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

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With party

99%

of cast votes

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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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 1578

Courts, Juvenile - As introduced, extends the period of time during which a child who is alleged to be unruly may be detained prior to a detention hearing from no more than 24 hours excluding nonjudicial days or 72 hours total to no more than 72 hours excluding nonjudicial days or 96 hours total. - Amends TCA Title 37.

Yea

Passed

6–1

Mar 5, 2024

SB 1972

Domestic Violence - As enacted, enacts "The Debbie and Marie Domestic Violence Protection Act," which makes revisions to law related to global positioning monitoring system devices, including requiring the court to order an offender to wear such a device under certain circumstances unless the court finds the offender no longer poses a threat to the alleged victim or public safety, requiring a cellular device application or electronic receptor device provided to the victim to be capable of notifying the victim if the offender is within a prescribed proximity of the victim's cellular device or electronic receptor device, and making other revisions. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 55, Chapter 10.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 5, 2024

SB 1077

Children and Youth, Commission on - As introduced, creates the children's program outcome recovery team, to be organized by the Tennessee commission on children and youth, to review cases of children and families being served by the department of children's services; requires the children's program outcome recovery team to report the previous year's findings and recommendations for improving the department of children's services to the governor and the members of the general assembly by January 15 each year. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 37.

Nay

Failed

3–5

Mar 5, 2024

SB 2379

Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to submit to the United States department of health and human services a waiver request to exempt this state from the immunization requirements of the National Model Foster Family Home Licensing Standards for Title IV-E agencies; directs the department to submit the waiver request prior to or as part of the department's next occurring Title IV-E program plan application submission. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 37.

Yea

Passed

7–2

Mar 5, 2024

SB 1775

Victims' Rights - As enacted, expands the ways in which applicants may apply for the home address confidentiality program to include moving to a new address unknown to the offender and not previously identified in a public record. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38, Part 6.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 5, 2024

SB 2569

Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, allows a juvenile court to transfer a child, who is 15 or older, to be tried as an adult in criminal court for the offense of organized retail crime, theft of a firearm, or an attempt to commit such offense; revises law with regard to confinement of a child in a local juvenile detention facility, a juvenile detention facility, or an adult detention facility. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39.

Yea

Passed

7–1

Mar 5, 2024

SB 609

Children and Youth, Commission on - As introduced, creates the Tennessee juvenile justice review commission to review an appropriate sampling of juvenile justice cases and any critical incidents involving juveniles in order to provide the general assembly with findings and legislative recommendations. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 37.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 5, 2024

SB 2353

Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to establish by January 1, 2025, a publicly accessible website that contains information about the performance of child care agencies, including violations by the agency, injuries or deaths occurring at the agency, date of the agency's last inspection, and other relevant information. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71.

Nay

Failed

2–6

Mar 5, 2024

SB 1671

Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires that a newborn safety device be installed in each county in this state. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 5, 2024

SB 1994

Judicial Officers - As enacted, establishes that in Knox County one magistrate judge must be appointed by a majority of the county's general sessions judges and the length of their term is decided by a majority of the county's general sessions judges; specifies the magistrates' duties as issuing arrest warrants and setting bonds. - Amends TCA Section 40-1-111.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 5, 2024