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Sen. Jeff Yarbro

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Total votes
27,028
all sessions
Attendance
93%
1,692 missed
Lower than 91% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 82% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,142
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
7
assignments
27,028 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
25,187
voted in favor
Nay
1,517
voted against
Absent
1,692
missed votes
Total cast
27,028
across all sessions
Crossed party
83
votes against own party
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27,028
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 5
Judicial Districts - As enacted, creates one additional trial court each in the sixteenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first judicial districts; requires the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house to establish an advisory task force to review the composition of Tennessee's current judicial districts. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14; Title 8, Chapter 7; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18, Chapter 4 and Title 18, Chapter 5.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 24, 2018
HB 2725
Rutherford County - Subject to local approval, increases the threshold over which public advertisements and sealed competitive bids or proposals are required to an amount not to exceed $25,000 for nonemergency and nonproprietary purchases. - Amends Chapter 17 of the Private Acts of 2017.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
HJR 1269
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Susanna Skelton, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
HB 2371
State Government - As enacted, replaces the secretary of state and department of state with the commissioner of tourist development and department of tourist development on the Tennessee sports hall of fame board of directors and executive committee; requires the department to provide oversight to the hall of fame. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 54.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Apr 24, 2018
HB 1694
Education - As enacted, adds and revises various provisions governing teacher training programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 56.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Apr 24, 2018
HJR 37
Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee recognizing that our liberties do not come from governments, but from Almighty God. -
Absent
Passed
25–1
Apr 24, 2018
SB 2059
Safety - As enacted, enacts the "School Safety Act of 2018". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 16; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Section 50-3-201; Section 58-1-112; Section 70-4-123 and Section 70-5-101.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
HJR 1270
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Trevor Stanley, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
HJR 1265
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Noah Johnson, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
SJR 976
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Lang Wiseman, UT board of trustees -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
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