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D Tennessee House · District 85 On the 2026 ballot

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 recorded
23,476
across all sessions
Crossed party
337
votes against own party
Matching
23,476
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SJR 380
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ralph Douglas Stewart III, Ninth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School -
Yea
Passed
97–0
Apr 15, 2019
SB 836
Schools, Charter - As enacted, revises the requirements for revocation of a public charter school's charter based on having been identified as a priority school. - Amends TCA Section 49-13-122.
Yea
Passed
77–17
Apr 15, 2019
SB 1205
Public Records - As enacted, creates an exception to provisions concerning the confidentiality of certain investigatory records of the division of health related boards in the department of health. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 1.
Yea
Passed
97–0
Apr 15, 2019
HB 650
Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, allows the owner of a prearrangement insurance policy, and not just the beneficiary, to irrevocably assign the policy or policy benefits to a funeral establishment if the insurance company issuing the policy does not offer a funeral trust, or only offers a funeral trust for an additional charge. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 62, Chapter 5, Part 4.
Absent
Passed
91–0
Apr 15, 2019
SJR 387
Memorials, Recognition - Watertown-Wilson County Hamblen Bell Public Library, 50th anniversary -
Yea
Passed
97–0
Apr 15, 2019
SB 971
Election Laws - As enacted, establishes requirements for person or organization that has not been designated by the county election commission to conduct supplemental voter registration drives that attempts to register 100 or more people to vote; revises and adds various provisions governing elections. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Nay
Passed
70–26
Apr 15, 2019
SB 858
Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Erwin, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.5 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Erwin; the ordinance must set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.
Yea
Passed
78–12
Apr 15, 2019
SB 759
State Government - As enacted, requires agencies to ensure the provision of appropriate accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if the agency requires a person applying for a license to engage in an occupation, trade, or profession in this state to take an examination; not applicable to an examination mandated and administered pursuant to federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Apr 15, 2019
SJR 379
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Marissa Rose Wyrick, Eighth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School -
Yea
Passed
97–0
Apr 15, 2019
HB 630
Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes Coffee County to levy a privilege tax of up to 2.5 percent upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.
Yea
Passed
78–10
Apr 15, 2019
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