BC
Total votes
12,876
all sessions
Attendance
84%
2,472 missed
With party
98%
of cast votes
Higher than 76% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 78% of chamber peers
Sponsored
314
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
0
assignments
12,876 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
11,914
voted in favor
Nay
767
voted against
Absent
2,472
missed votes
Total cast
12,876
across all sessions
Crossed party
164
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 2219
Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes local governments to regulate, including the prohibition of, smoking and the use of vapor products in age-restricted venues; defines the terms “age-restricted venue” and “retail tobacco store” for the purposes of the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act; prohibits local governments from regulating smoking and the use of vapor products in retail vapor product stores and cigar bars; exempts cigar bars that limit access to patrons 21 years of age or older from the prohibition on smoking in enclosed places. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 39.
Yea
Passed
83–7
Apr 25, 2022
HB 2303
County Government - As enacted, authorizes a county to pay to an employee up to 15 percent of the total premium that would have otherwise been paid by the county on behalf of the employee who opts out of the coverage provided by the county. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27.
Yea
Passed
88–0
Apr 25, 2022
HB 751
Education - As enacted, expands the Individualized Education Act to extend eligibility for the individualized education account program to a child with a specific learning disability. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Nay
Passed
63–27
Apr 25, 2022
HB 2234
Criminal Procedure - As enacted, removes a conviction for prostitution as a requirement for a person to be eligible for expunction of multiple, nonviolent convictions for offenses that resulted from the person's status as a victim of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
Yea
Passed
95–0
Apr 25, 2022
SB 2628
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, removes a short-barrel rifle or shotgun from the list of weapons the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of which is prohibited under state law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Yea
Passed
80–7
Apr 25, 2022
HB 2633
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, specifies that a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA is not required to refer to a student using the student's preferred pronoun if the pronoun does not align with the student's biological sex; insulates a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA from civil liability and adverse employment action for referring to a student using the pronoun aligned with the student's biological sex instead of the student's preferred pronoun. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Nay
Passed
67–25
Apr 25, 2022
SB 2114
Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires expedited hearings and appeals in contested child custody cases involving unmarried parties if a paternity test by an accredited laboratory is known to exist or has been requested of or by the court. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
Yea
Passed
95–0
Apr 25, 2022
HB 2705
Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes local governments to regulate, including the prohibition of, smoking and the use of vapor products in age-restricted venues; defines the terms “age-restricted venue” and “retail tobacco store” for the purposes of the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act; prohibits local governments from regulating smoking and the use of vapor products in retail vapor product stores and cigar bars; exempts cigar bars that limit access to patrons 21 years of age or older from the prohibition on smoking in enclosed places. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 39.
Yea
Passed
56–33
Apr 25, 2022
SB 282
Public Employees - As enacted, revises and adds to the provisions governing petitions for such deputies and assistants and disputes regarding the hiring or salary of such a deputy or assistant. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 20.
Nay
Passed
79–13
Apr 25, 2022
SB 1877
Controlled Substances - As enacted, adds quadriplegia as a qualifying medical condition for the lawful possession of cannabis oil. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 68, Chapter 7.
Yea
Passed
77–14
Apr 25, 2022
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