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
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matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 2663
Education - As introduced, requires LEAs to offer high school students high school credit for a course in which the student is not enrolled but for which the student has satisfied the course requirements through an examination. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Mar 30, 2022
SB 2221
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires LEAs to classify school nurses as licensed personnel for salary purposes; requires an LEA to pay a school nurse the base salary established for licensed teachers for the respective school year if the school nurse holds a valid license to practice professional nursing as a registered nurse with zero years of experience; requires an LEA to pay a school nurse more or less than the established base salary per school year if the nurse has more or less training and experience than that required for the base salary. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.
Nay
Passed
5–4
Mar 30, 2022
SB 2843
Education, Higher - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016, which governs proprietary higher education institutions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 30, 2022
HB 2666
Textbooks - As enacted, expands the membership of the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission; requires the commission to issue guidance for LEAs and public charter schools to use when reviewing materials in a library collection; creates other duties in regard to library collections. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 49 and Chapter 264 of the Acts of 1909.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 30, 2022
HB 2460
Education, Dept. of - As introduced, prohibits the commissioner from establishing a schedule for the administration of TCAP tests that requires the administration of a TCAP test more than 20 days before the end of the school year, as provided in the school calendar adopted by the local board of education or public charter school governing body; requires the department to provide an LEA with the individual student performance level ratings from TCAP tests administered to the LEA's students no later than 10 business days after the close of the testing schedule established by the commissioner. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Nay
Failed
3–6
Mar 30, 2022
HB 2557
Education - As enacted, prohibits an LEA or public charter school from knowingly entering into an agreement with an individual or entity that performs abortions, induces abortions, provides abortion referrals, or provides funding, advocacy, or other support for abortions. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Mar 30, 2022
HB 2730
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
SB 1508
Education - As enacted, requires the office of research and education accountability, in collaboration with TSAC and the departments of education, labor and workforce development, and human services to study providing driver education in Title I public high schools at low or no cost to students, sources of funding for the driver education, and benefits to students of the driver education. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 30, 2022
HB 2116
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the evaluation criteria for educators. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-302.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 30, 2022
SB 2332
Education, Dept. of - As introduced, prohibits the commissioner from establishing a schedule for the administration of TCAP tests that requires the administration of a TCAP test more than 20 days before the end of the school year, as provided in the school calendar adopted by the local board of education or public charter school governing body; requires the department to provide an LEA with the individual student performance level ratings from TCAP tests administered to the LEA's students no later than 10 business days after the close of the testing schedule established by the commissioner. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Nay
Failed
3–6
Mar 30, 2022
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