R Tennessee Senate · District 13

Sen. Bill Ketron

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Session

Total votes

4,142

all sessions

Attendance

94%

204 missed

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 76% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 83% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

4,106

voted in favor

Nay

30

voted against

Absent

204

missed votes

Total cast

4,142

across all sessions

Crossed party

13

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 92

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission to June 30, 2019; requires the commission to appear before sunset review committee in 2017 to address issue of non-educators serving on textbook advisory committees. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 20, 2017

HJR 204

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Altha Stewart, President-elect of American Psychiatric Association -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 20, 2017

SB 1353

Motor Vehicles - As enacted, removes the 150-mile radius restriction and penalty for motor vehicles that are not common carriers and are used to transport agricultural products, farm machinery, or farm supplies; classifies fluid milk products as a nondivisible load that cannot be reasonably dismantled or conveniently transported otherwise. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 20, 2017

SB 821

Adoption - As introduced, permits a surrender that is not made before a judge or chancellor to be valid for use in adoptions in this state, if the surrender was made in accordance with the laws of the state or territory in which the surrender was executed. - Amends TCA Title 36.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 20, 2017

HJR 194

Memorials, Recognition - Laura Davis Jarnigan -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 20, 2017

HJR 196

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Lacey Whitaker, New Center Elementary School, Sevier County Grades 5-8 Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 20, 2017

SJR 77

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for conversion of Medicaid funding to a block grant and opposes expansion of Medicaid under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111-148. -

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 14, 2017

SJR 178

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Charles M. Traughber, Jr., Tennessee Ethics Commission -

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 14, 2017

SJR 141

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for the relocation of the James K. Polk Tomb from the State Capitol to the President James K. Polk Home and Museum State Historic Site. -

Yea

Passed

8–1

Mar 14, 2017

SB 1305

Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, requires that of the 10 hours of continuing education coursework required for renewal of licensure of funeral directors and embalmers, five of those hours must be attended in person, which means the coursework is either completed in the physical presence of the provider of the coursework or through an interactive virtual program that requires participants to confirm their presence during the program. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 13, 2017