D Tennessee House · District 85 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Jesse Chism

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Session

Total votes

19,688

all sessions

Attendance

94%

1,232 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

98%

of cast votes

Lower than 92% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 90% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

18,233

voted in favor

Nay

1,352

voted against

Absent

1,232

missed votes

Total cast

19,688

across all sessions

Crossed party

240

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 542

Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes revisions to present law relative to utilities. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 964

Education - As enacted, changes the standard for entry-resistant window treatment for school buildings constructed or remodeled on or after July 1, 2025; requires the state-level school safety team to issue guidelines to the state fire marshal for inclusion in rules. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 8.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 322

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of human smuggling; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Nay

Passed

19–8

Apr 17, 2025

HB 717

Health Care - As enacted, extends the termination date for the Alzheimer's and dementia respite care pilot program from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 33; Title 52; Title 67 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 542

Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes revisions to present law relative to utilities. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 641

Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, enacts the "Savannah Grace Copeland Act." - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 12; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 370

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the criminal offense of harassment to include harassment that occurs by communicating in the physical presence of the victim, in addition to in writing, by telephone, or electronically. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 130

Food and Food Products - As enacted, adds certain conditions in order to produce and sell homemade food items. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 68, Chapter 14, Part 7.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 1371

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies that a person commits the offense of unlawful exposure by distributing a private, intimate image of another identifiable person with intent to cause emotional distress, regardless of whether the person who distributes the image was a party to the original agreement or understanding that the image would remain private. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 479

Military - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee National Guard Servicemember's Medical Readiness Act." - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 17, 2025