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Rep. Jesse Chism

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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
Sponsored
186
bills & resolutions
Higher than 87% of chamber peers
Committees
3
assignments
23,476 roll-call votes

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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Vote
Result
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Date
HB 2672
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
HJR 778
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the US Army Corps of Engineers to comply with Tennessee law in its administration of water projects in the State of Tennessee - Against party
Yea
Passed
76–9
Jun 9, 2020
HB 1980
Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, creates provisions related to prescribing buprenorphine. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11.
Yea
Passed
90–1
Jun 9, 2020
HB 2366
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
HB 2414
Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, extends the exemption from licensure to hunt and fish on farmlands owned by a spouse, parent, or grandparent, to include spouses of children of landowners. - Amends TCA Title 70.
Yea
Passed
91–0
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
74–17
Jun 9, 2020
HJR 1204
Memorials, Death - James L. Bass, Jr. -
Yea
Passed
87–0
Jun 9, 2020
HB 2005
Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As introduced, extends the notice period that a commissioner is entitled to prior to a hearing to defend charges that may result in the commissioner's removal from not less than 10 business days before the hearing to not less than 14 business days before the hearing. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 1, Part 2.
Yea
Passed
88–4
Jun 9, 2020
HJR 1207
Memorials, Retirement - Walteen Carter Parker -
Yea
Passed
87–0
Jun 9, 2020
HB 325
Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, designates three river segments located in Rhea County as Class I natural river areas. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 13.
Yea
Passed
89–0
Jun 9, 2020
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