R Tennessee Senate · District 13 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Dawn White

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Total votes

28,888

all sessions

Attendance

99%

189 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

28,538

voted in favor

Nay

305

voted against

Absent

189

missed votes

Total cast

28,888

across all sessions

Crossed party

177

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 1530

Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts "Michelle's Law," which extends a 25 percent discount on the tuition to any state institution of higher education to every child under 24 years of age whose parent died while employed as a full-time certified teacher in a public school in Tennessee or as a full-time technology coordinator in an LEA in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

Yea

Passed

26–1

Apr 30, 2019

HB 771

TennCare - As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2019." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5 and Chapter 888 of the Public Acts of 2018.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Apr 30, 2019

SB 442

Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs that receive pre-kindergarten program approval to utilize a comparable alternative measure of student growth approved by the state board of education and adopted by the LEA, rather than the pre-k/kindergarten growth portfolio model approved by the state board of education in the evaluation of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten teachers; creates portfolio review committee. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 30, 2019

SJR 594

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Annabeth Rose Hatcher, Valedictorian, South Haven Christian School -

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 30, 2019

HB 129

State Inmates - As enacted, requires custodians of state correctional facilities to provide feminine hygiene products, moisturizing soap that is not lye-based, toothbrushes and toothpaste, and any other healthcare product a custodian deems appropriate to women prisoners at no charge and in an appropriate quantity. - Amends TCA Title 41.

Yea

Passed

31–1

Apr 29, 2019

HJR 518

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Parker Allan Kent, Co-Salutatorian, Bearden High School -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 29, 2019

SB 1082

Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, allows premises authorized to serve wine to also serve high alcohol content beer; requires that the training for applicants for server permits consist of not less than 3.5 hours of alcohol awareness training; clarifies the premises contained in authorization for certain establishments to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption to include tables and chairs contiguous to the outside front wall of a licensee's building; and clarifies that other authorization for designating contiguous areas of the licensee's premises also applies to manufacturers who are licensed to sell at retail on their premises. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3, Part 7 and Title 57, Chapter 4.

Yea

Passed

27–3

Apr 29, 2019

SB 1547

Jackson County - Subject to local approval, authorizes the levy of a privilege tax, not to exceed 5 percent, on the occupancy of accommodations by transients. -

Yea

Passed

30–0

Apr 29, 2019

SB 1521

Ripley - Subject to local approval, moves date of election for mayor and aldermen of the City of Ripley from April to the first Thursday in August at the regular general election; makes various other changes to the charter for the City of Ripley. - Amends Chapter 128 of the Private Acts of 2006.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 29, 2019

HB 980

Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As enacted, adds William R. Moore College of Technology as an eligible institution for receipt of the Tennessee promise scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 29, 2019