R Tennessee Senate · District 28

Sen. Joey Hensley

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Session

Total votes

27,681

all sessions

Attendance

97%

518 missed

With party

97%

of cast votes

Lower than 96% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 87% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

26,833

voted in favor

Nay

751

voted against

Absent

518

missed votes

Total cast

27,681

across all sessions

Crossed party

715

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 2423

Planning, Public - As enacted, extends application of the Neighborhood Preservation Act to include any county or municipality that has formed a land bank; adds other provisions to the Act and the Tennessee Local Land Bank Program. - Amends TCA Title 13 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 4, 2018

HB 1605

Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes the City of Hornbeak to collect unpaid charges for municipal sewer services in the same manner as unpaid property taxes, including through the attachment of a lien against real property. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 35.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 4, 2018

SB 2023

Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is deaf or hard of hearing to request that the department of safety include such designation in the Tennessee Vehicle Title and Registration System (VTRS) database; enacts other related provisions in regard to such designation. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 4, 2018

HB 1473

Municipal Government - As enacted, creates an exception to the prohibition on the incorporation of an area within three miles of an existing municipality to allow an area in Hickman County to incorporate; specifies that provisions governing adoption of a charter under the mayor-aldermanic charter provisions of general law do not affect an existing municipality's authority to annex unincorporated areas within the existing municipality's urban growth boundary. - Amends TCA Section 6-1-201.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 4, 2018

SB 2260

Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the University of Tennessee Focusing on Campus and University Success (FOCUS) Act; reconstitutes the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee and revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 9. Against party

Nay

Passed

24–7

Apr 4, 2018

HB 1671

Consumer Protection - As enacted, requires, under the Uniform Debt-Management Services Act, counselors to present evidence of accreditation or certification by an independent accrediting or certifying organization upon registering to provide debt management services. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 55.

Yea

Passed

30–1

Apr 4, 2018

HB 2174

Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires the department and state board of education to provide certain information regarding Bible curricula and courses. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 4, 2018

SB 2549

Witnesses - As enacted, prohibits a court from requiring an educator to be a witness in a civil domestic dispute proceeding if the educator's attendance would cause absence from teaching or supervisory duties in a school unless the court determines the educator's attendance is necessary to ensure fairness. - Amends TCA Title 24 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

30–1

Apr 4, 2018

HB 2153

Milk, Dairy Products - As enacted, authorizes the labeling of any milk sold in this state as "Local Tennessee Milk", or a statement that indicates the milk is Tennessee milk, if the milk contains only milk produced in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 43; Title 53 and Title 57.

Yea

Passed

30–0

Apr 4, 2018

SB 2067

Zoning - As enacted, revises provisions governing the grandfathering of certain properties in regard to land use restrictions and other related provisions regarding replacing facilities in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 13.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Apr 4, 2018