Rep. Justin Pearson
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
Sponsored
79
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
2
assignments
7,175 roll-call votes
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 2418
Boards and Commissions - As introduced, increases, from 90 to 95, the number of days that the board of directors for a municipal energy authority has to fill a board vacancy created by the death, resignation, or removal of any director and gain approval of the applicable governing body. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 48; Title 50; Title 64; Title 65 and Title 67.
Yea
Failed
21–66
Mar 19, 2026
HB 1857
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires each director of schools for an LEA and each director of a public charter school to annually ensure that students in grades K-12 enrolled in the LEA or public charter school observe the Fourth of July during the school year by receiving age- and grade-appropriate instruction on the founding of the United States, the separation of the original 13 colonies from Great Britain, the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the fundamental rights and freedoms enjoyed by American citizens. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Yea
Failed
24–71
Mar 19, 2026
SB 1758
School Transportation - As introduced, allows, as an alternative to undergoing an annual physical and mental examination, a school bus driver to annually verify to the local board of education that they possess a valid certificate issued by a medical examiner certified by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration within the United States department of transportation signifying that the school bus driver is medically qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55.
Yea
Passed
87–0
Mar 19, 2026
SB 2018
Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, revises provisions relating to the production of documents in certain proceedings relating to the retirement of a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system (TCRS); revises provisions relating to the temporary reemployment of such a member upon retirement. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36.
Yea
Passed
95–0
Mar 19, 2026
HB 2536
Public Employees - As enacted, replaces certain members of the state insurance committee, the local education insurance committee, and the local government insurance committee. - Amends TCA Section 8-27-201; Section 8-27-301 and Section 8-27-701.
Nay
Passed
70–23
Mar 19, 2026
HB 2185
Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes the electronic portal to be created by the coordinator of elections prior to January 1, 2028, to access data from the systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) program if the United States department of homeland security, United States citizenship and immigration services makes such data available via a secure web service. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Nay
Passed
68–22
Mar 19, 2026
SB 2028
Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, clarifies that local governmental entities shall not regulate the manner and means of taking wildlife, including the discharge of a firearm while lawfully hunting, and that such taking is regulated pursuant to rules promulgated and proclamations issued by the fish and wildlife commission. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1314; Section 70-1-206 and Section 70-4-107. Against party
Nay
Passed
82–5
Mar 19, 2026
SB 2364
Human Rights - As enacted, repeals rules transferred from the defunct human rights commission to the attorney general and reporter; clarifies that complaints filed with the attorney general pursuant to a human rights investigation must not be produced for inspection by or disclosed to a person, other than an authorized representative of the attorney general, without the consent of the person who filed the complaint. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21.
Nay
Passed
70–18
Mar 19, 2026
HB 1857
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires each director of schools for an LEA and each director of a public charter school to annually ensure that students in grades K-12 enrolled in the LEA or public charter school observe the Fourth of July during the school year by receiving age- and grade-appropriate instruction on the founding of the United States, the separation of the original 13 colonies from Great Britain, the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the fundamental rights and freedoms enjoyed by American citizens. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Nay
Passed
72–21
Mar 19, 2026
SB 2360
Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes enforcement of a garagekeeper's lien on a motor vehicle that was stored for the purpose of repairs without express written authorization from the owner for such storage if the garagekeeper makes a good faith attempt to acquire consent prior to repairs and provides notice to the owner by certified mail. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 55, Chapter 31 and Title 66, Chapter 19.
Yea
Passed
85–0
Mar 19, 2026
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