeeding month those employees who are employed on a piece-work or commission basis, and requires that compensation for such employees is due and payable by the last day of the succeeding month; makes certain other changes relative to employee compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
95–0
Mar 9, 2026
HB 1513
Election Laws - As enacted, requires political advertisements to include a disclaimer if the advertisements include deepfake elements impersonating or depicting a candidate engaging in activity or speech in which the impersonated or depicted candidate did not in fact engage; makes a violation of such disclaimer requirement a Class C misdemeanor; entitles candidate to damages and equitable relief for violations. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 19.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Mar 9, 2026
HJR 1062
Memorials, Recognition - Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month, May 2026 -
Yea
Passed
95–0
Mar 9, 2026
HB 2194
Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the board of regents, state university boards, and the board of trustees for the University of Tennessee system to adopt and implement policies that clearly distinguish between tenure decisions and disciplinary actions for faculty members. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Nay
Passed
72–21
Mar 9, 2026
HB 2588
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to offer students in any of the grades five through 12 a hunter education course that is approved by the wildlife resources agency as part of physical education, health, or safety instruction. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
95–0
Mar 9, 2026
HB 1731
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, specifies that, in regard to the criminal offense of desecration of a venerated object, "desecrate" includes, but is not limited to, the removal of objects from a place of burial by a person other than a family member of the deceased or an authorized representative of the cemetery. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 46.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Mar 9, 2026
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