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

Higher than 75% of chamber peers

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

SB 2100

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires a local board of education to state in its written notice to a teacher who is dismissed or whose contract is not reelected by the board that the only reason for the teacher's dismissal or non-reelection is a loss of funding for the position, if that is the reason for the teacher's dismissal or non-reelection. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 7, 2022

HB 1879

Comptroller, State - As enacted, requires the comptroller to annually review and report on the implementation of the Tennessee Literacy Success Act and submit the report to the education committees of the house of representatives and senate and the state board of education and publish the report on the comptroller's website. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 7, 2022

SJR 1103

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jennifer Peek, Putnam County Schools' Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 7, 2022

SJR 1108

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Serenity Driscoll, Valedictorian, Stone Memorial High School -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 7, 2022

HJR 896

Memorials, Sports - Austin-East High School boys' soccer team, Division I, Class A state champions -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 7, 2022

HB 2352

Cemeteries - As enacted, specifies that a trustee for an improvement care trust fund may establish a separate trust for each individual cemetery or cemetery company, or a master trust for multiple cemetery companies; specifies that a trustee for pre-need cemetery contracts may establish a separate trust fund for each contract, a single trust fund for all contracts written by an individual cemetery, or a single trust fund for all contracts written by multiple cemetery companies; makes other changes related to the establishment and management of an improvement care trust fund or a trust fund for a pre-need cemetery contract. - Amends TCA Title 35, Chapter 14 and Title 46, Chapter 1, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 7, 2022

HJR 910

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Brandie Burchell, Westhills Elementary School Grades 5-6 and Marshall County Grades 5-8 Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 7, 2022

HJR 913

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Tiffany Kidder, Oak Grove Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 7, 2022

SB 2158

Education - As enacted, prohibits an LEA or public charter school from knowingly entering into an agreement with an individual or entity that performs abortions, induces abortions, provides abortion referrals, or provides funding, advocacy, or other support for abortions. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

70–21

Mar 7, 2022

HB 2449

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, clarifies that an assistant principal license is included for purposes of issuing licenses based on reciprocal agreements with other states and to military spouses who are licensed in other states. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-108.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 7, 2022