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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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 1529
Kenton - Subject to local approval, authorizes the salaries of mayor and aldermen to be set by ordinance; reduces, from three to two, the number of readings required for adoption of ordinances; deletes position of commissioners as heads of city departments; deletes provisions regarding bail and fines and costs; removes provision authorizing the re-appropriation of funds between departments. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1981; as amended.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Apr 15, 2019
SB 1260
Education - As enacted, authorizes a local education agency (LEA) to: provide career-based experiences to the LEA's high school students; allow the students to participate in any available career-based experiences; and establish partnerships with industry and local businesses to provide career-based experiences to such students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Apr 15, 2019
SJR 377
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaylie Webb, Sixth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School -
Yea
Passed
97–0
Apr 15, 2019
SJR 394
Memorials, Retirement - Chancellor Claudia C. Bonnyman -
Yea
Passed
97–0
Apr 15, 2019
SJR 392
Memorials, Recognition - WRKM, 60th anniversary -
Yea
Passed
97–0
Apr 15, 2019
HJR 457
Memorials, Interns - Tayler Aliff -
Yea
Passed
97–0
Apr 15, 2019
SJR 389
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tristan Nixon, Salutatorian, Smith County High School -
Yea
Passed
97–0
Apr 15, 2019
HB 1479
Criminal Procedure - As enacted, extends the date, from January 1, 2020, to February 1, 2020, before which the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations must submit a report on its study of global positioning monitoring as a condition of bail to the speakers and chairs of the judiciary committees of the senate and the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111; Title 40, Chapter 11 and Chapter 827 of the Public Acts of 2018.
Yea
Passed
97–0
Apr 15, 2019
SB 1402
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for the transfer of a firearm to a person knowing that the person: has been judicially committed to a mental institution or adjudicated as a mental defective unless the person's right to possess firearms has been restored; or is receiving inpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment at a hospital or treatment resource. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17.
Yea
Passed
93–2
Apr 15, 2019
SB 1313
Criminal Procedure - As enacted, extends the date, from January 1, 2020, to February 1, 2020, before which the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations must submit a report on its study of global positioning monitoring as a condition of bail to the speakers and chairs of the judiciary committees of the senate and the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111; Title 40, Chapter 11 and Chapter 827 of the Public Acts of 2018.
Yea
Passed
97–0
Apr 15, 2019
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