D Tennessee House · District 86 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Justin Pearson

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Session

Total votes

5,232

all sessions

Attendance

66%

1,876 missed

Lower than 91% of chamber peers

With party

89%

of cast votes

Higher than 85% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

5%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 87% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

3,268

voted in favor

Nay

1,052

voted against

Absent

1,876

missed votes

Total cast

5,232

across all sessions

Crossed party

447

votes against own party

This page

5,232

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 503

Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates the month of June as "Celebration of Life" month, the month of July as "Celebration of Liberty" month, and the month of August as "Celebration of the Pursuit of Happiness" month in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4.

Nay

Passed

70–22

Apr 16, 2025

HB 1373

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, extends the school turnaround pilot program for priority schools administered by the department and that is scheduled to conclude at the end of the 2024-2025 school year to a permanent school turnaround program for priority schools; increases, from five to 15, the maximum number of priority schools that may participate in the school turnaround program. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Nay

Passed

73–21

Apr 16, 2025

SB 536

Sports - As enacted, revises present law relative to an intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness. - Amends TCA Title 49. Against party

Nay

Passed

78–9

Apr 16, 2025

HB 1409

Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. -

Nay

Passed

69–20

Apr 16, 2025

HB 1409

Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. -

Yea

Failed

23–73

Apr 16, 2025

HB 1432

Bartlett - Subject to local approval, establishes that the offices of mayor and Alderman are limited to a maximum of three four-year terms; makes other changes to the charter regarding elections, the mayor, and administration. - Amends Chapter 55 of the Private Acts of 1993; as amended. Against party

Nay

Passed

86–7

Apr 16, 2025

SB 416

Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission, in consultation with the department of education, to develop a plan for the commission to review and submit to the state board of education for approval of electronic textbooks and instructional materials for use by virtual schools established by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

82–9

Apr 16, 2025

SB 1241

Child Abuse - As enacted, expands the definition of child abuse to include a person under the age of 18 witnessing either the abuse of another child in the person's immediate family or household or domestic abuse of a member of the person's immediate family or household; specifies that reunification between a parent and a child placed in foster care due to abuse must not occur unless the parent has complied with the parent's statement of responsibilities in the permanency plan and the child has received mental health counseling. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 39.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 16, 2025

SB 1143

Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to include, in the coordinator's minimum standards for educating election officials, training on temporary forms of identification issued to non-United States citizens that may not be used as evidence of identification on an application for ballot. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Nay

Passed

74–23

Apr 16, 2025

HB 1437

Crossville - Subject to local approval, realigns salaries of mayor and city council to be set at a percentage of salary earned by the county mayor; establishes new meeting schedule for mayor and city council; creates process for holding administrative hearings by the city; increases maximum occupancy tax that may be imposed, from 2 percent to 3 percent. - Amends Chapter 519 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended and rewritten. Bipartisan

Nay

Passed

9–1

Apr 16, 2025