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 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

HB 2540

State Employees - As introduced, makes various changes regarding employment with this state and state employment benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Section 41-24-113 and Section 70-1-309.

Nay

Passed

23–5

Apr 14, 2026