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
Sponsored
560
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
5
assignments
21,674 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
21,552
voted in favor
Nay
99
voted against
Absent
107
missed votes
Total recorded
21,674
across all sessions
Crossed party
45
votes against own party
Matching
21,674
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 581
Basic Education Program (BEP) - As introduced, increases the number of BEP funded full-time public school nurse positions from one for every 3,000 students to one for every 750 students; increases the number of full-time public school nurses considered sufficient for the public school nurse program to adequately provide services from one nurse for every 3,000 students to one nurse for every 750 students. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 12.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 24, 2021
SB 1131
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, creates the Tennessee rapid growth school district fund from which capital improvement grants are to be awarded in fiscal year 2021-2022 to LEAs experiencing rapidly growing student populations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 24, 2021
SB 282
Public Employees - As enacted, revises and adds to the provisions governing petitions for such deputies and assistants and disputes regarding the hiring or salary of such a deputy or assistant. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 20.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Mar 24, 2021
SB 248
Education - As introduced, establishes a deaf mentor program to be carried out by the West Tennessee School for the Deaf in Jackson and the Tennessee School for the Deaf in Nashville and Knoxville. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 9.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 24, 2021
HB 76
Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, authorizes a department, institution, office, or agency of the state to enter into an agreement with a third party to collect state funds on its behalf under which the third party is permitted to deduct its service fee from the funds collected prior to deposit when such agreement is approved in accordance with present law governing procurement; requires the chief procurement officer to file an annual report listing such approved contracts with the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the house and senate. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-301.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Mar 24, 2021
SB 370
Basic Education Program (BEP) - As introduced, requires the BEP formula to fund one full-time response to instruction and intervention (RTI²) position per 1,000 students or one full-time RTI² position for each LEA, whichever is greater. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 24, 2021
SB 1229
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires an LEA or public charter school to notify a student's parent or guardian prior to commencing instruction of a sexual orientation or gender identity curriculum; permits a parent or guardian to excuse the parent's or guardian's student from a sexual orientation or gender identity curriculum, and prohibits the LEA or charter school from penalizing an excused student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13.
Yea
Passed
7–2
Mar 24, 2021
SB 371
Basic Education Program (BEP) - As introduced, requires the BEP formula to fund full-time school counselor positions at a ratio of one per 250 students or one full-time school counselor position for each LEA, whichever is greater. - Amends TCA Title 49. Against party
Nay
Passed
6–3
Mar 24, 2021
HB 657
Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, requires that certain notes issued by governing bodies of municipalities related to public works projects be approved by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller’s designee; makes other revisions to provisions governing bonds and notes issued by local governments. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9 and Section 12-10-116.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Mar 24, 2021
HB 587
Education - As enacted, allows LEAs and private or church-related schools to use excess instructional time accumulated during the school year for serious outbreaks of illness affecting or endangering students or staff without requiring approval from the commissioner of education to do so. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 24, 2021
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