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 2777
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
70–24
Apr 25, 2022
SB 2352
Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, increases from $10,000 to $25,000 the threshold amount for certain purchases by or for a county road department or by a chief administrative officer that may be made by means other than public advertisement and competitive bid. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 14; Title 5, Chapter 21; Title 12, Chapter 3 and Title 54, Chapter 7.
Yea
Passed
91–1
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
83–7
Apr 25, 2022
HB 2207
Psychologists - As enacted, revises provisions governing temporary and provisional licenses for psychologists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 11.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Apr 25, 2022
HB 2228
Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires a healthcare prescriber to offer a prescription for an opioid antagonist, or another drug approved for complete or partial reversal of an opioid overdose event, to each patient prescribed an opioid, if certain conditions are present; authorizes imposition of civil penalty against a person who violates the requirement to offer such a drug; provides exception for opioid prescriptions to palliative care patients. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63.
Yea
Passed
56–32
Apr 25, 2022
SB 2299
Education - As enacted, requires an LEA or the department of education to provide testing materials or proposed testing materials in the LEA's or department's possession to a member of the general assembly upon the member's request to inspect and review the material; excludes certain materials. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Nay
Passed
69–25
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
HB 2329
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, classifies all misdemeanor offenses under the Tennessee Personal and Commercial Computer Act of 2003 as Class A misdemeanor offenses. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 6.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Apr 25, 2022
SB 2508
Education - As enacted, urges the standards recommendation committee to include certain academic standards regarding the civil rights movement in the committee's final recommendation of academic standards in the subject of social studies for students in grades nine through 12. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
92–0
Apr 25, 2022
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