R Tennessee Senate · District 13 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Dawn White

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Session

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 recorded

28,888

across all sessions

Crossed party

177

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 233

Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the week beginning on the first Sunday in April as Financial Literacy Week in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Feb 12, 2019

HB 596

Inheritance Laws - As enacted, prohibits a person who intentionally killed the decedent from filing a wrongful death action based on the death of the decedent or sharing any portion of a wrongful death settlement or judgment resulting from the death of the decedent. - Amends TCA Section 31-1-106.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 12, 2019

SB 207

Adoption - As enacted, allows for the modification and enforcement of a contract for post-adoption contact between certain parties. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 12, 2019

SB 381

Inheritance Laws - As enacted, prohibits a person who intentionally killed the decedent from filing a wrongful death action based on the death of the decedent or sharing any portion of a wrongful death settlement or judgment resulting from the death of the decedent. - Amends TCA Section 31-1-106.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 12, 2019

SB 80

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of indecent exposure in a penal institution to include actions committed against staff members in addition to guards; defines staff member as any person employed by a penal institution or who performs ongoing services in a penal institution, including, but not limited to, clergy, educators, and medical professionals. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-511.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 12, 2019

HB 50

Naming and Designating - As enacted, names visitor center at Carter House Historic Site in honor of the late Herbert L. Harper. -

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 12, 2019

HB 101

Comptroller, State - As enacted, deletes reference to the Public Service Commission, which was dissolved in 1996, and replaces it with a reference to the Commission's successor, the Office of State Assessed Properties. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-1606.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Feb 12, 2019

HB 1358

Purchasing and Procurement - As introduced, authorizes a local governmental entity with centralized purchasing authority to increase the threshold, from $25,000 to $50,000, over which public advertisement and sealed competitive bids are required; reduces the number of purchase orders, from three to two, that must be retained by a county after a purchase order or contract is issued or executed. - Amends TCA Section 5-14-111 and Section 12-3-1212.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 12, 2019

HB 287

Adoption - As enacted, eliminates failure to pay prenatal, natal, and postnatal expenses as ground for termination of parental rights; clarifies the definition of notice; removes unnecessary affidavit language; adds existing abuse crimes to the definition of severe child abuse; clarifies definition of putative father; clarifies requirements for checking putative father registry; makes various other revisions. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 36, Chapter 2 and Section 37-1-102.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 12, 2019

SJR 88

Memorials, Recognition - National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month -

Yea

Passed

7–0

Feb 12, 2019