R Tennessee House · District 9 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Gary Hicks

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Session

Total votes

24,289

all sessions

Attendance

97%

656 missed

Lower than 80% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

23,650

voted in favor

Nay

409

voted against

Absent

656

missed votes

Total cast

24,289

across all sessions

Crossed party

119

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 728

Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes utility terrain vehicles to operate on county roads and state highways throughout the state, subject to certain restrictions. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Yea

Passed

85–5

Apr 14, 2025

HB 759

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes an LEA to adopt and implement a merit-based pay structure for educators to award additional compensation to high-performing educators and to incentivize educators to meet and exceed expectations. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 14, 2025

HB 496

Treasurer, State - As enacted, removes the restriction that earnings in an achieving a better life experience account may only be expended for a student's education expenses; redefines "disability certification" and "eligible individual" to have the same meaning as in the Internal Revenue Code and all rules and regulations released by the United States treasury. - Amends TCA Section 71-4-803 and Section 71-4-806.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 14, 2025

SB 1055

Expunction - As enacted, reorganizes present statutes concerning expunction and specifies that facilitation, attempt, or solicitation of an offense that is presently eligible for expunction is also eligible for expunction. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 16; Title 38; Title 40; Title 55 and Title 57.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 14, 2025

HB 1199

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each board of education for an LEA that operates at least one high school to adopt and implement a policy to authorize a high school student to serve as an advisory, nonvoting representative on the board during meetings that are open to the public. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2.

Yea

Passed

23–2

Apr 14, 2025

HB 1134

Housing - As enacted, requires certain property, projects, and joint ventures to meet certain requirements if a legislative body of a county or municipality adopts by resolution or ordinance an affordable housing program. - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 14, 2025

SB 856

Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, allows a magistrate to consider hearsay evidence when determining whether a defendant should be released on bail pending trial and the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time protecting the safety of the public. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 39 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

80–16

Apr 14, 2025

HJR 629

Memorials, Recognition - The Harding Art Show, 50th anniversary -

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 14, 2025

HJR 49

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 15 of the Constitution of Tennessee to remove the right to bail for the following offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great: act of terrorism; second degree murder; aggravated rape of a child; aggravated rape; grave torture; and any other offense, as of November 3, 2026, for which a defendant, if convicted, could not be released prior to the expiration of at least 85 percent of the entire sentence imposed. -

Yea

Passed

26–0

Apr 14, 2025

HB 241

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of economic and community development to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 14, 2025