R Tennessee House · District 97 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. John Gillespie

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Session

Total votes

13,565

all sessions

Attendance

93%

948 missed

Lower than 80% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 85% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 87% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

13,232

voted in favor

Nay

279

voted against

Absent

948

missed votes

Total cast

13,565

across all sessions

Crossed party

82

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 487

Clerks, Court - As enacted, revises present law concerning court clerks' fees. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 18; Title 55 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

26–0

Apr 15, 2025

HB 620

Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes Hamblen County to participate in the convenience voting center pilot project. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

23–0

Apr 15, 2025

SB 468

Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Riley Gaines Women's Safety and Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

73–19

Apr 15, 2025

SB 533

Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, requires, if a prisoner is released for paid employment, the cost of the electronic monitoring device to be deducted from the prisoner's wages by the sheriff and paid directly to the electronic monitoring device provider by the county or state, as applicable; requires, if a prisoner is released for unpaid work, the entity utilizing the prisoner for work to pay the costs of the electronic monitoring device. - Amends TCA Title 41.

Yea

Passed

76–18

Apr 15, 2025

SB 217

Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to develop and implement a policy regarding the removal of personal property used for camping from the shoulder, berm, or right-of-way of highways under its jurisdiction or under a bridge or overpass under its jurisdiction; prohibits the department from commencing initial clean-up activities, vegetation removal, or site securing activities until the municipal or county government whose geographic boundaries include the camping removal site has ensured that no persons are occupying the site. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 13; Title 39; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 71.

Nay

Failed

23–73

Apr 15, 2025

SB 217

Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to develop and implement a policy regarding the removal of personal property used for camping from the shoulder, berm, or right-of-way of highways under its jurisdiction or under a bridge or overpass under its jurisdiction; prohibits the department from commencing initial clean-up activities, vegetation removal, or site securing activities until the municipal or county government whose geographic boundaries include the camping removal site has ensured that no persons are occupying the site. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 13; Title 39; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 71.

Nay

Failed

21–71

Apr 15, 2025

HJR 486

Memorials, Recognition - Elon Musk and SpaceX -

Yea

Passed

75–18

Apr 14, 2025

HB 270

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee emergency management agency to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 58, Chapter 2.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 14, 2025

HB 35

Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, adds the MidSouth development district to the list of development districts to which this state intends to assist financially; specifies an overall state funding level for the nine development districts; changes the calculation for how much funding each development district will receive. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 14, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

94–0

Apr 14, 2025

HB 133

Disabled Persons - As enacted, authorizes a residential facility for persons with disabilities to operate in the eastern grand division of this state under an existing residential pilot program authorizing such facilities to operate in the western and middle grand divisions of this state that is administered by the department of disability and aging. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 52.

Yea

Passed

25–0

Apr 14, 2025