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 91% 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

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 618

Fairs - As enacted, adds the commissioner of agriculture and the dean of the Tennessee State University, college of agriculture cooperative extension program as members of the state fair and exposition commission. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 57.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Apr 8, 2019

SJR 346

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Taylor Strong, Valedictorian, Clay County High School -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019

SJR 361

Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Tonea Stewart, Keynote Speaker, 12 Most Oustanding Women -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019

SB 1482

State Employees - As enacted, extends continued health coverage to the surviving spouses and children of park rangers who are killed in the line of duty to the same extent as survivors of other first responders who are killed in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8; Title 11 and Title 58.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Apr 8, 2019

SB 1342

DUI Offenses - As enacted, revises provisions governing blood and breath tests for determining the presence of drugs and alcohol. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 40, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.

Absent

Passed

81–8

Apr 8, 2019

HB 320

Barbers and/or Cosmetologists - As enacted, exempts a person who engages in hair braiding from the cosmetologist licensure requirements if certain requirements met. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.

Nay

Passed

65–27

Apr 8, 2019

HJR 404

Memorials, Recognition - Henry County High School Agriculture Program, Tennessee Association of Agricultural Educators Outstanding Program Award -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019

HJR 408

Memorials, Recognition - Shooting Hunger Sporting Clays events -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019

HB 545

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, increases from 21 to 30 the number of calendar days within which a person granted an order of protection may apply for a temporary handgun carry permit from the department of safety after an order of protection has been granted. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Nay

Failed

61–30

Apr 8, 2019

SB 923

Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, specifies that gasification facilities and pyrolysis facilities are not solid waste facilities or incinerators, post-use polymers and recoverable feedstocks are not solid waste, and gasification facilities and pyrolysis facilities are subject to any other applicable environmental, health, and safety requirements for such facilities. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211.

Nay

Passed

69–24

Apr 8, 2019