R Tennessee Senate · District 17 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Mark Pody

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Session

Total votes

25,096

all sessions

Attendance

94%

1,225 missed

With party

98%

of cast votes

Lower than 89% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

24,529

voted in favor

Nay

369

voted against

Absent

1,225

missed votes

Total cast

25,096

across all sessions

Crossed party

327

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 270

Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, exempts certain active, volunteer firefighters and rescue squad members from payment of the regular registration fee at the time of renewal for license plate issued to the volunteer firefighter or rescue squad member; authorizes a county legislative body to waive the motor vehicle tax for motor vehicles receiving the exemption from the registration fee, if the waiver is approved in the same manner as the adoption of the motor vehicle tax. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 18, 2018

SB 1875

Sentencing - As enacted, enacts "Henry's Law," which requires that a person convicted for second degree murder resulting from unlawful distribution of Schedule I or II drug where victim is a minor be punished from within one range higher than the sentencing range otherwise appropriate for the person. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-210 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Apr 18, 2018

HB 2195

Flags - As enacted, prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing regulations that prohibit or restrict the display of a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces on a property owner's property except when necessary to promote public health and safety. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5; Title 6, Chapter 54 and Title 13, Chapter 7.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 18, 2018

HB 1831

Controlled Substances - As enacted, makes various changes to the requirements for prescribing, dispensing, and reporting of opioids. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 41, Chapter 21, Part 2; Title 53 and Title 63.

Yea

Failed

19–10

Apr 18, 2018

HB 2690

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires LEAs to provide written notice to a student's parents or legal guardians before the student participates in any mental health screening. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

30–0

Apr 18, 2018

SB 2331

Beer - As enacted, authorizes Montgomery County to control the issuance, revocation, and suspension of licenses for the storage, sale, manufacture, and distribution of beer within a park owned by the county that is in the municipal boundaries of Clarksville; clarifies reference to local governmental entity in certain provision regarding beer permits. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 5.

Absent

Passed

23–2

Apr 18, 2018

HB 2646

Budget Procedures - As enacted, authorizes, in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, transfers from the department of safety, handgun permit reserve. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

32–1

Apr 18, 2018

HB 1727

Eminent Domain - As enacted, revises provisions governing condemned property being offered for sale to the former owner. - Amends TCA Section 29-17-1005.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 18, 2018

HB 1939

Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, allows county commissioner in the actual discharge of the commissioner's duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry in buildings in which county commission meetings are held, but not in room in which judicial proceeding in progress; not applicable to member of legislative body of metropolitan government. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Yea

Passed

27–1

Apr 18, 2018

HB 1038

Handgun Permits - As enacted, exempts from the firing range and classroom hours requirements to obtain a handgun carry permit anyone who in the five years preceding the date of application has successfully completed a department of correction firearms qualification. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

Yea

Failed

33–0

Apr 18, 2018