Total votes
27,373
all sessions
Attendance
96%
926 missed
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
992
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
27,373 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
27,144
voted in favor
Nay
139
voted against
Absent
926
missed votes
Total cast
27,373
across all sessions
Crossed party
79
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 658
Traffic Safety - As introduced, increases the penalty for the offense of unlawful use of a portable electronic device while driving to a Class B misdemeanor if the violation results in an accident causing serious bodily injury and to a Class A misdemeanor if the accident results in death. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 30, 2017
SB 899
Water Pollution - As enacted, removes the authority for the department of environment and conservation to define "concentrated animal feeding operation" (CAFO) more stringently than federal law requires. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
6–3
Mar 29, 2017
SB 655
Agriculture - As introduced, exempts from commercial feed licensure requirements sales of ground corn and grains as animal feed by the farmers who produced the corn and grains if the ground feed is bagged and the ingredients are identified. - Amends TCA Title 44.
Absent
Failed
4–1
Mar 29, 2017
SB 1336
Energy - As enacted, imposes a moratorium against activities associated with wind energy facilities in certain counties and creates a joint legislative study committee.
- Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 29, 2017
SB 621
Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As introduced, repeals present law requirement that marinas, campgrounds, golf courses, cabins, gift shops, restaurants, and inns at state parks be self-sufficient in terms of revenue generated; repeals schedule of priority for spending revenue that exceeds what is required for self-sufficiency of those facilities. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 3, Part 3.
Yea
Passed
5–2
Mar 29, 2017
SB 686
Mining and Quarrying - As enacted, enacts the "Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee" and revises other related provisions; contains certain contingent effective dates. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 50; Title 59; Title 60; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Mar 29, 2017
SB 951
Water Authorities - As enacted, deletes the provisions that would sunset the Hamilton County water and wastewater treatment authority created pursuant to this state's Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority Act, July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 7 and Title 68, Chapter 221.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 29, 2017
SB 473
Professions and Occupations - As enacted, enacts the "Freedom to Prosper Act" to limit the circumstances under which local government entities may regulate certain occupations. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 56, Chapter 1, Part 3; Title 62 and Title 63.
Absent
Failed
2–0
Mar 28, 2017
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