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 91% 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

HJR 1316

Memorials, Heroism - Engineer J.P. Durham, Signal Mountain Fire Department -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 146

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article XI, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee to authorize local boards of education to approve lotteries conducted by nonprofit school support organizations; requires that the net proceeds of the lottery’s revenues be allocated to the local education agency to be used for educational or extracurricular purposes. -

Yea

Passed

13–0

Apr 8, 2026

SB 2219

Court Rules - As enacted, requires each juvenile court, through the juvenile court clerk or juvenile court staff, each month within the statewide juvenile case management system prescribed by the administrative office of the courts to report to the administrative office of the courts each new dependency and neglect case, including for each child named in the petition, certain information. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.

Yea

Passed

88–1

Apr 8, 2026

HB 1465

Union County - Subject to local approval, changes the building permit fee to fifty cents per square foot on all buildings constructed, erected, or reconstructed. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1973; as amended.

Yea

Passed

20–1

Apr 8, 2026

HB 2102

County Government - As enacted, authorizes a county legislative body operating under the County Purchasing Law of 1957 to set the compensation for the director of accounts and budgets. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 8.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 8, 2026

HB 2638

Charlotte - Subject to local approval, revises various provisions of the charter of the City of Charlotte relating to its corporate powers; the city council; the city clerk; codification of ordinances; duties of mayor; city court, judge, and court clerk; and budgeting, centralized purchasing, and taxes. - Amends Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended.

Yea

Passed

19–0

Apr 8, 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

9–1

Apr 8, 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

11–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1327

Memorials, Recognition - McKinna Ward, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1317

Memorials, Heroism - Lieutenant Jay Sharp, Signal Mountain Fire Department -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026