Total votes
18,579
all sessions
Attendance
99%
101 missed
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
87
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
5
assignments
18,579 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
18,469
voted in favor
Nay
87
voted against
Absent
101
missed votes
Total cast
18,579
across all sessions
Crossed party
39
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Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SR 70
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jade Rayford, Valedictorian, Hillcrest High School -
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 30, 2019
HB 632
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the state board of education to award a teacher five additional professional development points if the teacher's overall evaluation demonstrates an overall performance effectiveness level of "above expectations" or "significantly above expectations" and the evaluation is based on the teacher's performance while employed at a school that is on the priority list or the focus list. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 30, 2019
HB 634
Taxes, Sales - As enacted, extends to "water" the sales tax exemption that applies to the sale to a qualified farmer or nurseryman of electricity, natural gas and liquefied gas, including, but not limited to, propane and butane used directly in the production of food or fiber for human or animal consumption or to aid in the growing of a horticultural product for sale. - Amends TCA Title 67.
Yea
Passed
26–0
Apr 30, 2019
HJR 621
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Cameron Anteski, Valedictorian, Eagleville High School -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 30, 2019
SR 62
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jerquindal Kelly, Valedictorian, Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering -
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 30, 2019
SB 1244
Schools, Private - As enacted, includes schools that meet the standards of accreditation or membership of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools to schools considered "church-related" schools; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 8.
Yea
Passed
27–3
Apr 30, 2019
HB 247
State Government - As enacted, establishes daylight saving time as the standard time in Tennessee, subject to authorization to do so from the United States Congress and certain other conditions being met. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-401.
Yea
Passed
29–1
Apr 30, 2019
HB 164
Traffic Safety - As enacted, prohibits a person from physically holding or supporting, with any part of the person's body, a wireless telecommunications device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; imposes other similar restrictions on activities such as texting; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
Yea
Passed
19–12
Apr 30, 2019
HB 695
Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, creates sales and use tax exemption for sale of public safety and public works-related goods to certain nonprofit property owners associations; exemption limited to $25,000 in sales and use taxes each year that would otherwise be imposed. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 30, 2019
SB 1205
Public Records - As enacted, creates an exception to provisions concerning the confidentiality of certain investigatory records of the division of health related boards in the department of health. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 1.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Apr 30, 2019
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