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all sessions
Attendance
94%
100 missed
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 77% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
Sponsored
100
bills & resolutions
Lower than 77% of chamber peers
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0
assignments
1,933 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,889
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Nay
21
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Absent
100
missed votes
Total cast
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Crossed party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 866
Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, creates the unruly act of illegal use of a telecommunication device. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 18, 2017
SB 786
Taxes, Ad Valorem - As enacted, revises provisions governing real and personal property tax exemption for certain religious, charitable, scientific, or nonprofit educational institutions. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-212.
Yea
Passed
11–0
Apr 18, 2017
SB 993
Child Custody and Support - As enacted, specifies that in any action for retroactive child support filed on or after July 1, 2017, retroactive child support may not be awarded for a period more than five years from date the action for support is filed unless the court determines, for good cause shown, that a different award of retroactive child support is in the interest of justice; creates exceptions and enacts related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 36. Against party
Nay
Passed
5–2
Apr 18, 2017
HB 711
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, expands the definition of "eligible postsecondary institution" to include certain private postsecondary institutions for purposes of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Apr 18, 2017
SB 603
Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, removes the specification that a sheriff is civilly liable for the actions of a jailer who was hired by the sheriff. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 4.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Apr 18, 2017
SB 1104
Public Defenders - As introduced, removes the requirement that the executive director of the district public defenders conference initiate conference calls between district public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 16.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 18, 2017
SB 1279
General Assembly - As enacted, creates a special joint committee to study issues relating to the investigation and prosecution of unsolved civil rights crimes and cold cases from the civil rights era. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Apr 18, 2017
SB 1151
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, clarifies that the curriculum required before an employee is permitted to carry a handgun on the property of schools in distressed rural counties may be adapted by the instructing law enforcement agency from an existing curriculum approved by POST. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-816.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 18, 2017
SB 459
Police - As enacted, imposes certain requirements to report to POST commission and employing agency on officers arrested for any offense; establishes minimum attendance requirement for commission members and requires removal of members who do not meet the requirement. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 18, 2017
SB 1085
Statutes and Codification - As enacted, requires that undefined words be given their natural and ordinary meaning, without forced or subtle construction that would limit or extend the meaning of the language, except when a contrary intention is clearly manifest. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3.
Absent
Passed
5–2
Apr 18, 2017
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