R Tennessee Senate · District 22

Sen. Bill Powers

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Total votes

21,674

all sessions

Attendance

99%

107 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

21,552

voted in favor

Nay

99

voted against

Absent

107

missed votes

Total cast

21,674

across all sessions

Crossed party

45

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Vote

Result

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Date

SB 2443

Traffic Safety - As introduced, limits the use of unmanned traffic cameras that are authorized within the designated distance of a marked school zone to those times when a warning flasher or flashers are in operation or during times when children are present if the school zone does not have a warning flasher or flashers. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-198.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 25, 2026

SB 1684

Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes, effective January 1, 2027, temporary placards to be issued to a female who has a pregnancy certified to be high risk by her physician. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 25, 2026

SB 2473

Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, vacates the present board of commissioners of each existing authority for metropolitan and regional airports and reconstitutes a new governing body; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7 and Title 42.

Yea

Passed

8–1

Mar 25, 2026

SB 2114

Traffic Safety - As enacted, allows a person who submits the fine and costs for a speeding ticket in lieu of appearing in court to also register for an approved driver education course online, of which successful completion can cause points for the speeding conviction to be removed from the person's record in accordance with current law. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10; Title 55, Chapter 8 and Title 55, Chapter 9.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 25, 2026

SB 1667

Motor Vehicles - As enacted, prohibits the initial issuance of registration of a motor vehicle if the vehicle has not met the requirements of the Financial Responsibility Law of 1977, which provides insurance and financial responsibility requirements for motor vehicle operators; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 55 and Title 56.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 25, 2026

SB 1871

Law Enforcement Training Academy - As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of general services to commission the director or a staff member of a law enforcement training academy; authorizes the department of general services to operate a sale facility at a law enforcement training academy for purposes of funding its operations. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 11 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

10–0

Mar 24, 2026

SB 1887

Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to annually confirm the nonprofit, membership-based organizations or tax-exempt public agencies to act as regional tourism organizations for each of the nine development districts; requires department approval of regional tourism organization's planned marketing initiatives prior to the organization receiving matching state funds; provides definitions related to tourism. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Mar 24, 2026

SJR 722

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Affirms support for the State of Israel. -

Yea

Passed

9–2

Mar 24, 2026

SJR 887

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Supports Tennessee’s response to the United States Department of Energy Request for Information on Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. -

Yea

Passed

11–0

Mar 24, 2026

SB 2040

Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, enacts the "Freedom, Access, and Integrity in Registered Pharmacy (FAIR Rx) Act." - Amends TCA Title 63.

Yea

Passed

9–2

Mar 24, 2026