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
Sponsored
1,268
bills & resolutions
Higher than 84% of chamber peers
Committees
4
assignments
27,681 roll-call votes
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
SB 1572
Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, clarifies definitions of "rule" and "policy" for rulemaking purposes and revises other administrative procedures. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 4, 2018
SB 2196
Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to establish a student support collaborative to review and define the roles and responsibilities for school social workers, school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses; requires the basic education program (BEP) review committee to analyze the addition of a component for school social workers to the BEP funding formula and include such analysis in its 2018 annual report. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 1.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Apr 4, 2018
SB 2049
Public Records - As enacted, makes confidential certain records of a food-based business incubation service provider created by a municipality. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 4, 2018
SB 2026
TennCare - As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment of 2018." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5 and Chapter 364 of the Public Acts of 2017.
Yea
Passed
10–0
Apr 3, 2018
SB 2014
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing background checks for teachers and other positons requiring proximity to children; requires participation in rap back program; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5.
Yea
Passed
11–0
Apr 3, 2018
SJR 727
Naming and Designating - "Williams Syndrome Awareness Month," May 2018 -
Yea
Passed
11–0
Apr 3, 2018
SB 2191
Controlled Substances - As enacted, requires health care prescribers to issue prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances electronically by July 1, 2020, with certain exceptions; establishes other provisions regarding electronic prescriptions. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68. Against party
Nay
Passed
9–1
Apr 3, 2018
SB 1875
Sentencing - As enacted, enacts "Henry's Law," which requires that a person convicted for second degree murder resulting from unlawful distribution of Schedule I or II drug where victim is a minor be punished from within one range higher than the sentencing range otherwise appropriate for the person. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-210 and Title 40, Chapter 35.
Yea
Passed
11–0
Apr 3, 2018
SB 2518
Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages and wine on Sundays during certain hours; prohibits sales on Easter, Christmas, and Thanksgiving; revises other provisions relating to alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3; Title 57, Chapter 4 and Title 57, Chapter 5. Against party
Nay
Passed
7–3
Apr 3, 2018
SB 2231
Food and Food Products - As enacted, specifies that the department of agriculture may cooperate with the United States food and drug administration in enforcement of the federal standards for the growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce for human consumption. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 1.
Yea
Passed
10–0
Apr 3, 2018
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