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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Vote

Result

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Date

SB 1754

Controlled Substances - As introduced, makes various changes to criminal offenses involving fentanyl; increases the penalty one classification for criminal offenses involving fentanyl if the defendant crossed county lines in the course of the criminal offense; requires certain drug offenses to be punished as second degree murder if the substance involved is a Schedule I or II controlled substance and the offense resulted in the death of another person; creates a new criminal offense of aggravated assault on a first responder by exposing the first responder to fentanyl. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 12, 2024

SB 1984

Eminent Domain - As enacted, excludes certain recreational facilities, recreational purposes, and parks from the definition of "public use" as it applies to eminent domain. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 17, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

7–1

Mar 12, 2024

SB 1697

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, defines "firearm hold agreement" as a private transaction between a licensed federal firearms dealer and a firearm owner under which the dealer takes possession of the owner’s firearm at the owner's request, holds the firearm for an agreed period of time, and then returns the firearm; states that a person does not have a cause of action against a licensed federal firearms dealer for any act or omission arising from a firearm hold agreement and resulting in personal injury or death of any natural person unless the action was the result of unlawful conduct by the licensed federal firearms dealer. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Nay

Failed

1–6

Mar 12, 2024

SB 1984

Eminent Domain - As enacted, excludes certain recreational facilities, recreational purposes, and parks from the definition of "public use" as it applies to eminent domain. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 17, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

7–1

Mar 12, 2024

SB 1814

Garnishments and Executions - As enacted, makes various revisions to provisions related to property that is exempt from execution, seizure, or attachment. - Amends TCA Section 26-2-111.

Yea

Passed

8–1

Mar 11, 2024

SB 2162

Water Authorities - As enacted, authorizes the governing body of an incorporated city or town to approve a project or request of its board of waterworks and/or sewerage commissioners by passage of a proper ordinance or resolution. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 35.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 11, 2024

SB 2665

Traffic Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Jacob (Jake) T. Barnhardt Act," which creates a street racing task force to study and determine best practices for curbing illegal street racing in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 55.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 11, 2024

SB 2656

Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, changes the reporting month from January to March for when the attorney general and reporter must report information about orders for wiretapping and electronic surveillance to the administrative office of the United States courts, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Section 40-6-308.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 11, 2024

HJR 923

Memorials, Recognition - Stomach Cancer Awareness Month -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 11, 2024

SR 173

General Assembly, Review Or Ratification of Rules - Ratifies and approves the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, as promulgated by the Supreme Court. -

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 11, 2024