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 691

Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, changes the amounts of the franchise and excise tax credits allowed to financial institutions from certain percentages of the unpaid principal balance of certain qualified loans made to eligible housing entities to certain percentages of the month-end average unpaid principal balance of such loans; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-2109.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 726

Real Property - As enacted, extends from January 28, 2025, to April 15, 2025, the date by which an assessor must have determined that property was destroyed or damaged by a qualified disaster in order for the owner to be eligible for a direct payment from the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 67.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 1378

Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires written examinations administered to applicants for a driver license or intermediate driver license to include questions concerning hand signals used by operators of bicycles to communicate turning, slowing, and stopping. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 761

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, removes a definition of "content harmful to minors" from the Protect Tennessee Minors Act. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 1326

Real Property - As enacted, creates a vested property right upon the submission, rather than the approval, of a development plan or building permit; specifies that the vesting period applicable when it is based on the submission of a building permit is three years. - Amends TCA Title 13.

Yea

Passed

26–2

Apr 17, 2025

HB 322

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

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 799

Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, directs the commission to promulgate rules to create and issue guide licenses for persons who work as guides at Reelfoot Lake. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 1 and Title 70.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 773

Newspapers and Publications - As enacted, specifies that the website where legal notices must be posted must not require a fee or a subscription for a person to view the website; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 17, 2025

HB 592

Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, requires the board of claims to hear claims for compensation by persons wrongfully imprisoned whose charges are dismissed and sentences vacated; authorizes persons whose charges were dismissed and sentences vacated prior to enactment of this legislation to file a claim within one year; authorizes surviving spouse and children the right to file a claim with the board of claims on behalf of a person who was wrongfully imprisoned and died prior to filing a claim; grants surviving adult children the same right as surviving minor children to receive payments from an award. - Amends TCA Section 9-8-108.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 17, 2025

SB 1114

Public Records - As enacted, deletes the automatic repeal on July 1, 2025, of a provision that authorizes records custodians to seek an injunction against a person who makes requests to view or copy public records with the intent to disrupt government operations. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.

Yea

Passed

86–12

Apr 17, 2025