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D Tennessee House · District 85 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Jesse Chism

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Total votes
22,632
all sessions
Attendance
94%
1,156 missed
With party
98%
of cast votes
Lower than 92% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 89% of chamber peers
Sponsored
186
bills & resolutions
Higher than 87% of chamber peers
Committees
3
assignments
22,632 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
20,879
voted in favor
Nay
1,650
voted against
Absent
1,156
missed votes
Total cast
22,632
across all sessions
Crossed party
327
votes against own party
This page
22,632
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HJR 1376
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kyleigh Neill, Top Ten Senior, Cornersville High School -
Yea
Passed
89–0
Apr 14, 2026
HB 2616
Open Meetings - As enacted, authorizes a governing body to conduct an executive session for the purpose of interviewing applicants for employment as director-level staff of the body without providing public notice of such session. - Amends TCA Title 8.
Nay
Passed
61–24
Apr 14, 2026
HJR 1384
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Sydney Rehring, Valedictorian, Ooltewah High School -
Yea
Passed
89–0
Apr 14, 2026
HB 2277
Education - As enacted, makes various revisions to education law, including, but not limited to, requiring each public school to annually submit to the department of education a list of all local assessments administered to students, requiring the department to publish the percentage of students who attain proficiency for the English language arts portion of the TCAP, and establishing the assessment review board to annually review the TCAP tests administered to students in the most recent school year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49.
Yea
Passed
11–0
Apr 14, 2026
HJR 1392
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kendra Peyton Bonine, Salutatorian, Central High School -
Yea
Passed
89–0
Apr 14, 2026
HJR 1386
Memorials, Recognition - LifeSpring Community Health, 20th anniversary -
Yea
Passed
89–0
Apr 14, 2026
SB 2088
Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to cause to be administered a blood or urine test on a person for the presence of a psychotropic drug if such officer has probable cause to believe that the person committed a mass shooting and the person consents to such test; clarifies that if the person is a minor, then a parent or legal guardian must consent; directs the health science center to study the drug interactions between any drugs found in the person's blood or urine. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 40; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
Nay
Passed
76–21
Apr 14, 2026
HJR 1396
Memorials, Recognition - Trapping, effective wildlife management tool -
Yea
Passed
89–0
Apr 14, 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
27–0
Apr 14, 2026
HJR 1399
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Meaghan Miller, Valedictorian, Douglass High School -
Yea
Passed
89–0
Apr 14, 2026
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