Rep. Jesse Chism
Total votes
19,688
all sessions
Attendance
94%
1,236 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
1,236
missed votes
Total cast
19,688
across all sessions
Crossed party
246
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 884
Obscenity and Pornography - As introduced, expands the definition of "adult-oriented establishment", for purposes of imposing certain requirements, to include commercial establishments that offer sexually oriented material, devices, or paraphernalia, adult cabaret entertainment, or specified sexual activities, but for which such materials, devices, paraphernalia, entertainment, or activities are not the principal or predominant stock or trade. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 14.
Nay
Passed
72–22
Jan 13, 2026
SB 1084
Human Rights - As enacted, enacts the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7.
Yea
Failed
25–76
Apr 22, 2025
HB 1177
Criminal Procedure - As enacted, increases from 11 months and 29 days to two years from the date of arrest the time within which misdemeanor charges against a defendant who has been found incompetent must be retired unless the defendant is restored to competency; adds to present law that, when a defendant whose misdemeanor charges were retired due to a finding of incompetency is released into the community, the chief officer is required to notify the court of the defendant's discharge and provide the court and the sheriff with an outpatient treatment plan that accounts for the safety of the community. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 52.
Yea
Passed
94–6
Apr 22, 2025
SB 714
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.
Yea
Failed
25–70
Apr 22, 2025
HB 99
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises present law relative to unlawful photography. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-605 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.
Yea
Passed
98–0
Apr 22, 2025
SB 392
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of human smuggling; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Nay
Passed
75–24
Apr 22, 2025
SB 714
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.
Yea
Failed
22–75
Apr 22, 2025
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