R Tennessee House · District 97 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. John Gillespie

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Session

Total votes

16,583

all sessions

Attendance

90%

1,750 missed

Lower than 93% 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

16,154

voted in favor

Nay

375

voted against

Absent

1,750

missed votes

Total cast

16,583

across all sessions

Crossed party

114

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1787

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for patronizing prostitution from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class B or Class A felony under certain circumstances that are currently punished as trafficking for a commercial sex act. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 14, 2026

SB 1488

Flags - As enacted, requires any flag flown over the state capitol building to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset in observance of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day each December 7. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-406.

Yea

Passed

98–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1387

Memorials, Recognition - Robert Brewer, Tennessee Wildlife Professional of the Year -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 1514

Local Government, General - As enacted, clarifies that the general assembly occupies the entire field of the regulation of shopping carts, including their purchase, use, taxation, manufacture, ownership, sale, storage, and transportation, to the exclusion of all county or metropolitan government laws, ordinances, resolutions, enactments, or regulations; prohibits a county or metropolitan government, or any agency, department, or official of a county or metropolitan government, from adopting an ordinance, resolution, or other regulation requiring a business to adopt a shopping cart policy of any nature or imposing a fee or fine on a business related to shopping carts. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1 and Title 6, Chapter 54.

Yea

Passed

10–1

Apr 14, 2026

SB 2353

Registers of Deeds - As enacted, authorizes all bonds for the conveyance of real or personal estate to be registered only if the bond contains the signatures of all parties subject to the bond and the expiration date of the bond; authorizes all agreements for the conveyance of real property or contracts, memoranda, abstracts, or affidavits for the sale of real property, or similar documents by whatever similar or other name, to be registered if such documents contain the signature of the owner of the property or the owner's attorney-in-fact or court-appointed representative, the signature of the proposed purchaser, and the expiration date of the agreement. - Amends TCA Section 66-24-101.

Yea

Passed

90–1

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1389

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Markyiah Ja'Sha Hayes, Salutatorian, Tyner High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 1796

Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the "Essential Governmental Employee Housing Act of 2026"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

23–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 2349

Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to create and maintain a website that includes certain information about child care agencies. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 5.

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 2526

Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires a child placed in the custody of the department to remain in custody so long as necessary to complete treatment or services, which must be evidence-based and provided by a qualified provider; makes other changes to child custody law; creates a juvenile commitment review task force to examine system issues and service gaps for certain children committed to the custody of the department. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1358

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Nathaniel Carter, Valedictorian, Forrest School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026