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 1134

Housing - As enacted, requires certain property, projects, and joint ventures to meet certain requirements if a legislative body of a county or municipality adopts by resolution or ordinance an affordable housing program. - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 9, 2025

HJR 2

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes additional language in Article II, Section 28 to prohibit the general assembly from levying, authorizing, or otherwise permitting a state tax on property. -

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 9, 2025

HB 910

Human Rights - As enacted, schedules the Tennessee human rights commission for termination on July 1, 2025, and transfers the commission's duties concerning discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, malicious harassment, the Civil Rights Act of 1990, the "Tennessee Anti-Slapp Act," and education to the attorney general and reporter. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

8–2

Apr 9, 2025

HJR 48

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 35 of the Constitution of Tennessee to expand the rights of victims of crimes. -

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 9, 2025

HJR 49

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 15 of the Constitution of Tennessee to remove the right to bail for the following offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great: act of terrorism; second degree murder; aggravated rape of a child; aggravated rape; grave torture; and any other offense, as of November 3, 2026, for which a defendant, if convicted, could not be released prior to the expiration of at least 85 percent of the entire sentence imposed. -

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 9, 2025

HB 1310

Food and Food Products - As enacted, deletes present laws pertaining to rented premises unfit for habitation and quick fast food establishment delivery vehicles; removes the statutorily set permit fees to operate food service establishments and requires such permit fees to be set by rule; makes other revisions to present laws pertaining to food service and safety. - Amends TCA Section 53-8-103; Title 68, Chapter 110; Title 68, Chapter 111; Title 68, Chapter 14 and Title 68, Chapter 15.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 9, 2025

HB 829

TennCare - As enacted, revises present law relative to the annual coverage assessment. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

24–0

Apr 8, 2025

HB 496

Treasurer, State - As enacted, removes the restriction that earnings in an achieving a better life experience account may only be expended for a student's education expenses; redefines "disability certification" and "eligible individual" to have the same meaning as in the Internal Revenue Code and all rules and regulations released by the United States treasury. - Amends TCA Section 71-4-803 and Section 71-4-806.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 8, 2025

HB 728

TennCare - As enacted, extends the nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

25–0

Apr 8, 2025

HB 759

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes an LEA to adopt and implement a merit-based pay structure for educators to award additional compensation to high-performing educators and to incentivize educators to meet and exceed expectations. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 8, 2025