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

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HJR 326

Memorials, Personal Achievement - Steven Stone Knight, Eagle Scout -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 25, 2021

SB 719

Conservation - As enacted, rewrites the Soil Conservation Districts Law to be the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law; makes corresponding changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Section 5-9-106; Section 6-58-104; Title 43, Chapter 14; Title 43, Chapter 34; Title 64 and Title 69, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 25, 2021

SB 951

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "April's Law" to clarify that a person who engages in sexual contact with a corpse commits the offense of abuse of a corpse, a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

90–0

Mar 25, 2021

HB 374

Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires, in jurisdictions that conduct citizen police academies or similar programs, that members of a community oversight board complete the local police force's citizen academy course or program; establishes timeframe for completion and provides that noncompliant member will lose voting privileges until requirement is met. - Amends TCA Title 38.

Yea

Passed

72–21

Mar 25, 2021

SJR 316

Memorials, Professional Achievement - David Shuman, New Providence Middle School Grades 6-8 Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 25, 2021

HJR 341

Memorials, Recognition - Brant Lee Helms, Billy Michal Student Leadership Award -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 25, 2021

SJR 319

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Melissa Frost, Woodlawn Elementary School Grades Pre-K-4 Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 25, 2021

SJR 318

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jennifer Jessie, Kenwood Middle School Grades 5-8 Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 25, 2021

SB 590

Correctional Programs - As enacted, authorizes TRICOR to sell goods manufactured by inmates to government entities, private nonprofit corporations, and charitable organizations in this state if the TRICOR board determines the sale is in the best interests of the state and does not unfairly compete with private sector businesses. - Amends TCA Section 41-22-116.

Yea

Passed

88–0

Mar 25, 2021

SJR 311

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Deidra Cook, Clarksville High School Grades 9-12 Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

92–0

Mar 25, 2021