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R Tennessee Senate · District 31 · Former member

Sen. Brian Kelsey

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Session

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

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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 2158

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 2760

Education - As enacted, enacts the "School Safety and Removal Act;" authorizes alternative schools and alternative programs to provide remote instruction to students attending the school or program. - Amends TCA Title 49. Against party

Nay

Passed

8–1

Mar 30, 2022

SB 2247

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 2108

Textbooks - As enacted, requires that all math, science, and social studies textbooks and instructional materials be aligned to state academic standards by a certain date; prohibits the state board of education from granting waivers for textbooks or instructional materials, including those for English language arts, that are not aligned to state academic standards by that date. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 30, 2022

HB 2408

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, prohibits a teacher from being disciplined or having remedial actions taken against the teacher if the teacher is teaching to Tennessee academic standards or using state- or LEA-approved instructional materials as part of a course of instruction, curriculum, or instructional program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Nay

Failed

4–5

Mar 30, 2022

HB 2606

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

SB 2887

Education, Curriculum - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Course Access Program Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 18.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 30, 2022

HB 1850

Education, Curriculum - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Course Access Program Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 18.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 30, 2022

HB 324

Education, State Board of - As enacted, establishes the grading scale that must be used to assign letter grades to students enrolled in grades nine through 12 for purposes of reporting students' grades for postsecondary financial assistance; specifies that the state board or an LEA may develop a grading system for purposes other than reporting students' grades for postsecondary financial assistance. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 30, 2022

HB 1325

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