D Tennessee House · District 85 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Jesse Chism

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Session

Total votes

22,632

all sessions

Attendance

94%

1,156 missed

With party

98%

of cast votes

Lower than 92% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 89% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

20,879

voted in favor

Nay

1,650

voted against

Absent

1,156

missed votes

Total cast

22,632

across all sessions

Crossed party

327

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1899

Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, increases from three to five the maximum number of nonrelated persons in a home for the aged to be considered a tier 1 home for the aged; increases from four to six the maximum number of nonrelated persons in a home for the aged to be considered a tier 2 home for the aged. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.

Yea

Passed

12–1

Apr 15, 2026

HJR 1411

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tucker Staggs, Top Ten Senior, Frank Hughes School -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 15, 2026

HB 2574

DUI Offenses - As enacted, clarifies present law regarding the revocation of a person's driver license for an implied consent violation. - Amends TCA Section 55-10-407.

Yea

Passed

13–0

Apr 15, 2026

HB 2080

Lottery, Corporation - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the board of directors of the Tennessee education lottery corporation; requires certain information maintained by the corporation to be subject to a public records request; terminates the lottery corporation on June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Apr 15, 2026

HB 753

Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, establishes the process for property tax assessment and valuation of multi-unit rental housing that receives a federal, state, or local incentive based on low-income renter restrictions. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

12–1

Apr 15, 2026

HB 2121

Education - As enacted, enacts the "Better Spending, Better Schools Act of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

13–0

Apr 15, 2026

HB 1987

Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, revises law relative to alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.

Yea

Passed

24–0

Apr 15, 2026

HB 1525

Sentencing - As enacted, requires a sentencing court to order the sentences for two or more offenses involving more than one minor victim to run consecutively unless the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the facts of the case do not warrant the imposition of consecutive sentences and the imposition of consecutive sentences would not be in the best interest of justice. - Amends TCA Title 40.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 15, 2026

HB 1263

Children - As enacted, provides, in addition to present law, an alternative method for the voluntary surrender of parental rights if executed within the geographic boundaries of the state. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 15, 2026

HB 2140

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes various changes relative to the offense of organized retail crime. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 39.

Yea

Passed

22–0

Apr 15, 2026