Rep. Jesse Chism
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
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
1,156
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 759
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes an LEA to adopt and implement a merit-based pay structure for educators to award additional compensation to high-performing educators and to incentivize educators to meet and exceed expectations. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
94–0
Apr 14, 2025
HB 496
Treasurer, State - As enacted, removes the restriction that earnings in an achieving a better life experience account may only be expended for a student's education expenses; redefines "disability certification" and "eligible individual" to have the same meaning as in the Internal Revenue Code and all rules and regulations released by the United States treasury. - Amends TCA Section 71-4-803 and Section 71-4-806.
Yea
Passed
94–0
Apr 14, 2025
SB 1055
Expunction - As enacted, reorganizes present statutes concerning expunction and specifies that facilitation, attempt, or solicitation of an offense that is presently eligible for expunction is also eligible for expunction. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 16; Title 38; Title 40; Title 55 and Title 57.
Yea
Passed
92–0
Apr 14, 2025
HB 1199
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each board of education for an LEA that operates at least one high school to adopt and implement a policy to authorize a high school student to serve as an advisory, nonvoting representative on the board during meetings that are open to the public. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2.
Yea
Passed
23–2
Apr 14, 2025
HB 1134
Housing - As enacted, requires certain property, projects, and joint ventures to meet certain requirements if a legislative body of a county or municipality adopts by resolution or ordinance an affordable housing program. - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 67.
Yea
Passed
27–0
Apr 14, 2025
SB 856
Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, allows a magistrate to consider hearsay evidence when determining whether a defendant should be released on bail pending trial and the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time protecting the safety of the public. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 39 and Title 40.
Nay
Passed
80–16
Apr 14, 2025
HJR 629
Memorials, Recognition - The Harding Art Show, 50th anniversary -
Yea
Passed
94–0
Apr 14, 2025
HJR 49
Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 15 of the Constitution of Tennessee to remove the right to bail for the following offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great: act of terrorism; second degree murder; aggravated rape of a child; aggravated rape; grave torture; and any other offense, as of November 3, 2026, for which a defendant, if convicted, could not be released prior to the expiration of at least 85 percent of the entire sentence imposed. -
Yea
Passed
26–0
Apr 14, 2025
HB 241
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of economic and community development to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3.
Yea
Passed
94–0
Apr 14, 2025
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