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
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Vote
Result
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Date
HB 1253
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, increases from 20 to 30, the maximum number of consecutive days a substitute teacher may substitute for a regular teacher on leave without having to possess a teaching license; requires the six weeks of paid parental leave for eligible employees to be taken either consecutively or non-consecutively based on certain criteria. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-814; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 7, 2025
SB 290
Search & Seizure - As enacted, specifies that certain physical searches of students and searches of lockers, vehicles, and other property must be conducted by a school resource officer. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 7, 2025
HJR 500
Memorials, Recognition - Mary Carol Perry, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 7, 2025
SB 1003
Education - As enacted, requires, if an approved universal reading screener is administered to pre-k students at an LEA or public charter school, the LEA or public charter school to allow the pre-k teacher whose students were administered the screener to use the results as an approved alternative student growth model or the pre-k/kindergarten portfolio growth model to generate individual growth scores for teachers pursuant to the evaluation guidelines developed by the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 7, 2025
SB 433
Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, prohibits the abandonment of an animal in a person's custody and provides that it is not a defense to prosecution that the person abandoned the animal at or near an animal shelter, veterinary clinic, or other place of shelter if the person did not make reasonable arrangements for the care of the animal. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 7, 2025
HJR 497
Memorials, Recognition - Jayden Garcia, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 7, 2025
SB 16
Education - As enacted, generally provides that a middle school student or high school student who transfers from one member school to another is immediately eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics at the member school to which the student transfers if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 49. Against party
Nay
Passed
25–4
Apr 7, 2025
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