D Tennessee Senate · District 29 · Former member

Sen. Lee Harris

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Total votes

3,508

all sessions

Attendance

85%

541 missed

Higher than 78% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 80% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 84% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

3,355

voted in favor

Nay

114

voted against

Absent

541

missed votes

Total cast

3,508

across all sessions

Crossed party

23

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1199

Election Laws - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act." - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 66.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 19, 2017

SB 1287

Abuse - As enacted, requires the executive director of the commission on aging and disability to establish within the commission a public guardian working group; requires background checks for persons who volunteer in a position that involves providing direct contact with or direct responsibility for a service recipient in facility or service licensed under the Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and/or Treatment, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and Personal Support Services Licensure Law; revises and adds other provisions regarding vulnerable persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 34; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 47; Title 68 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Apr 18, 2017

SB 866

Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, creates the unruly act of illegal use of a telecommunication device. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Apr 18, 2017

SB 993

Child Custody and Support - As enacted, specifies that in any action for retroactive child support filed on or after July 1, 2017, retroactive child support may not be awarded for a period more than five years from date the action for support is filed unless the court determines, for good cause shown, that a different award of retroactive child support is in the interest of justice; creates exceptions and enacts related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 36.

Yea

Passed

5–2

Apr 18, 2017

SB 603

Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, removes the specification that a sheriff is civilly liable for the actions of a jailer who was hired by the sheriff. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 4. Bipartisan

Nay

Passed

8–1

Apr 18, 2017

SB 1104

Public Defenders - As introduced, removes the requirement that the executive director of the district public defenders conference initiate conference calls between district public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 16.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Apr 18, 2017

SB 1279

General Assembly - As enacted, creates a special joint committee to study issues relating to the investigation and prosecution of unsolved civil rights crimes and cold cases from the civil rights era. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Apr 18, 2017

SB 1151

Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, clarifies that the curriculum required before an employee is permitted to carry a handgun on the property of schools in distressed rural counties may be adapted by the instructing law enforcement agency from an existing curriculum approved by POST. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-816.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Apr 18, 2017

SB 459

Police - As enacted, imposes certain requirements to report to POST commission and employing agency on officers arrested for any offense; establishes minimum attendance requirement for commission members and requires removal of members who do not meet the requirement. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Apr 18, 2017

SB 1085

Statutes and Codification - As enacted, requires that undefined words be given their natural and ordinary meaning, without forced or subtle construction that would limit or extend the meaning of the language, except when a contrary intention is clearly manifest. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3.

Nay

Passed

5–2

Apr 18, 2017