R Tennessee Senate · District 31 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Brent Taylor

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Total votes

10,819

all sessions

Attendance

94%

301 missed

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

10,673

voted in favor

Nay

141

voted against

Absent

301

missed votes

Total cast

10,819

across all sessions

Crossed party

61

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 1890

Children - As introduced, bans the use of personal protection spray devices, such as mace, pepper spray, or tear gas, on any child under the supervision of the department of children's services or in a juvenile detention facility. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 68 and Title 71.

Nay

Failed

2–6

Feb 20, 2024

HJR 81

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes additional language in Article II, Section 28 to prohibit the general assembly from levying, authorizing, or otherwise permitting a state tax on property. -

Yea

Passed

7–2

Feb 20, 2024

SB 2445

Children - As enacted, adds three persons to the state child fatality review team who are each state residents with a child under 18; requires the state child fatality review team to distribute the team's annual report to each local education agency and to the board of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 20, 2024

SB 2227

Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, allows the clerk of court to waive an in-person oath by a fiduciary if the fiduciary files with the clerk a written fiduciary oath that contains certain language and is sworn or affirmed by the fiduciary in the presence of a notary public or signed and dated under penalty of perjury; specifies certain language that a fiduciary oath must contain under various circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 1.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 20, 2024

SB 2359

Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits the department from requiring an immunization as a condition of adopting or overseeing a child in foster care if an individual or member of an individual's household objects to immunization on the basis of religious or moral convictions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 36; Title 37 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

8–1

Feb 20, 2024

SJR 919

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 15 of the Constitution of Tennessee to remove the right to bail for the following offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great: act of terrorism; second degree murder; aggravated rape of a child; aggravated rape; grave torture; and any other offense, as of November 3, 2026, for which a defendant, if convicted, could not be released prior to the expiration of at least 85 percent of the entire sentence imposed. -

Yea

Passed

6–3

Feb 20, 2024

SB 2744

Child Custody and Support - As enacted, expands a parent's right to unimpeded telephone conversations with the parent's child at least twice a week when the child is in the custody of the other parent to include video conference conversations, if available. - Amends TCA Title 14; Title 36; Title 37; Title 39; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 20, 2024

SB 1664

Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, requires the juvenile court to include in the disposition for a juvenile who has been found to have made a threat to commit mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity, in addition to any other disposition authorized by law, the suspension of the juvenile's driving privileges or ability to obtain a driver license for a period of one year. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 20, 2024

SB 2059

Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, requires the administrative office of the courts to submit a report, by October 1 of each year, listing each juvenile court, if any, that is not in compliance with quality statewide data collection requirements, including the dates of noncompliance and steps that could be taken to bring the court into compliance; requires the report to be submitted to the juvenile court judges of the courts that are not in compliance and the chairs of the judiciary committee of the senate and the civil justice committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 37.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 20, 2024

SB 2228

Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, establishes a process for the transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship matter from the court appointing the guardian or conservator to a court in another county of this state. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 4 and Title 34, Chapter 8.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 20, 2024