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R Tennessee House · District 97 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. John Gillespie

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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
Sponsored
140
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
3
assignments
16,583 roll-call votes

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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HJR 365
Memorials, Recognition - Dan Brown and Leonard's Pit Barbeque -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 29, 2021
HJR 349
Memorials, Death - Estel Ray Mills -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 29, 2021
SB 133
Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department, in collaboration with other public and private healthcare agencies, to incorporate information about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias into its existing public health programs and services. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 29, 2021
SB 203
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, subject to certain exceptions, a public school to credit a student who participates in an activity or program sponsored by 4-H as present for attendance purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30.
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 29, 2021
SB 474
Business and Commerce - As enacted, enacts the "Business Fairness Act," allowing businesses that comply with safety precautions and guidelines issued by the government or authorized agency during declared states of emergency to continue or resume business. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2.
Yea
Passed
90–0
Mar 29, 2021
SB 254
State Symbols - As enacted, designates the poem "My Beloved Tennessee" by Marlene Tidwell as an official state poem. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-303.
Yea
Passed
87–0
Mar 29, 2021
SJR 320
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Carly Vance, Valedictorian, DeKalb County High School -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 29, 2021
HJR 344
Memorials, Retirement - Anita Hesson -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 29, 2021
SJR 337
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Josie Gannon, Valedictorian, Cannon County High School -
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 29, 2021
SB 765
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates an exception to the offense of unlawful carrying of a firearm, if a person meets age requirements, lawfully possesses the handgun, and is in a place that the person is lawfully present; revises other firearm statutes. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35.
Nay
Failed
23–69
Mar 29, 2021
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