Rep. Jesse Chism
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
Sponsored
186
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
3
assignments
19,688 roll-call votes
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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Vote
Result
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Date
HB 1144
Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, provides that in a facility operated pursuant to a contract to provide correctional services, or in a facility operated pursuant to a contract with a county to hold state inmates and that county has entered into a contract with a contractor to provide correctional services, if the death rate of inmates at the facility is twice the death rate of an equivalent state-operated facility, then the department must reduce the population at such facility by 10%. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 12; Title 40 and Title 41.
Yea
Passed
27–0
Apr 17, 2025
HB 662
Education - As enacted, requires an educational oversight board to be created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the LEA to determine the factors that may be contributing to the LEA meeting such criteria; requires the oversight board to develop a transformation plan that identifies performance and operational goals for the LEA and benchmarks for assessing the LEA's progress toward meeting such goals; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49.
Nay
Passed
17–5
Apr 17, 2025
HB 486
Public Defenders - As enacted, creates five additional assistant district public defender positions effective July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Apr 17, 2025
HB 393
Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to pay from existing budgeted funds a monthly amount to a department employee for the medical care of a retired canine that served the department if the canine is given to the care and custody of the employee. - Amends TCA Title 4.
Yea
Passed
28–0
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
12–0
Apr 17, 2025
HB 24
Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, increases the criminal classification for hunting on the land of another without permission from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only, not to exceed $500 per violation. - Amends TCA Title 70.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Apr 17, 2025
HB 504
Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, makes various changes to the "Tennessee Future Teacher Scholarship Act of 2023." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7.
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 17, 2025
HB 504
Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, makes various changes to the "Tennessee Future Teacher Scholarship Act of 2023." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Apr 17, 2025
HB 1089
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires the department of mental health and substance abuse services to establish a mental health evaluation process for a community mental health center or qualified mental health professional to evaluate a defendant convicted of domestic assault, child abuse, aggravated child abuse, cruelty to animals, aggravated cruelty to animals; requires a court in which a person is convicted of any such offense to order the offender to undergo a mental health evaluation prior to the sentencing hearing. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40.
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 17, 2025
HB 296
Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, requires TACIR to conduct a study on the feasibility of implementing and potential effects of enacting the insurance coverage requirements proposed in Senate Bill 231 of the 114th General Assembly, as originally filed; requires TACIR to publish a report of its findings and recommendations. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Apr 17, 2025
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