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
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Vote
Result
Tally
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SB 1201
Privacy, Confidentiality - As enacted, makes confidential the identities of vendors providing the state with goods and services used to protect certain electronic, communication, and data storage systems; authorizes a governmental entity receiving such goods and services to vote to make the identities of such vendors confidential; revises exception as to who may receive such confidential information. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 27, 2017
SB 527
Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, requires county and municipal mayors, and any other authorities, who appoint members to municipal solid waste regional boards to strive to ensure that at least two elected officials serve on each regional board; authorizes the department of environment and conservation to provide guidelines and best practices for composting and recycling to regional board members, advisory committees, and Class I, Class III, and Class IV landfill owners and operators.
- Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211, Part 8.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Mar 27, 2017
SB 738
Health Care - As introduced, increases the cap on the amount healthcare providers can charge for copying medical records, other than for records involving workers' compensation cases, from $20.00 for the first five pages and 50 cents per page for each page copied after the first five pages, to $24.00 for the first five pages and 50 cents per page for each page copied after the first five pages. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 64.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 27, 2017
SB 1167
Codes - As enacted, authorizes the state fire marshal to inspect an owner's building upon the owner's request to determine if the building meets the statewide safety standards even if the building is located in a county or municipality that has opted out of the statewide safety codes. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 120.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 27, 2017
SB 509
Housing - As enacted, adds East Ridge to governing bodies authorized to adopt ordinances to inspect residential rental dwelling units that are either deteriorated or in the process of deteriorating for compliance with applicable codes. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 21, Part 3.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 27, 2017
SB 906
Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, establishes that requirements on the size, placement and inspection of steel traps used in the taking of wildlife be set by rule or proclamation of the fish and wildlife commission, as necessary, rather than by statute. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Section 70-4-120.
Yea
Passed
6–2
Mar 27, 2017
SJR 226
Memorials, Recognition - Brittni Walker, 2017 Nashville's Top 30 Under 30 -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 23, 2017
SB 677
Child Custody and Support - As enacted, eliminates the accrual of interest on child support arrearages unless the court makes a written finding that interest will continue to accrue; in making such finding, the court must set the rate at which interest will accrue after consideration of any factors the court deems relevant, which rate may be no more than 4 percent per year. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 23, 2017
SJR 175
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Tom Midyett, State Forestry Commission -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Mar 23, 2017
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