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%

1,156 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

98%

of cast votes

Lower than 93% 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

1,156

missed votes

Total cast

19,688

across all sessions

Crossed party

247

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1434

Hardeman County - Subject to local approval, increases, from 85 percent to 92 percent, the assumed property tax collection rate in setting the general tax rate for the county general fund and creating a county budget that covers expenditures for the next appropriation year. - Amends Chapter 68 of the Private Acts of 1937; as amended.

Yea

Passed

77–15

Apr 16, 2025

SB 758

Industrial Development - As enacted, redefines "remediation site" to include a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity whose main purpose is to promote industrial development and new nuclear development upon dissolution of the existing nonprofit entity. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53, Part 3. Against party

Yea

Passed

79–9

Apr 16, 2025

SB 623

Public Records - As enacted, requires the office of open records counsel to facilitate the convening of meetings of the advisory committee on open government, including selecting a date for the required annual meeting in the absence of co-chairs. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6.

Yea

Passed

92–1

Apr 16, 2025

SB 1034

Historical Sites and Preservation - As enacted, includes in the definition of a "memorial", for purposes of Tennessee heritage protection, an official governmental seal of a city or county government that contains imagery representative of any historic conflict, historic entity, historic event, historic figure, or historic organization. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4.

Nay

Passed

71–23

Apr 16, 2025

HB 1050

Nuisances - As enacted, revises nuisance laws. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 16; Title 29; Title 39; Title 67 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

91–1

Apr 16, 2025

SB 626

Election Laws - As enacted, revises present law relative to voting and county election commissions, such as requiring the commission to publish a notice of the location of the provisional counting board, prohibiting the commission from tabulating any marked ballots submitted via the internet, prohibiting voting machines from being connected to the internet, and making other changes. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Nay

Passed

72–22

Apr 16, 2025

HB 1409

Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. -

Yea

Failed

24–69

Apr 16, 2025

SJR 407

Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Christopher E. Townson -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 16, 2025

SB 535

Children - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act." - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 47.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 16, 2025

SB 747

TennCare - As enacted, extends the ground ambulance service annual assessment to June 30, 2026; makes other revisions to the Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 15.

Yea

Passed

97–0

Apr 16, 2025