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

HJR 1271

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Mary Catherine Flemming, Hunters Bend Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

HR 177

Memorials, Interns - Noelle Porterfield -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

SJR 968

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jeremy Mitchell, 2026 president of Tennessee Road Builders Association -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

HB 1882

State Universities - As introduced, requires all gubernatorial appointments to a state university board to be confirmed by joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives prior to commencing a term of office; requires the terms of all state university board members to commence on February 1. - Amends TCA Title 49. Against party

Nay

Passed

80–10

Apr 6, 2026

SB 2414

Public Health - As enacted, provides that any certificate of public advantage in effect on June 30, 2028, automatically expires but any pricing restrictions in a certificate of advantage remain in effect until the fifth anniversary of the expiration date or the date that a new inpatient acute care hospital opens in the geographic service area, whichever is earlier; requires the attorney general to supervise any pricing restrictions still in effect, and the pricing restrictions may only be modified by the mutual written agreement of the attorney general and the entity subject to the restrictions; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 49; Title 53; Title 55 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

69–24

Apr 6, 2026

SJR 1011

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kenneth Joseph Reece, Salutatorian, Montgomery Central High School -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

SJR 986

Memorials, Interns - Alaya Fuqua -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

SJR 927

Memorials, Recognition - Master Sergeant Roderick “Roddie” W. Edmonds, posthumous receipt of Medal of Honor -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

HJR 1256

Memorials, Retirement - Ruthie Brawner, Macon Bank & Trust Company -

Yea

Passed

90–0

Apr 6, 2026

SB 400

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to develop guidance for Tennessee accelerating literacy and learning corps (TALLC) members on how to align tutoring services for students with the remediation the student needs and with the academic standards adopted by the state board of education for the student's grade level; requires the department to provide LEAs with a list of secure data management systems that utilize platforms capable of tracking the effectiveness of intervention methods, resource allocation, and student progress in real time across all schools in the LEA; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

93–0

Apr 6, 2026