Total votes
15,713
all sessions
Attendance
93%
1,075 missed
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
With party
98%
of cast votes
Among the lowest in the chamber
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 98% of chamber peers
Sponsored
275
bills & resolutions
Lower than 77% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
15,713 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
15,397
voted in favor
Nay
262
voted against
Absent
1,075
missed votes
Total recorded
15,713
across all sessions
Crossed party
212
votes against own party
Matching
15,713
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 1958
Education - As enacted, authorizes a local board of education or charter school governing body to implement, as part of the LEA's or public charter school's discipline policy, holistic programs of positive behavior reinforcement and reward-based behavior modification systems. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 31, 2022
SB 1310
Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires a health carrier, health benefit plan, or utilization review organization that denies coverage of a prescription drug for the treatment of a medical condition through the use of a step therapy protocol to provide access to a clear, readily accessible, and convenient process for a patient or prescribing practitioner to request a step therapy exception; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 31, 2022
SB 1546
Domestic Violence - As enacted, adds to the provisions governing bail that following the arrest of a person for the offense of aggravated assault under circumstances in which the alleged victim of the offense is a domestic abuse victim, that the court or magistrate must make certain findings and, based on the findings, may extend the 12-hour hold period up to 24 hours after the time of arrest; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 39 and Title 40.
Yea
Passed
28–1
Mar 31, 2022
HB 71
Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, requires reimbursement to counties for housing state parolees awaiting a parole revocation hearing. - Amends TCA Title 41.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 31, 2022
SB 257
Veterinarians - As enacted, authorizes members of the board of veterinary medical examiners to be reappointed for successive terms; clarifies the definition of "veterinary facility" to be a building, place, or mobile unit from which the practice of veterinary medicine is conducted. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 12 and Title 68, Chapter 8.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 31, 2022
SB 1982
Public Health - As enacted, prohibits governmental entities, local education agencies, schools, and private businesses from adopting or enforcing laws, rules, or practices that fail to recognize acquired immunity as providing a level of immune protection that is at least as protective as a COVID-19 vaccine or treat individuals with acquired immunity differently than individuals who have received the COVID-19 vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 14; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
25–5
Mar 31, 2022
HB 2778
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, requires hospitals to permit at least one family member or patient representative who meets certain conditions to visit a patient of the hospital during end-of-life situations if a disaster, emergency, or public health emergency for COVID-19 has been declared. - Amends TCA Title 14 and Title 68, Chapter 11.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 31, 2022
HB 2659
Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, requires an entity that contracts with the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee for a real estate interest in the megasite to report, or cause its contractor or contractors to report, certain information to the state building commission, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives regarding construction activity for material improvement to the project; authorizes a local governmental entity to enter into a contract with an entity working on the megasite for the provision of security services at the megasite. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 9, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
25–5
Mar 31, 2022
SB 1848
Interstate Compacts - As enacted, enacts the "Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact" and the "Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 63.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 31, 2022
SB 2830
Education, Higher - As enacted, adds requirements to provisions governing the reporting of crime statistics by institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 49; Title 62 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
6–3
Mar 30, 2022
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