Total votes
18,579
all sessions
Attendance
99%
101 missed
Lower than 94% of chamber peers
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
votes against own party
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Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 1248
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires the department of education and public schools to commemorate the centennial of women's suffrage and recognize the Tennesseans who were instrumental in securing all women the right to vote for the purpose of educating students about the ratification of the nineteenth amendment to the United States Constitution on August 18, 1920, and to educate students on the state of Tennessee's fundamental role in guaranteeing all women the right to vote. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1028.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 30, 2019
SJR 608
Memorials, Recognition - Amanda Stubblefield Barnard, RedI Hall of Fame -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 30, 2019
SR 69
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alesha Griggs, Salutatorian, Hillcrest High School -
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 30, 2019
SB 1402
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for the transfer of a firearm to a person knowing that the person: has been judicially committed to a mental institution or adjudicated as a mental defective unless the person's right to possess firearms has been restored; or is receiving inpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment at a hospital or treatment resource. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Apr 30, 2019
HB 37
Public Health - As enacted, creates the state Alzheimer's disease and related dementia advisory council. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 14 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 30, 2019
HB 268
School Transportation - As enacted, permits LEAs to install cameras on school buses to record vehicles that unlawfully pass a stopped school bus; establishes requirements for such cameras and their use. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
Yea
Passed
27–3
Apr 30, 2019
SB 1340
Mental Illness - As enacted, revises provisions concerning judicial commitment of certain persons in the custody of the department of correction. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 41.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 30, 2019
SB 1462
Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, extends certain franchise and excise tax credits to development districts engaged in eligible activity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 13; Title 45 and Title 67.
Yea
Passed
27–0
Apr 30, 2019
HB 213
Marriage - As enacted, authorizes members of the general assembly, duly appointed law enforcement chaplains, and members of the legislative body of a municipality to solemnize marriages; prohibits persons receiving online ordinations from solemnizing the rite of matrimony; requires members of the general assembly who want to solemnize marriage to opt in by filing notice of the member's intention with the office of vital records. - Amends TCA Section 36-3-301.
Yea
Passed
25–4
Apr 30, 2019
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