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

HB 1642

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

71–18

Jun 2, 2020

HB 2108

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, allows law enforcement officers to carry handguns in posted areas under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

Absent

Passed

85–6

Jun 2, 2020

SB 2076

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 2556

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, allows law enforcement officers to carry handguns in posted areas under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

Absent

Passed

85–6

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

71–18

Jun 2, 2020

SB 2733

Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to find that limitation of a parent's residential parenting time is in the best interest of the minor child before limiting such time because the parent has engaged in willful abandonment or abuse of the parent, child, or another person living with the child. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Jun 1, 2020

HB 2371

Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, extends immunity from liability to include property damage caused by inherent risks of agritourism activities under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 39.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Jun 1, 2020

SB 1818

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to notify the department of children's services when a person under 18 years of age is taken into custody for suspicion of committing the offense of prostitution. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Jun 1, 2020

SB 2465

Abortion - As introduced, requires any facility in which more than 50 abortions were performed during the previous calendar year to post a sign informing patients that a chemical abortion may be reversed following the first dose of a two-dose treatment; requires a patient to receive similar notice prior to and after having the first dose of a chemical abortion; provides criminal penalties and civil actions for any violation of the act. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63 and Title 68.

Nay

Passed

71–20

Jun 1, 2020

SB 2423

Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, extends immunity from liability to include property damage caused by inherent risks of agritourism activities under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 39.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Jun 1, 2020