R Tennessee Senate · District 31 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Brent Taylor

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Total votes

11,072

all sessions

Attendance

97%

307 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

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Voting record

Yea

10,921

voted in favor

Nay

146

voted against

Absent

307

missed votes

Total cast

11,072

across all sessions

Crossed party

64

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Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 2808

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, replaces references to "poisonous snakes" with "venomous snakes"; defines "venomous." - Amends TCA Section 39-17-101 and Title 70.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 12, 2024

SJR 902

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes adding a provision establishing right to food to provide all individuals with a right to food, including the right to save and exchange seeds and the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce, and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health, and well-being. -

Yea

Failed

4–4

Mar 12, 2024

SB 2225

General Assembly - As introduced, declares that no circuit, chancery, or other court has subject matter jurisdiction over any legal action, challenging any rule, regulation, or procedure of the senate or house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 16.

Yea

Passed

4–3

Mar 12, 2024

SB 2398

Vital Records - As enacted, increases from 48 hours to two business days the time by which a physician in charge of a patient who dies or a medical examiner must determine the cause of death and complete and sign a medical certification of death. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 3.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 12, 2024

SB 1983

Eminent Domain - As enacted, establishes generally that a condemner bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence certain facts relative to public use; grants the property owner a right to have a court of competent jurisdiction determine if the taking is necessary to accomplish the public use. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 17.

Yea

Passed

7–1

Mar 12, 2024

SB 2349

Children - As enacted, clarifies, in the context of juvenile courts and proceedings, who constitutes a "dependent and neglected child." - Amends TCA Title 37.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 12, 2024

SB 2549

Marriage - As enacted, requires former and current district attorneys general, in order to solemnize the rite of matrimony, to opt in by filing notice of intention to solemnize the rite of matrimony with the office of vital records. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 12, 2024

SB 2337

Sentencing - As enacted, increases the penalty for indecent exposure from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony if the person was confined in a penal institution at the time of the commission of the offense and the offense was committed with the intent to abuse, torment, harass, or embarrass a guard or staff member; requires a mandatory minimum sentence of 14 days of incarceration; requires the mandatory minimum sentence to be served consecutive to any sentence being served at the time of the commission of the offense; requires a person convicted of more than one violation of this offense to serve each sentence consecutive to any other sentence imposed. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 12, 2024

SB 2243

Criminal Procedure - As enacted, expands the definition of "victim" for the purposes of restitution to include a reciprocal, as defined by current law, when the reciprocal has compensated a subscriber for loss incurred as a result of the offense to the extent that the reciprocal paid compensation to the subscriber. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 12, 2024

SB 2054

District Attorneys - As introduced, establishes that the district attorney general shall only prosecute cases in municipal court where the municipality provides sufficient additional prosecutorial personnel for the district attorney general; empowers the district attorney general with sole and exclusive discretion in determining the necessity and sufficiency of the additional prosecutorial personnel; specifies the particular resources the district attorney general has absolute discretion to use in the performance of their duties and responsibilities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7.

Yea

Passed

7–1

Mar 12, 2024