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

SB 2066

Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, allows an elected official of any county or municipality in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in which judicial proceedings are in progress; allows the county attorney in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in which judicial proceedings are in progress. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Against party

Yea

Passed

79–15

Jun 2, 2020

SB 2189

Workers Compensation - As enacted, excludes construction services providers performing work in this state from certain provisions of the workers' compensation law, requires construction services providers to maintain workers' compensation insurance coverage while working in this state, and imposes liability on a successor in interest of a penalized construction services provider. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

95–0

Jun 2, 2020

SB 2187

Boards and Commissions - As enacted, transfers responsibility for administration of the Tennessee sports hall of fame from the commissioner of tourist development to the hall's board of directors and makes other changes concerning the sports hall of fame. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 54.

Yea

Passed

89–6

Jun 2, 2020

HB 1855

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires each LEA to install technology on its computers to filter or block inappropriate websites and information otherwise accessible through the internet; requires each LEA to review its internet acceptable use policy and the technology installed on its computers to filter or block inappropriate websites and information otherwise accessible through the internet no later than January 1, 2021, and at least once every three years thereafter. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Jun 2, 2020

HB 2254

Boards and Commissions - As enacted, transfers responsibility for administration of the Tennessee sports hall of fame from the commissioner of tourist development to the hall's board of directors and makes other changes concerning the sports hall of fame. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 54.

Nay

Passed

70–24

Jun 2, 2020

SB 496

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, changes, from 10 days to 10 business days, the period for which public notice must be given in advance of an LEA's acceptance of bids for contracts for the construction of a school building, or an addition to an existing school building, the cost of which exceeds $10,000. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

78–14

Jun 2, 2020

SB 2111

Economic and Community Development, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to report to the fiscal review committee, at least annually, regarding any new clawback rights being executed by the department during the current year, as well as any clawback rights from previous years that are still being collected by the department during the current year. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 12.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Jun 2, 2020

SB 2620

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes a director of schools, or the director's designee, to report truant student absences to the appropriate judge if any tier of a progressive truancy intervention plan is unsuccessful, and before subsequent tiers are implemented, if the school can document that the student's parent or guardian is unwilling to cooperate in the truancy intervention plan. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

95–0

Jun 2, 2020

HB 1870

Traffic Safety - As introduced, clarifies that the present law requiring drivers of motorcycles to wear a helmet applies to drivers of autocycles that are not fully enclosed. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

77–15

Jun 2, 2020

SB 2187

Boards and Commissions - As enacted, transfers responsibility for administration of the Tennessee sports hall of fame from the commissioner of tourist development to the hall's board of directors and makes other changes concerning the sports hall of fame. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 54.

Nay

Passed

70–24

Jun 2, 2020