D Tennessee Senate · District 21 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Jeff Yarbro

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Session

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

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

25,187

voted in favor

Nay

1,517

voted against

Absent

1,692

missed votes

Total recorded

27,028

across all sessions

Crossed party

79

votes against own party

Matching

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 927

Historical Sites and Preservation - As enacted, clarifies that renovations of memorials are excluded from the petition for waiver process under the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2016; excludes from coverage under the act buildings and structures that have reached the end of their useful lives and are approved for demolition by the state building commission; requires that prior to any decision to demolish a memorial designated as a national historic landmark or listed on the register of historic places, the historical commission make comments to the state building commission. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-412.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Apr 5, 2017

SB 616

Election Laws - As enacted, revises provisions governing address verification and the indications that a voter has changed address of residence without notifying the county election commission; specifies that any online voter registrations must be submitted on or before September 1, 2017; makes various changes to absentee voting provisions. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-106; Section 2-2-112; Section 2-6-201; Section 2-6-202 and Section 2-6-204.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Apr 5, 2017

SB 1283

Public Employees - As enacted, requires the local education insurance committee, in regard to a group insurance plan for eligible employees of local education agencies (LEAs), to provide claims data for the purpose of underwriting and premium rating, in certain circumstances; such data must be provided within 30 days of receipt of a written request for such claims data from an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 8.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Apr 5, 2017

SB 875

Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes Memphis to levy the occupancy tax by one or more ordinances, in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of 5 percent of the consideration charged. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Apr 5, 2017

SB 1060

State Employees - As enacted, revises the provisions governing liability of deputies. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Apr 5, 2017

SB 763

Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As enacted, establishes that local emergency management agency personnel have all rights, benefits, privileges, and protections available pursuant to state and local laws, including death benefits in the amount of $25,000. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 58.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Apr 5, 2017

SB 665

Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, requires comptroller to audit expenditures made from proceeds of the hotel-motel tax levied by Hamilton County; requires the recipient of the proceeds to pay the costs of the audit from the proceeds received. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14 and Chapter 444 of the Public Acts of 1983; Chapter 905 of the Public Acts of 1980 and Chapter 918 of the Public Acts of 1988.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Apr 5, 2017

SB 1224

Public Contracts - As enacted, adds "businesses owned by persons with disabilities" to the Tennessee Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act; requires that the annual report made by the chief procurement officer concerning the awarding of purchases to minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, or small business and the total value of awards made also include the total dollar amount of purchases awarded to all businesses in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 12.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Apr 5, 2017

SB 904

Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, clarifies definition of "agriculture" for purposes of classification and assessment of property tax. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 43 and Title 67, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Apr 5, 2017

SB 330

Wine & Wineries - As enacted, authorizes wineries and farm wineries to purchase or import finished wine product and use or dispose of the finished wine product in any manner otherwise authorized for the use or disposal of wine manufactured, bottled, or produced by a winery or farm winery; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Apr 5, 2017