R Tennessee House · District 89 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Justin Lafferty

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Session

Total votes

22,882

all sessions

Attendance

95%

1,282 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

22,119

voted in favor

Nay

551

voted against

Absent

1,282

missed votes

Total recorded

22,882

across all sessions

Crossed party

169

votes against own party

Matching

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 48

Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, authorizes qualified aliens enumerated in federal law to apply for an embalmer's license; changes the requirement that an applicant for an embalmer's license have obtained an associate of arts degree to an associate degree. - Amends TCA Section 62-5-307.

Yea

Passed

84–0

Mar 7, 2019

SB 222

Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor of possessing, owning, selling, transferring, or manufacturing cock fighting paraphernalia with the intent that the paraphernalia be used in promoting, facilitating, training for, or furthering cock fighting. - Amends TCA Title 39. Against party

Nay

Passed

67–14

Mar 7, 2019

HR 46

Memorials, Recognition - Robert Jefferson, Living Legend Award -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 7, 2019

HB 77

Abortion - As introduced, prohibits abortions from the point a fetal heartbeat is detected; creates exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

66–27

Mar 7, 2019

SB 1374

Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, permits correctional officers and certain other people employed by the department of correction to carry a handgun the same as a law enforcement officer if they have completed their probationary period rather than when they are vested. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1350.

Yea

Passed

87–0

Mar 7, 2019

SB 426

Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes a public utility to request, and the Tennessee public utility commission to authorize, a mechanism to recover the operational expenses, capital costs, or both, related to replacement of or upgrades to usage measurement devices if found by the commission to be in the public interest. - Amends TCA Title 65.

Yea

Passed

88–0

Mar 7, 2019

SJR 232

Memorials, Recognition - Bristol Chamber of Commerce, 110th anniversary -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 7, 2019

HB 77

Abortion - As introduced, prohibits abortions from the point a fetal heartbeat is detected; creates exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

66–25

Mar 7, 2019

HB 1241

Public Utility Commission - As enacted, removes certain prohibitions concerning gifts made by commissioners of the Tennessee public utility commission that are different from other applicable gift prohibitions found in law. - Amends TCA Title 3 and Section 65-1-107.

Yea

Passed

87–3

Mar 7, 2019

HB 1154

Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, adds the word "valor" to the Silver Star specialty license plate. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

Yea

Passed

90–0

Mar 7, 2019