R Tennessee Senate · District 26

Sen. Dolores R. Gresham

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Session

Total votes

8,952

all sessions

Attendance

92%

693 missed

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 76% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 83% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

8,885

voted in favor

Nay

57

voted against

Absent

693

missed votes

Total cast

8,952

across all sessions

Crossed party

39

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 161

School Vouchers - As introduced, enacts the "Opportunity Scholarship Pilot Program." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 8, 2017

SB 1012

Students - As enacted, allows a student to be excused from a school athletic event if the event occurs on an official school holiday, observed day of worship, or religious holiday and the parent or legal guardian provides prior written notice of the student's absence; authorizes an unforeseen emergency as exception to the parent or legal guardian providing prior written notice of the student's absence from the athletic event. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1002.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 8, 2017

SB 1216

Education, Higher - As enacted, replaces the Tennessee National Guard Tuition Assistance Act with the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act of 2017. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 8, 2017

SB 583

Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, returns the appointment of the executive director of the Tennessee higher education commission from the governor to the commission. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-205.

Yea

Failed

4–0

Mar 8, 2017

SB 662

Students - As enacted, revises provisions governing physical activity requirements for students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 8, 2017

SB 1202

Financial Institutions, Dept. of - As enacted, revises various provisions relating to the licensing of certain non-depository financial institutions. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 13; Title 45, Chapter 15; Title 45, Chapter 18; Title 45, Chapter 5 and Title 56, Chapter 37.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 7, 2017

SB 1305

Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, requires that of the 10 hours of continuing education coursework required for renewal of licensure of funeral directors and embalmers, five of those hours must be attended in person, which means the coursework is either completed in the physical presence of the provider of the coursework or through an interactive virtual program that requires participants to confirm their presence during the program. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 7, 2017

SB 163

Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts from taxation by the department of commerce and insurance any multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) licensed and approved by the department. - Amends TCA Section 56-26-204.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 7, 2017

SB 737

Consumer Protection - As enacted, adds "advertising services for the provision of a motor vehicle warranty in a deceptive manner likely to cause the owner to believe that the advertisement originated from the original manufacturer of the motor vehicle or from the dealer that sold the motor vehicle" as a violation of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 55.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Mar 7, 2017

SB 1266

Tennessee Regulatory Authority - As enacted, limits the TRA's jurisdiction over an investor-owned electric power company serving Tennessee customers on the western side of the Mississippi River to hearing complaints alleging certain levels of service and rate violations and granting appropriate relief. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 4, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 7, 2017