D Tennessee House · District 85 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Jesse Chism

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Session

Total votes

23,476

all sessions

Attendance

95%

1,287 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

98%

of cast votes

Lower than 91% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 89% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

21,694

voted in favor

Nay

1,678

voted against

Absent

1,287

missed votes

Total cast

23,476

across all sessions

Crossed party

337

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 2349

Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to create and maintain a website that includes certain information about child care agencies. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 5.

Yea

Passed

13–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 1346

Courts - As enacted, enacts the "Recovery Court Renewal Act." - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 2000

Schools, Charter - As enacted, allows private postsecondary institutions, including those that are religiously affiliated, to operate a public charter school; allows such institutions to apply to the local board of education or directly to the Tennessee public charter school commission to open a public charter school and to give an enrollment preference to children of the institution's employees or members of its governing body in the same manner afforded to public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

24–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1363

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mollie Gonzalez, Top Ten Senior, Marshall County High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 1816

Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires the Tennessee opioid abatement council to allocate funds held in the opioid abatement fund in a certain manner. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 38 and Title 41.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1359

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Adrian Guevara Ramon, Top Ten Senior, Marshall County High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 2196

Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes Putnam County and incorporated cities within the county to regulate sober living homes for recovery from alcohol, drug, and substance abuse to the extent such regulation complies with the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 26.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1370

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Austin Haffner, Top Ten Senior, Cornersville High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 2258

Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, enacts the "The Jeff Burkhart Act," which adds counties to the forms of local government that may establish a self-financing central business improvement district under the "Central Business Improvement District Act of 1990." - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 7, Chapter 84, Part 5.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1376

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kyleigh Neill, Top Ten Senior, Cornersville High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026