D Tennessee Senate · District 29

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 85% 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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 445

Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a private cause of action for a party that is adversely affected by a local ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment on firearms that is preempted by state law; restricts certain actions by local government in regard to handgun carry permittees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Nay

Passed

7–2

Mar 22, 2017

SB 682

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, adds the offense of aggravated burglary to the list of offenses ineligible for judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 15 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 22, 2017

SB 807

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, reduces from 1,000 feet to 500 feet the drug-free school zone surrounding real property comprising a public or private elementary school, middle school, secondary school, preschool, or child care agency or public library, recreational center, or park. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-432.

Yea

Failed

3–5

Mar 22, 2017

SB 1340

Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, authorizes district attorneys general and similar persons to carry firearms subject to training and certification requirements if certain requirements met. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1350.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 21, 2017

SB 229

Domestic Violence - As enacted, requires the court to give a defendant intending to plead guilty to a domestic violence offense notice of the firearm dispossession consequences of a domestic violence conviction and sets out a procedure for a person convicted of domestic violence to terminate possession of all firearms. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111 and Section 40-14-109.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 21, 2017

SB 145

Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, treats a licensed firearms dealer the same as a private citizen by allowing the dealer to occasionally sell, exchange, or transfer firearms from the dealer's personal collection without conducting a background check on the buyer; clarifies that the criminal history records check requirements do not apply to an occasional sale of a used or second-hand firearm by a person who is not engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Nay

Passed

7–2

Mar 21, 2017

SB 24

Handgun Permits - As enacted, exempts active-duty military service members and veterans who have specialties as military police, special operations, or special forces from handgun carry permit firing range requirements. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 21, 2017

SB 921

Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Hearing Protection Act," which deletes the prohibition on possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a firearm silencer. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1301 and Section 39-17-1302.

Absent

Passed

8–0

Mar 21, 2017

SB 1339

Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, expands the exception to unlawful carrying or possession of a firearm or firearm ammunition to include carrying or possession in a boat; clarifies that the exception includes a loaded firearm, as well as a firearm or ammunition. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1307.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 21, 2017

SJR 115

Naming and Designating - "Police Memorial Week," May 14–20, 2017 -

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 21, 2017