D Tennessee House · District 84

Rep. Joe Towns

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Session

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

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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 369

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies that a school employee does not commit the criminal offense of falsifying educational and academic documents for altering, creating, or duplicating the grade of a student in an educational or academic document if the alteration, creation, or duplication is due to the student obtaining the grade through a program that allows students to retake a failed course, exam, or assignment and earn credit. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-136 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

19–0

Mar 4, 2026

HR 158

General Assembly, Review Or Ratification of Rules - Ratifies and approves the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, as promulgated by the Supreme Court. -

Yea

Passed

18–0

Mar 4, 2026

HB 1502

Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, authorizes the Tennessee corrections institute to establish certification requirements for corrections officers and to inspect and certify local correctional training academies; makes various changes regarding plans of action that may be submitted by a local certified facility following annual inspection; allows the director and full-time employees of the Tennessee corrections institute to carry a handgun under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 41.

Yea

Passed

19–0

Mar 4, 2026

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

18–0

Mar 4, 2026

HB 1627

Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, deletes the requirements that the department establish, advertise, and maintain a statewide toll-free telephone line to receive and respond to citizen inquiries and complaints concerning child support collections and disbursements and the department establish satellite offices for the state's central collection and disbursement unit. - Amends TCA Section 36-5-118 and Section 36-5-119.

Yea

Passed

18–0

Mar 4, 2026

HB 1519

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts the "Safe Highways and Roads Enforcement (SHARE) Act," which requires the court to assess an additional fine against a person convicted of a moving traffic violation or driving under the influence of an intoxicant; requires the additional fines be deposited into the state highway fund. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.

Nay

Passed

12–4

Mar 4, 2026

HB 1871

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of second degree murder by knowingly killing another to be sentenced as no lower than a Range II offender. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-210 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

15–0

Mar 4, 2026

HB 1811

Statutes and Codification - As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2025 regular and extraordinary sessions. -

Yea

Passed

18–0

Mar 4, 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

18–0

Mar 4, 2026

HB 1791

Appeal and Review - As enacted, expands when the state may appeal an interlocutory order of a circuit or chancery court. - Amends TCA Title 27, Chapter 1.

Nay

Passed

12–6

Mar 4, 2026