Total votes
27,937
all sessions
Attendance
98%
551 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
97%
of cast votes
Lower than 96% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 93% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,268
bills & resolutions
Higher than 84% of chamber peers
Committees
4
assignments
27,937 roll-call votes
Voting record
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27,083
voted in favor
Nay
756
voted against
Absent
551
missed votes
Total cast
27,937
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Description
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Result
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SB 513
Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department, no later than August 1, 2017, and by August 1 of each subsequent year, to report to the members of the house transportation committee and the senate transportation and safety committee of the general assembly the total number of traffic violations that involve motor vehicles operated by autonomous technology in each political subdivision of the state for the preceding fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 40; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 65 and Title 67.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 10, 2017
HB 58
Public Records - As enacted, revises certain provisions governing open records requests, including the manner in which such requests may be made. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 10, 2017
SB 494
Marriage - As enacted, establishes provisions governing marriage by proxy for persons in the armed forces. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 10, 2017
SB 665
Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, requires comptroller to audit expenditures made from proceeds of the hotel-motel tax levied by Hamilton County; requires the recipient of the proceeds to pay the costs of the audit from the proceeds received. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14 and Chapter 444 of the Public Acts of 1983; Chapter 905 of the Public Acts of 1980 and Chapter 918 of the Public Acts of 1988.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 10, 2017
SB 1016
Coroners - As enacted, removes the Tennessee medical examiner advisory council from its wind down period so it will not terminate on June 30, 2017; extends council to June 30, 2019; renames and restructures the council. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 2.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 10, 2017
HJR 235
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Isabelle Osburn, Salutatorian, Tennessee Virtual Online School -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 10, 2017
SB 1309
Medical Occupations - As enacted, specifies that a healthcare practitioner violates the practitioner's practice act by refusing to submit to a drug test or testing positive for a drug when the practitioner does not have a lawful prescription for using the drug or a valid medical reason for using the drug; establishes procedural requirements to be followed in such situations. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 9; Title 63 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 10, 2017
SB 596
Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, authorizes members of a district's board of directors to participate in board meetings by any electronic means approved by the board; revises provisions governing removal of a member for failure to attend meetings; revises other provisions regarding members of boards of directors. - Amends TCA Section 7-86-314 and Title 8, Chapter 44.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 10, 2017
SB 1155
TennCare - As introduced, reestablishes the TennCare advisory commission. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Apr 10, 2017
SB 393
Education, Higher - As enacted, transfers rulemaking authority under the Jacob Nunley Act and under the provisions governing the Hepatitis B waiver form at institutions of higher education from THEC to the governing boards of each public institution of higher learning; requires the governing board of each public institution of higher learning, in consultation with the department of health, to promulgate rules regarding immunization requirements for students enrolled within each respective institution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 7.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Apr 10, 2017
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