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 1306

Economic and Community Development - As enacted, clarifies that certain definitions concerning housing facilities and developments with regard to industrial development corporations include affordable and workforce housing; authorizes a municipality or county to approve amendments to an economic impact plan when approving the plan. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53; Title 9, Chapter 21 and Title 9, Chapter 23.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 8, 2025

HB 171

TennCare - As enacted, extends the ground ambulance service annual assessment to June 30, 2026; makes other revisions to the Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 15.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 8, 2025

HB 1314

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence; creates the criminal offense of posting on a publicly accessible website the telephone number or home address of an individual with the intent to cause harm or a threat of harm to the individual or a member of the individual's family or household. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 8, 2025

HB 335

Sullivan County - As enacted, requires the members of a utility district board of commissioners to serve without compensation for their services, except that, by resolution duly adopted by the board of commissioners, each commissioner may receive per diem payments for not more than 12 meetings of the board of commissioners in any calendar year, at rates not greater than $500 per meeting. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

26–0

Apr 8, 2025

HB 810

Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes utility terrain vehicles to operate on county roads and state highways throughout the state, subject to certain restrictions. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 8, 2025

HB 1321

Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, creates a marketing division within the department to replace the tourism division; authorizes the department to enter into agreements with the department of transportation to assist with maintenance of welcome center facilities; creates a welcome centers division within the department to oversee such centers throughout the state; directs the commissioner of finance and administration to transfer from highway user taxes allocated to the highway fund an amount sufficient to support the annual appropriation for implementation and administration of all welcome centers in the state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 8, 2025

HB 1229

Forfeiture of Assets - As enacted, removes the requirement for a claimant to post a bond when filing a claim to seized property. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 8, 2025

HB 1323

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, makes various changes to certain teacher licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 8, 2025

HR 100

Memorials, Sports - Dominic Reed, 2024 WILLCO Awards Football Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025

HJR 555

Memorials, Academic Achievement - LaQuavia Anderson, Salutatorian, Trezevant High School -

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 7, 2025