R Tennessee House · District 97 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. John Gillespie

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Session

Total votes

15,926

all sessions

Attendance

93%

948 missed

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

15,502

voted in favor

Nay

370

voted against

Absent

948

missed votes

Total cast

15,926

across all sessions

Crossed party

108

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HJR 1388

Memorials, Recognition - 47th Chattanooga Area Leadership Prayer Breakfast -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 2210

Natural Disasters - As enacted, enacts the "Local Disaster Displacement Tax Relief Act." - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 4; Title 58 and Title 67, Chapter 4.

Yea

Passed

10–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1377

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Eliza Nelson, Salutatorian, Cornersville High School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 1718

Correctional Programs - As enacted, requires each correctional officer at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center to utilize a body camera that is recording at all times while the officer is on duty at the facility and is in contact with or may reasonably anticipate contact or interaction with an inmate; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 41.

Yea

Passed

12–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 1514

Local Government, General - As enacted, clarifies that the general assembly occupies the entire field of the regulation of shopping carts, including their purchase, use, taxation, manufacture, ownership, sale, storage, and transportation, to the exclusion of all county or metropolitan government laws, ordinances, resolutions, enactments, or regulations; prohibits a county or metropolitan government, or any agency, department, or official of a county or metropolitan government, from adopting an ordinance, resolution, or other regulation requiring a business to adopt a shopping cart policy of any nature or imposing a fee or fine on a business related to shopping carts. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1 and Title 6, Chapter 54.

Yea

Passed

23–3

Apr 14, 2026

HB 2210

Natural Disasters - As enacted, enacts the "Local Disaster Displacement Tax Relief Act." - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 4; Title 58 and Title 67, Chapter 4.

Yea

Passed

26–0

Apr 14, 2026

SB 2275

Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates November 9 of each year as "Gold Star Father's Day," to honor and recognize fathers who have lost children in service to the United States as members of the United States armed forces. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

Yea

Passed

92–0

Apr 14, 2026

SB 2466

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes various changes to the law relative to fraudulent freight theft. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 20; Title 22; Title 24; Title 25; Title 26; Title 27; Title 28; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 54 and Title 55.

Yea

Passed

96–0

Apr 14, 2026

HB 1796

Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the "Essential Governmental Employee Housing Act of 2026"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 14, 2026

HJR 1382

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jocelyn Phillips, Top Ten Senior, Forrest School -

Yea

Passed

89–0

Apr 14, 2026