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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

HB 2841

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 1632

Public Records - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding public records. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Jun 2, 2020

HB 2257

Workers Compensation - As enacted, extends the deadline for an injured employee to file a claim for increased benefits with the bureau of workers' compensation; lengthens the period of time following an injury an employee has to provide notice to the bureau of workers' compensation of an injury and the failure of an employer to secure payment of compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

96–0

Jun 2, 2020

SB 2505

Federal Aid - As introduced, changes the date, from March 1 to March 15, by which the fiscal review committee staff must provide the general assembly's finance, ways and means committees information regarding state programs that have suffered reductions of federal financial support in the amount of 10 percent or more during the preceding year. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9; Title 12, Chapter 4; Title 13; Title 41; Title 42; Title 49; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Jun 2, 2020

HB 1820

Women - As enacted, increases, from biennially to annually, the reporting required by the Tennessee maternal mortality review and prevention team to the governor and the general assembly concerning the team's activities and its recommendations for changes to any law, rule, or policy that would promote the safety and well-being of women and prevention of maternal deaths. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 6.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Jun 2, 2020

SB 2861

Workers Compensation - As introduced, changes from July 1 to January 31 the date by which the bureau of workers' compensation must report its findings on the impact of the Workers' Compensation Reform Act of 2013 on the workers' compensation system in this state to each member of the general assembly; requires the bureau to provide an annual presentation of its findings by January 31 each year to the consumer and human resources committee of the house of representatives and the commerce and labor committee of the senate. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 56.

Yea

Passed

90–0

Jun 2, 2020

HB 2200

General Assembly - As enacted, deletes an obsolete reporting requirement for the department of human resources regarding the job performance evaluation system; revises and deletes various other reporting requirements concerning reports to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38; Title 40; Title 41; Title 57; Title 64 and Title 67.

Nay

Passed

67–24

Jun 2, 2020

SB 2485

Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville as an urban park center; authorizes the granting of a franchise for the provision of food or beverage, including alcoholic beverages, on its premises; specifies that the holder of such franchise is also considered an urban park center; requires certain reporting. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Jun 2, 2020

SB 1626

Public Records - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding public records. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Jun 2, 2020

HB 2259

Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, requires the juvenile court clerk and the department of mental health and substance abuse services to report certain juvenile justice information to the administrative office of the courts each month; deletes certain reporting to the council of juvenile and family court judges. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.

Yea

Passed

95–0

Jun 2, 2020