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

This page

16,583

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 2172

Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, imposes an additional 10 percent tax on a hemp-derived cannabinoid product's wholesale cost if the product is inhalable in cartridge form. - Amends TCA Title 57 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 8, 2026

SB 579

Employees, Employers - As enacted, allows for eligible employees to be absent four weeks from work following a living organ donation surgery; requires the department of health to create living organ donor informational material and make such material available on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 50; Title 56 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1296

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mason Marchan, Salutatorian, Cordova High School -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1293

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Bill Toungette,TNASSP Assistant Principal of the Year -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

SB 2280

District Attorneys - As enacted, authorizes the district attorneys general conference to pay the licensing fees for software applications used by the office of the district attorney general within a judicial district, regardless of whether the district attorney general office staff member using the application has a position funded by the state or another entity. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9; Title 16 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

97–0

Apr 8, 2026

SB 1159

Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct a study concerning subjects related to access of family members to incarcerated persons for visitation; requires the department to report its findings to each member of the general assembly and to provide a copy of the report to the legislative librarian by no later than January 31, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 51. Against party

Nay

Passed

92–2

Apr 8, 2026

SB 837

Statutes and Codification - As enacted, clarifies that a "person," as used in Tennessee Code Annotated, does not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type of machine. - Amends TCA Title 1.

Yea

Passed

93–2

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1318

Memorials, Heroism - Firefighter Etta Schafer, Signal Mountain Fire Department -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1295

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dariana Sanchez Arredondo, Salutatorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026

HJR 1324

Memorials, Recognition - John and Robyn LaCook, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -

Yea

Passed

95–0

Apr 8, 2026