D Tennessee House · District 86 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Justin Pearson

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Session

Total votes

7,175

all sessions

Attendance

60%

4,040 missed

Among the lowest in the chamber

With party

90%

of cast votes

Lower than 96% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

5%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 95% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

4,762

voted in favor

Nay

1,459

voted against

Absent

4,040

missed votes

Total cast

7,175

across all sessions

Crossed party

576

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1784

Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates January 22 of each year as "Sanctity of Life Day." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

Yea

Failed

25–64

Mar 30, 2026

SB 1957

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Religious Freedom Act," which authorizes a local board of education to open a meeting of the board with a prayer led by a member of the board as long as the prayer does not require participation of any person in attendance at the meeting and no person is harassed or coerced to participate in the prayer. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

86–0

Mar 30, 2026

HB 2452

Expunction - As enacted, permits a court to expunge certain violent offenses for which a person has been pardoned; requires the court to consider, in weighing the best interests of justice and public safety, whether the offense sought to be expunged was violent and any other relevant factors presented by the petitioner and the district attorney general. - Amends TCA Title 40. Against party

Nay

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

SB 1479

Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires the department of correction to coordinate with the department of safety to provide a driver license to certain inmates who are discharged from imprisonment and who intend to reside in this state; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Section 41-51-301 and Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Mar 30, 2026

HJR 1220

Memorials, Death - Juanita Usher Cannon - Against party

Nay

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

HB 2645

Martin - Subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1992; as amended. Against party

Nay

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

HB 2125

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to collaborate with the department of safety to develop guidelines for LEAs and public charter schools providing a driver education and training course that include certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55. Against party

Nay

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

HB 2517

Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, restricts the authority of the commissioner to order tests or vaccinations of animals within the state or that are imported into the state to those for purposes of detecting or treating a notifiable disease or monitored disease, rather than for purposes of protecting the health of animals in Tennessee generally; allows the commissioner to recommend tests or vaccinations of animals within the state or that are imported into the state for purposes of protecting the health of animals. - Amends TCA Title 44. Against party

Nay

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026

HB 1271

State Government - As enacted, requires each governmental entity to revise any existing ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, and procedure that includes a reference to a natural person's sex or gender to state that those terms are defined as the immutable characteristics of the person's reproductive system that identify the person as male or female, as determined by anatomy and genetics testing at the time of birth; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8.

Nay

Passed

72–19

Mar 30, 2026

HB 2652

Oakland - Subject to local approval, transfers authority to appoint and remove all directors and department heads, excluding the town recorder, from the board of mayor and aldermen to the town manager. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended. Against party

Nay

Passed

82–1

Mar 30, 2026