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

23,476

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HJR 416

Memorials, Recognition - YWCA Greater Memphis, 100th anniversary -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019

SJR 353

Memorials, Death - John B. Holsclaw, Sr. -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019

SB 1401

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

42–45

Apr 8, 2019

SB 782

Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, revises provisions governing grants made by the department to fund reentry programs that reduce recidivism and probation revocations; redefines recidivism. - Amends TCA Title 40.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 8, 2019

SJR 358

Memorials, Recognition - Katrina Thompson, 12 Most Outstanding Women -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019

HB 1087

Public Employees - As enacted, replaces the awarding of treble damages under the Public Employee Political Freedom Act of 1980 with the awarding of compensatory damages. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 6.

Nay

Passed

63–27

Apr 8, 2019

SJR 366

Memorials, Recognition - Deidre Dionne Carter Malone, 12 Most Outstanding Women -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019

HB 1490

Abortion - As introduced, enacts the "Life Appropriation Act." - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 51; Title 67 and Title 68.

Nay

Passed

66–24

Apr 8, 2019

SB 472

Mental Illness - As enacted, requires court clerks to report the race, sex, and, if known, social security number of a person judicially committed or adjudicated a mental defective to the federal bureau of investigation-NICS index and the department of safety for use in determining a person's eligibility to purchase firearms; requires that such information be confidential. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33 and Section 38-6-109.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019

SJR 365

Memorials, Recognition - Judge Teresa D. Jones, 12 Most Outstanding Women -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 8, 2019