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

27–0

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

12–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1358

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Nathaniel Carter, Valedictorian, Forrest School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 220

Water Authorities - As enacted, expands the areas served by the West Tennessee River Basin Authority to include Perry, Stewart, Houston, and Humphreys counties. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 11.

Yea

Passed

26–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1404

Memorials, Sports - Fairview Christian Academy girls' basketball team, 2026 TAACS Division 2 state champion -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 1926

Fireworks - As enacted, expands the length of the existing Independence Day and New Year sales periods and adds new Memorial Day and Labor Day sales periods for seasonal retailers of fireworks for the 2026 retail period; increases the seasonal retailer permit fee from $100 to $150 for calendar year 2026; and authorizes the state fire marshal to promulgate rules to effectuate the act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 104.

Yea

Passed

10–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 2592

Public Utility Commission - As enacted, requires, for an electric utility providing services outside the corporate limits of the home municipality, expansion of the utility board to provide representation on the board for such outside locality. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.

Nay

Passed

9–3

Apr 14, 2026

HB 2560

Civil Emergencies - As enacted, creates the department of Tennessee emergency management authority ("TEMA") to authorize the creation of local organizations for emergency management in the political subdivisions of the state, and to authorize cooperation with the federal government and the governments of other states. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 13; Title 16; Title 39; Title 55; Title 58; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

85–9

Apr 14, 2026

SB 1989

Children - As enacted, specifies that a parent's or legal guardian's action of raising, guiding, or instructing the parent's or legal guardian's child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex is not a basis for certain findings or actions by the court, does not constitute the criminal offense of child abuse, child neglect, or child endangerment, and must not be considered as a negative factor by a court in determining a custody arrangement in the best interest of the child. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6; Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 39, Chapter 15. Against party

Yea

Passed

79–16

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1352

Memorials, Recognition - Klaire Davis -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026