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

SB 2156

Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner to commission employees of the department who have completed the required training as law enforcement officers; permits law enforcement officers within the division of parks and recreation to provide assistance outside of state parks and recreation areas. - Amends TCA Section 11-1-101; Section 11-3-107; Section 59-8-308 and Section 59-8-404.

Yea

Passed

88–0

Jun 9, 2020

HB 2209

Food and Food Products - As enacted, repeals the Tennessee Egg Law, which establishes a licensure system for certain persons who buy, sell, trade, traffic, or process eggs in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Section 43-1-701; Title 53, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Title 53, Chapter 2.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Jun 9, 2020

SB 2140

Food and Food Products - As enacted, repeals the Tennessee Egg Law, which establishes a licensure system for certain persons who buy, sell, trade, traffic, or process eggs in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Section 43-1-701; Title 53, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Title 53, Chapter 2.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Jun 9, 2020

SB 2029

Contractors - As introduced, authorizes owners of real property to construct certain residential buildings on that property without obtaining a contractor license; requires notice of such construction to be made to the board for licensing contractors, the register of deeds, and subsequent purchasers of the property. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 62, Chapter 6 and Title 66.

Yea

Passed

75–8

Jun 9, 2020

SB 1938

Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, creates provisions related to prescribing buprenorphine. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11.

Yea

Passed

90–1

Jun 9, 2020

HB 2673

Taxes, Sales - As introduced, defines "micro market" and "micro market display" for purposes of sales and use taxes; authorizes dealers who own and operate micro markets in multiple locations to submit to the department of revenue a single monthly sales tax return and payment from sales made at all micro markets owned and operated by the dealer. - Amends TCA Title 67.

Yea

Passed

88–1

Jun 9, 2020

SB 2219

Water Pollution - As introduced, adds representatives of groups representing recreational users of streams to the advisory committee to the division of water pollution control to advise and assist the division on procedures and policies concerning the application of the Water Quality Control Act to the removal of debris from streams and stabilization of stream banks. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.

Nay

Passed

70–20

Jun 9, 2020

SB 2378

Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits local governing bodies from adopting or continuing in effect any ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation regarding the exhibition of livestock; specifies that the prohibition does not apply when such enactment is otherwise authorized by state law or is related to reasonable restrictions regarding time, place, and manner consistent with other similar events or the protection of public health, safety, or welfare. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 44.

Nay

Passed

72–21

Jun 9, 2020

HR 331

Memorials, Interns - Gavyn Thorne -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Jun 9, 2020

HR 332

Memorials, Personal Occasion - Edgar "Eddie" Jeffers, Jr., and Theda Jeffers, 51st wedding anniversary -

Yea

Passed

87–0

Jun 9, 2020